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Easy Snacks to Make With Your Kids & Healthy Options to Buy When You Don’t Have Time

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Photo: Sugar Proof Kids   Ready for some new ideas for snacks for your kids? It can be easy to get into a rut, and unfortunately, most of the snacks marketed to kids aren’t the healthiest. In fact, 80% of kids’ snacks and products have added sugar and most have deceptive claims on the packaging. They may say “whole grain” or “made with fruit” or “rich in calcium,” making parents think they are getting something with added nutritional value, whereas many of these are highly processed and full of hidden sugars or sweeteners and other unwanted ingredients such as refined...

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How to Roast Hazelnuts and the secret to removing those pesky skin

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s. Learn both Julia Childs blanched hazelnuts and Lisa Aheir’s roasting hazelnuts methods. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Have you ever wondered about roasted hazelnuts? Like how the heck do you make them? Their skins don’t peel off at all and they sure don’t taste like Nutella one bit when they are raw. So how do you take these delicious nuts from hard and bitter to crunchy and sweet? Read on! Back when I visited Tofino, I bought a cookbook at Sobo, a local hot spot for foodies. One of the recipes I wanted to try called...

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These Carrot Applesauce Muffins are lightly sweetened and kid-friendly

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Made with pantry staples, they freeze well and are great for a healthy breakfast, lunch or snack! Hi friends! I can’t wait to share these Carrot Applesauce Muffins with you guys. You know I’m no stranger to adding things like vegetables, lentils, beans etc to bake goods. In fact, I recently put together a free PDF with some of my favorite Kid-Friendly Baking Recipes so that you can print them all out and stash them in your kitchen!  If you’ve been around away, you know my three-year-old’s favorite are the Carrot Oat Bars. We make them weekly and always have...

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