CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Accordion birthday card in a box
— July 1, 2021Is there a birthday in your house? Make it special with this personalized “accordion card in a box” that spills out highlights of each year of the birthday boy or girl’s life….
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THE KITCHEN DIVA: Soup! It’s not just for winter
— May 6, 2021My favorite comfort meal, no matter what the season, is a vegetable-packed bowl of homemade soup. Soup is a simple, unapologetic dish that is a culinary classic with primitive roots….
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Radishes: The nutritional powerhouse
— April 13, 2021I was looking for a new spring vegetable to explore (move over asparagus and spring peas) and discovered a wealth of information about radishes. I should have titled this article “Everything…
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Fall is a great time for planting trees
— October 9, 2020Most people think of spring as the ideal planting time for trees and shrubs, but fall offers a nice planting window with some added benefits. “Fall is my favorite time of year to…
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Give mayonnaise that personal touch
— September 24, 2020I spend hours every day thinking about food. I’m the director of a non-profit health outreach organization and a certified health worker tasked with sourcing and distributing food…
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CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Repurpose bottles for Earth Day fun
— April 13, 2021This spring, as we near Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, the thought hits me how I’m actually very grateful for recycling and the way my family, the neighborhood and our city has…
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THE KITCHEN DIVA: Casseroles are one-dish wonders
— February 17, 2021I was looking for a baking pan in the back of a cupboard and inadvertently discovered I have quite a collection of casserole dishes. I started thinking about all the casserole recipes…
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Fall family living A-Z
— September 24, 2020It’s officially fall. Kids storm through the front door after school and toss their backpacks in the hallway; you’re just home from work, and there’s dinner to be made and maybe…
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