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One sure way to get kids to eat broccoli
Just six months ago, my daughters planted seeds from their organic growing kits, re-potted the shoots in Grandma's vegetable garden, and late this summer, they were eating their own little yellow teardrop tomatoes.
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To improve your ice cream, just add Garbage
I recently treated my kids to a scoop at the local gourmet ice cream shop and was shocked to find that to add a topping (i.e. four M-n-Ms) was about half the price of the ice cream itself. Holy moly.
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The no-think, no-clean, yes-delicious toddler snack.
I may be little late on the drinkable/pureed/food in a pouch thing, but I think I am like most moms in that I'm left scratching my head and staring at the pantry when trying to think of what to give my toddler as a healthy, delicious snack.
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Crust haters of the world, your day has come!
Before I had kids, I vowed that I would force them to eat the crusts on their sandwiches and refuse to cut them off of the bread. And then I had children who hated crusts.
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Moja Rising
When I first heard of the MojaMix Custom-Mixed Cereal, I thought you'd have to be a pretty picky eater to need that. And then I remembered that I custom-order three different kinds of coffee beans to hand mix at home for my perfect roast. Who am I to judge?
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Celebrate National Bacon Day with...lollipops?
Bacon is the new black, it would seem, and everywhere I look (least of all our own fridge) there is someone proudly proclaiming his or her love for the stuff.
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The Switch - Just don't call it soda
We are not what you'd call a soda family. While I love a nice cold fountain Coke or Pepsi with a slice of pizza like every other New Yorker, it's not something I plan on keeping around the house.
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Not just candy buttons - big, honkin' goliath-sized candy buttons.
Remember the Candy Buttons of your youth? You know, the ones with absolutely no flavor (save for sugar) that you peeled off the paper strip, trying your best to increase the ratio of candy-to-paper that in fact made it into your mouth?
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The lazy mom's smoothie
My kids are fruit-eating machines, which is great except for when we get the urge to make a smoothie and have only a sad spotted banana left on the counter.
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Cooking for kids just got 150 recipes easier
Recently, my Michael Pollan-obsessed sigOth and I have had some conversations about stepping up our meal preparation game for the kids. So I'm pleased to have discovered two new cookbooks that seem primed to help us find some options that lie somewhere between spaghetti with butter sauce and hiding vegetables in the cupcakes.
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Funky lunch - that's a good thing
I do not have six million free hours in my day but if I did, I just might consider turning my kids' sandwich into a giraffe. Or a caterpillar. Or Sponge Bob.
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One of CMP's favorite kindie artists, Symphony Space, rocks out in NYC this Saturday
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The Telegraph just named CMP one of their top 12 websites for families. Thank you Telegraph!
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Charlie's Playhouse wants you to Ask the Kids - ask your kid about evolution and save up to 20% on Charlie's products, plus your kid could end up in their video.
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CMP editor Kristen used Powerpoint to create a really great little slideshow to explain Daddy's current Afghanistan tour of duty to the kids.
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