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Decorating your home for St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t need to be pricey or time consuming. With a quick trip to your local dollar store, you can craft this St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Garland, perfect for adding a little luck of the Irish to your home. It only takes a few minutes to make, and in no time you will have…
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I’ve been trying to add some culinary excitement to our family meals lately. Nothing super crazy, of course. This week I was thinking about kale and making kale chips. But then I was thinking about other stuff you can put kale into. Somehow, this had me thinking about Easter and ham and leftover ham and what to make with leftover…
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Sometimes, you just want to have a little fun with your PEEPS. Last year, we made PEEPS Kebabs and PEEPS pops. This year? A Peepster Basket Cake. With PEEPS, it’s all about fun. New flavors of PEEPS, paired with fun Wilton icing colors, sprinkles and decorating bags and tips, gives a whole lot of room for creativity and leaves the…
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Feta and Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts A delicious spin on a Weight Watchers recipe that is full of great taste but low in calories- inspired by Greek flavors. My kids are pretty good at eating salad and since the stuffing resembled one of mom’s yummy loaded salads they loved this chicken dish, and gobbled up the filling right away. …
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Nine U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Nine programs in need. A $500,000 donation from Citi. You help decide where it goes with just a click. That’s what Citi’s Every Step of the Way program is all about, in a nutshell. Olympic athletes supporting programs to help others train and become the next Olympic athletes. This post was created in partnership…
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So now that my oldest has officially gone meat free, and is living as a vegetarian, I’m finding meatless lunches are a little bit (not tons) more challenging to pack. The girl who loved ham and cheese won’t eat the ham anymore and I’m left trying to make sure she’s getting her protein in. She REALLY loves the Black Bean Burger from…
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