Spring Time Fun with the Kids!

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I get just as excited as the next guy, when the weather finally starts to warm up. Seriously, its in my DNA, I am from Buffalo, New York – once those snow piles turn to mush we all dance in the streets! (Have you seen our St. Patrick’s Day parade celebrations?) Anyway, this week has been warm & along with letting the kids RUN for the first time in months – I started finding some fun spring time crafts for us to do.

Easy, Healthy Homemade Guacamole

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Lately Hubbs has been asking for guacamole for a late night snack. Any chance I have to keep my family snacking healthy I take it! So instead of purchasing prepackaged guacamole, I buy avocados in bulk!

Within a few weeks of tries we found the easiest and most simple recipe to be the tastiest! Can’t go wrong with easy, simple, and healthy… You don’t even have to tell your family that guacamole is a bunch of veggies, it certainly doesn’t taste like it.

Pineapple-OJ Yosicles

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A few weeks back both of my girls were battling off a cold. And any parent knows that when your kid is sick on any level, you want to do everything you can to get them better. Whenever Hubbs and I are feeling under the weather, we try to pump up the vitamin C and get back to 100% quickly! So I thought I’d do the same for the girls, but in a much more fun way!

Oatmeal Whatever Bars

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This was a recipe E picked out herself from her Sesame Street C is for Cooking cookbook. I bought this book a long time ago, well before having kids. So we had had it on hand for a while, but never picked anything to cook from it. I’ve always loved the idea of having kids in the kitchen with you. Maybe it was all the days of making breakfast with my dad on the weekend, or baking with my mom, or even acting as the “pantry runner” during dinner prep… I grew up in the kitchen, and I want the same things for my kids.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

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I love banana bread. My mom always baked this when I was younger and there is just something about it that calls to me! The comfort of a warm stove, the fun of mixing it up together, the sweet but semi-guilt free snack to enjoy… Once I see my bananas getting a bit to brown… you know, when you forgot they were there & when you open them its gonna be total smush on the inside… Well those bananas are perfect for this bread!