Every family has a recipe with some history. A magic soup that will send you on the road to recovery when you're sick or those cookies that you swear you can actually taste the magic of the holidays with every bite you take. Maybe it's an award winning pie or the perfect potluck casserole. It's that one recipe that always turns out just right and the one that people are always asking "Can you write that down for me?" It's the one that has been around for ages, passed down from generation to
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After School Snacks: 5 Tricks to Up Your Game
Let’s talk about after school snacks today, shall we? I have a love/hate relationship with 3:15 p.m. At noon, when my youngest is getting ready to go down for a nap, 3:15 seems so far away and I feel like I’ll be able to conquer the world (or at least my mountain of laundry) over the next few hours of glorious quiet time. But things never go as we plan, do they? Maybe Mason fights me on the nap and I lose half the afternoon trying to get him to sleep. Or maybe I accidentally get sidetracked
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The Dinner List: Make Meal Planning Fun!
Ok, please tell me if any of this sounds familiar: You come across a new recipe that you are all excited to try. It's seems easy, nutritious...you're thinking you're going to rock your family's world at dinnertime! Then 5:30 rolls around and the kids start pestering: "What are you making?," "When's dinner ready?," and my personal favorite "Uh, what's that smell?" Nothing like that one to knock you down a few pegs when you start to feel cocky about the meal you're about to serve.
So now the
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Memories are Made in the Kitchen
Hi there…I'm so excited to introduce you to The Preserves Project! I'm looking forward to sharing my mission in life: creating and preserving amazing memories and traditions with my family. My husband Adam and I love dreaming up, planning and working hard to complete all kinds of projects and try to include our 3 kids whenever we can.
From DIY renovations around our old house to gardening, to building projects or cooking, there are always life lessons to be taught and learned while working
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