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Book Review & GIVEAWAY: Starting from Scratch

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There’s a fun and unique new book about food and cooking for kids. It’s called Starting from Scratch : What You Should Know about Food and Cooking, written by food journalist Sarah Elton & illustrated by Jeff Kulak. It’s an upbeat exploration of food that addresses a wide variety of information including cooking as a […]

Chocolate Hazelnut Muffins Recipe

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  This chocolate hazelnut muffins recipe that I came up with by varying a favorite chocolate muffin recipe and adding chopped hazelnuts. I buy and use a bag of “Oregon Hazelnuts” from Trader Joe’s, then chop them in a food processor.

Top Educational Freebies – Week of March 2nd

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Here is a list of some of the best educational freebies this week of March 2nd, 2014. Just click on the link to download or print the freebie! (Thanks to www.howtohomeschoolforfree.com for this list!) Multiplying with LEGO bricks printable HUGE List of St. Patrick’s Day Printables and Activities for kids

Hy-Vee Grocery Stores to open in Twin Cities

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Here’s a press release that just came out from Hy-Vee, Inc. Hy-Vee, an employee-owned grocery retailer, is planning to open grocery stores in the Twin Cities area. This will affect all grocery deal-seekers as new stores = new ways to save on your groceries! Currently, there are 17 Hy-Vee grocery stores in Minnesota, spread throughout […]

Ninja, Ninja, Never Stop! Children’s Book Review

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Ninja small, Ninja large Ninja duck, Ninja charge. Ninja run, Ninja chop Ninja, Ninja never stop! Ninja, Ninja, Never Stop is a fun children’s book for preschoolers ages 2-5, published by Abrams Books. We received a copy for review recently and it’s been a favorite at bedtime, especially for our 3-year-old Thor. Ninja, Ninja, Never […]