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Category Archives: Tips
Vinegar – the all purpose product – some weird wonderful and useful tips below!
These tips are just fabulous – inexpensive and great. I received this on the internet – anonymous. So if anyone knows who I should attribute this too please let me know. Humans aren’t the only ones that can enjoy the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged cats, cleaning, cleaning acquarium, dogs, flies, removing pet odor, removing skunk smell, skunks, tips, vinegar
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Yogurt – so many ways to use this healthy dish – cooking with kids especially!
We make our own yogurt from our goats milk and use it in many dishes when cooking with kids. It is creamy and delicious. I also enjoy FAGE non fat yogurt when I am looking for a lower calorie dish. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fish, Gluten Free, Other wonderful treats, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged beef, berries, blackberries, blueberries, chicken, cilantro, FAGE yogurt, Fish, Greek Yogurt, honey, mint, stews, strawberries, sugar, yogurt
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Fennel – an amazing herb – cooking with kids and teaching them the value of herbs in adding flavor (instead of salt) – also a Sugar Cookie Recipe
Fennel is a wonderful herb that grows wild in California. If you ride horses, during the spring time in California, there is an abundance of wild mustard and fennel that grows along with sage and your steed will love to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, family, farming, Fennel, fennel pollen, meals, pollen, recipes, sugar cookies, tips, treats, urban farming
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A tip worth remembering – removing Red Wine from fabric
Red wine spills are the worst kind to remove. I came across this tip but have not trie dit. I must admit to leaving stains and sending them to our cleaners who tend to work miracles. They are L&S cleaners … Continue reading
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Tagged Dry Cleaning, family, grapes, household, stain removal, tips, Wine removal
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Chicken and Almonds – yum! Cooking with kids to make this easy low cal dish with Butternut Squash Mash and Oven Fries
I love nuts and chicken together – especially when cooking with kids – along with my favorite Panko breadcrumbs this makes for a low cal quick weektime dish – which is no fuss so you could easily do this on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips, Vegetables
Tagged almonds, chicken, cooking with kids, easy, grandma music, low calorie, nuts, panko breadcrumbs, rosemary, tips
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An amazing way to use Lemons – also a recipe for Lemon Marmalade
I have found an amazing way to use lemons. We have such an abundance of them – literally trees that are breaking from the weight of their lemons – all kinds including Meyer lemons which I think are the best. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fruit, Gluten Free, Jams, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, freezers, jams, jars, lemons, marmalade, meyer lemons, oranges, recipes, tips
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Useful tips for home and family – last group of really good tips…
And the last of the tips postings…. Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks. ============ ========= ========= ===== When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged air freshener, alka seltzer, Ants, celery, cleaning, family, headaches, home, household, mosquito bites, tips, wine
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More useful tips for home and family….
Some of these tips are so obvious it makes you wonder why you didnt think of that? They work too! Of course I strongly suggest putting on Grandma Music if you are doing the boring work of cleaning – music … Continue reading
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Tagged cleaning, flowers, freshener, perfume, stains, tips, washing windows
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Useful tips for the home and family
I received these tips anonymously on the internet and love them! Thank you to whomever created them! For icy door steps in freezing temperatures: Get warm water and put Dawn dish washing liquid in it. Pour it all over the … Continue reading
The Differences Between Cows Milk and Goats Milk – Great for those who are lactose intolerant!
This article is Reproduced from United Caprine News (US) March 1989. The reason I am publishing it here is that it is one of the best descriptions I have found for the topic – and because we use a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged cheese, cooking with kids, cows milk, family, farm, farming, goats milk, organic farming, pasteurized milk, urban farming
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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
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
You won’t believe what’s in this dish! Abe & Arthur’s Restaurant in NYC – Cauliflower with White Chocolate – Cooking with Kids!
Yes kids will LOVE cauliflower after you serve them this! Cooking with kids can be such fun and when they help you prepare CAULIFLOWER – yes that vegetable that most kids have never eaten – they will gobble this up! … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips along with Pretty Easy Pies – Cooking with Kids made Easy too!
How to Make a Pie as Easy as a Peanut Butter Sandwich (Okay, maybe not quite that easy but pretty darned easy) People are intimidated by pies. They shouldn’t be. You can make pies as good as the bake … Continue reading
Music Mondays – MUSIC MAKES YOUR KIDS SMARTER! See studies below
Are you ready to rock and roll? See what the experts (and the kids!) have to say about getting your kids involved in music. This is an article written by John Crossingham. It was originally published in Today’s Parent March … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged caring, classical music, cognitive skills, dancing, education, happiness, healthy living, kids music, language, learning, listening, music makes kids smarter, parenting, stories for kids, teaching, vocabulary
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Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and More! “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Seventh and Final in the Series: WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? Here is the cutest tip of all. Have you ever opened a closet door and all the wrapping paper from last holiday season fell onto … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, crayola, finding earrings, Grandma, hair grips, household tips, pantyhose, saving money, saving time, soft toys, tips, vaccuum, velcro, WD40, wrapping paper
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Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and More! “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the sixth in the Series: WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? I am not the most craft oriented person – in fact, I used to dread arts and crafts days at school and am not the grandma who … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and More! “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Fifth in the Series: WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? I am not the most craft oriented person – in fact, I used to dread arts and crafts days at school and am not the grandma who … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fruit, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged aloe vera, baby powder, cleaning, cooking with kids, household, icecubes, wipes
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Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and More! “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Fourth in the Series: WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? I am not the most craft oriented person – in fact, I used to dread arts and crafts days at school and am not the grandma who … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Other wonderful treats, Snacks, Tips
Tagged apples, cooking with kids, Grandma, hulling, iphone, lunch box, sound, strawberries
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Tasty Thursdays – Slow Cooker for Chicken – Cooking with Kids! SO easy!
Slow Cooker for Chicken Cooking with Kids – SO easy! Background: I love love love my slow cooker. There are so many benefits to using one – first, the house smells amazing all day while it is cooking; second – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Tips
Tagged chicken curry, chicken slow cooker, cooking with kids, dinner, food, grandma music, Indian, lunch, slow cooker, stew
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Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and more -“Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Third in the Series: Cooking with Kids – WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? I am not the most craft oriented person – in fact, I used to dread arts and crafts days at school and am … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Other wonderful treats, Tips
Tagged arts and crafts, bread tags, cooking with kids, cupcakes, Grandma, household, icecream cones, popcorn, sprinkles, tips
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