It’s sometimes a challenge to get my boys interested in breakfast, but this easy no flip omelet is something they always get excited about. And I’m always excited when they can take over the cooking!
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A snow sundae – on the first day of Spring ?!
If life gives you lemons make lemonade.
And if Spring gives you snow….make a sundae!
A pure, natural treat with just fresh snow, strawberries and maple syrup.
So easy, the kids can do it themselves.
5-minute Pumpkin Dip – Perfect after school snack!
My kids are always starving when they get home from school and were so excited when I had this waiting for them the other day. It seems like a “treat”, but actually has no refined sugar and is sweetened only with a little maple syrup. A fast and easy fall snack!
Mussel Maine-ia
Although the weather’s quickly turning cooler, we managed to sneak in a few more days on the island. And even if it is cooler, it’s always sunny when you have the right accessory! 
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Kids, cottage and cobbler
One of the things I love most about my husband, in addition to his great sense of humor, big heart and blue eyes, is his 127-year-old family cottage on an island in Maine. This magical place is the most amazing playground for our boys, with no cars, just boardwalks and paths through green forests with tall pines, spongy moss floors, fresh natural springs that you can drink right out of, tons of wild blueberry, raspberry and blackberry bushes and even a very cool (slightly dangerous) tree fort in the middle of it all.
The Mac n’ Cheese Challenge
Did you know that 3 out of 4 kids prefer homemade mac n’cheese instead of Kraft? Well, at least 3 out of 4 of my kids do! I recently decided to do a little investigating and taste testing on one of the food staples of every kid’s life: macaroni and cheese. Here’s what I turned up in my investigation – Kraft macaroni and cheese is chock full of some crazy ingredients! sodium tripolyphosphate, yellow #5, yellow #6, and many others! How can such a simple dish contain so many items that I don’t recognize?
But here’s the good news, making your own mac n’cheese only requires a few ingredients and takes about the same amount of time as the boxed version. The most time consuming part? shredding the cheese. If you can spare two minutes to do that, then there is really no reason to ever grab that blue box again. Just look at the comparison:
