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Chocolate Caramel Pecan Toffee [Vegan & Gluten-Free]

When it comes to a special Christmas treat, one of my all-time favorite indulgences is a piece of homemade candy. It wasn’t all that long ago, one would often see tins of homemade treats under the glowing Christmas tree.Today were going back in time to when gifts were simple and made by hand. Love filled each and every tenderly created package. If this is what Christmas looks like for you, youre …

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10 Creative Swaps For Traditional Turkey Day Recipes

Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce – Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays that, for the most part, has a very established list of standard menu items. But this year, why not switch it up? Shake up your dinner table with some of these creative alternatives to traditional Turkey Day dishes!1. Instead of boring dinner rolls or biscuits, give your guests a sweet surprise with these message-stuffed crescent rolls.

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We Can’t Believe How Much We Loved Disney’s “Frozen”

Disney’s latest animated film Frozen opens in theaters everywhere on November 27, 2013.I can’t stop raving about what an amazing movie Frozen was – I’m telling everyone who will listen!This is Disney at it’s best, beautiful songs, gorgeous animation with just right use of 3-D – and best of all,as my eight-year-old daughter so aptly put it, “girl power”!The story is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The …

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Make Your Own Potato Stamp

Did you know you can make a stamp out of a potato? Well, you can! This craft is a wonderful family or group activity. I made mine with my kids, and we had a lovely time cutting and stamping Valentine cards for one another. Supplies

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Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas

Our seven-year old daughter enjoys eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. What’s so strange about that? Absolutely nothing! Except thats all shes eaten since she was weaned off of breast milk. Perhaps the strange part, if there really is one, is that not only does eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds seem perfectly normal to our daughter, but also that we had to go to great lengths to explain why some people choose to eat other fare.