Category Archives: Family

Mashed Potatoes Little Farm Style – Cooking with kids

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We love potatoes – and we grow them at The Little Farm. Our favorite is Yukon gold – along with sweet potatoes and yams. Here is a very simple recipe which you can make with kids. Our grandchildren like to … Continue reading

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Just saw the documentary FRESH – if you don’t buy organic now, you will after seeing this movie! Philanthropy Fridays support Cooking with Kids Organic Style

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I am so grateful that we have our own chickens and organic alpha omega eggs. The documentary FRESH will educate you about the food supply and the amount of really bad stuff that is in it. Buy organic – buy … Continue reading

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Sam The Broken Robot and RockinGrandmaMusic performed today at the Zimmer Children’s museum

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Hi there TODAY was the big day that Sam, The Broken Robot and RockinGrandmaMusic performed at the Zimmer Children’s museum. KTLA Channel 5 news were there – how exciting! But the MOST exciting thing of all was that today was … Continue reading

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Cooking with kids – Stuffed Pancakes! Yummy!

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Cooking with Kids -Yummy Stuffed Pancakes Do you want to know how to make cute little pancake turnovers with  raspberry or other fruit fillings inside? I get fillings and pancake mixes from The Prepared Pantry – and they have lots of combinations as … Continue reading

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Philanthropy Fridays – Bringing the Healing Power of Music to Children who are ill -The Children’s Music Fund

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Today I am featuring www.TheCMF.org. What could be more important than healing sick kids? We are a musical family – thank heavens we have not suffered from the illness of children – which is a pain like no other for … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays – Cooking with Kids – Easy Chicken Chili

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Chicken Chili – the short and easy way We like non spicy food – so this chili is NOT spicy – if you want to spice it up – add Poblano and Chili peppers – or even Jalopeno peppers for … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tips – Chicken with Apple Cider – Cooking with Kids is SOOO Much Fun!

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Apple Cider Chicken: ( ADAPTED FROM COOKING LIGHT ON LINE RECIPES – 2/29/12) There are SOOO many ways to cook chicken. Thankfully! We love chicken – and its a good leftover dish too. Here you can use up those extra … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays – Middle Eastern Lamb and Brown Rice – Cooking with kids!

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Middle Eastern Lamb and Brown Rice This is easy to make – and if there are leftovers, it tastes even better the next day. Alas – we tend to finish whatever I make – it’s that delicious! And the assembly … Continue reading

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PINTEREST – the newest best place for Mommy Bloggers?

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I was sent this article by MARC USA – one of the leading PR and Advertising firms – run by super CEO, friend and colleague Michelle Fabrizi – about PINTEREST. Are you pinning? I am! It was published on line … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tips – Making Blintzes! Cooking with Kids – who doesn’t love kids and blintzes?

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The Easy Way to Make Strawberry, Cherry, and Other Blintzes  I love blintzes—always have.  I don’t know anyone who does not love blintzes.  So how come we don’t make them more often? Blintzes aren’t hard but if you are making … Continue reading

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Philanthropy Fridays – The Gumball Foundation – The next generation of inner-city social entrepreneurs

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Today I am featuring the GUMBALL FOUNDATION. A young man with few prospects of having enough money to pay for his college, created a business out of buying gumball machines and placing them into stores – and earned enough to … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tips – Cooking with kids – French Toast – the USA Way!

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Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar Overnight  Baked French Toast Cinammon Sugar is one of those delicious combinations that we used as kids on toast and butter -under the grill and yummy! A great ( if not very healthy) snack! My grandchildren love it too … Continue reading

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Patience is a Virtue – An Elephant Teaches a Lesson in Patience to Mankind – Feb 2012 South Africa

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On Thursday February 19th, a group of folks in a white car, decided that an Elephant was walking WAYYYYYY too slowly in the game reserve in South Africa. Of course the folks in the car forgot that the Game Reserve … Continue reading

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Music Mondays – Kids Stories, Dancing with kids, Singing with Kids = JOY!

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Today I am featuring the song Love Song for My Child, one of the songs that is on the CD available from RockinGrandmaMusic. It is about a mother who is holding her very young baby in her arms and thinking about … Continue reading

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Music Mondays – Bringing Joy to the UK – I am in London for a Family Celebration -bringing my songs with me!

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I am in London this week for a family celebration – and have brought Sam’s Special box with me along with his three books and two CD’s of songs for my great niece who turns ONE on Wednesday. What a … Continue reading

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