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Blueberries for the Family

By Cheryl Tallman and Joan Ahlers
www.FreshBaby.com
Blueberries are available in many forms: fresh, frozen, juice, puree, concentrate and dried. Fresh blueberries should be firm, dry, plump and smooth-skinned. Ripe berries are deep purple blue to blue-black. Stay away from containers of berries with juice stains, or that contain moldy, soft, watery or wrinkled fruit.
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Sugar Pushers at Work: How to Refuse Sweets & Embrace Sanity

By Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C.
If you go to an office every day, you’ve undoubtedly been at the mercy of co-workers, who can best be dubbed “sugar pimps.”
No disrespect intended, but I’m sure you know to whom I’m referring.
You know, those sweetly smiling, eager-to-please colleagues who continually proffer cakes, cookies and donuts with such polite insistence that, [...]

The Best Strawberry Shortcake Recipe, Ever!

Cakes, cookies, and pies are just a few of the many desserts that are both known and loved. Many people can’t say no to a sweet treat, but others feel the need to refuse desserts that they consider to be high in calories and sugar. This makes it hard to find a dessert recipe that [...]

Definitions For Parents

Definitions For Parents 
AMNESIA: Condition that enables a woman who has gone through labour to make love again. 
       
DUMBWAITER: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert. 
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How to Avoid Kids’ Blood Sugar “Spike and Crash”

How to Avoid Kids’ Blood Sugar “Spike and Crash”
by Missy Chase Lapine
 Kids love roller coasters. Moms don’t — well, at least not the ones that take place inside our homes! I’m talking about the “spike and crash” syndrome that describes the rapid ups and downs of children’s blood sugar levels when they eat too much [...]