Spring is the time to think of flowers and seeds and planting. Can you imagine what fun you will have planting in a yummy chocolate dessert? If you want to have fun with your children, serve them Dirt dessert! Dirt Dessert Recipe Ingredients: 1 [...]
Every mall, discount store, dollar store, grocery store, and craft store is abounding in Easter baskets this season. They're everywhere you look. The best baskets with all the personality, though, are the ones you and your children —even preschoolers — make together. Paper-Bag Bunny Basket [...]
For a happy Mother's Day, we'll tell you how you can create a happy, fun beginning and ending to your Mother's Day celebration meal. Assemble an easy but elegant centerpiece for Mom's table and a mouthwatering cake she will love. Pineapple Centerpiece Use a fresh [...]
With summer just around the corner, you may need to gather together quite a catalog of ideas for entertaining as well as instructional "school's out" projects for the kids. Be sure to collect project ideas to fit each child's tastes — cooking, exercise, science, gardening, [...]
Decluttering: The First Step Spring is traditionally when we clean our homes. As nature renews itself, spring is a great time for us to renew ourselves, too. Perhaps you have a garage, a room or a back yard that needs a face lift. My garage [...]
Cranberries, one of only three native American fruits, are the perfect addition to holiday food and decorations. With recipes that will enhance any holiday buffet, we've certainly gone beyond the string-'em-up roping we've all been hung up on. Cranberry Meatballs These cranberry meatballs are a [...]
For many people, Labor Day weekend signals summer's last hurrah. It is a chance to celebrate August's demise before the kids get engrossed in school in September. You'll want to take advantage of summer's waning warmth to set out a memorable picnic or barbecue to [...]
An ideal at-home or on-the-trail snack is fruit leather, especially if you've made it yourself from the bounties of your backyard garden. Those who love a quick, tasty snack appreciate fruit leather. It is great for backpackers because it's lightweight, easily portable, has a relatively [...]
I have a friend in Boston who teaches others how to have wonderful clam bakes. I learned from her how to have a delicious clam bake on my own grill. This recipe will work great in your charcoal or gas barbecue grill. Ingredients for [...]
Freezing Sandwiches: A Time-Saving Lunch Prep Trick You made it through summer, and now school is back in session. I remember when my mother would spend hours preparing my lunch for school. One hundred and eighty school lunches are packed before the end of the [...]
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