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Healthy Homemade Ice Pops Recipes

Homemade ice pops or homemade popsicles are super easy to make, economical and can be healthy. Forget simply pouring orange juice into a pop mold. With these recipes, you can make your own gourmet pops that would comparatively sell for $2 or more at the store. All of these homemade popsicles recipes are free of food coloring, high fructose corn syrup, artificial preservatives and other nasties. Banana Berry Vegan Pop This homemade popsicle is so nutritious that you could eat it for breakfast if you wanted to. Just don’t tell the kids. 2 cups vanilla soy milk
 1 cup apple … Continue reading →

Summer Drinks Kids Can Make

We had a hot day today, and the kids asked to make Line Cooler. And yes that is line with an ‘n’, not ‘lime’. Our recipe is adapted from the Line Cook Cooler in The Grit Cookbook. The Grit is a restaurant in Athens, Georgia and don’t you know that they know a thing or two about heat and humidity. I’ve sent this recipe to several people and no one ever tries it. I know the ingredients don’t sound like they could possibly add up to much, but I promise that it’s worth the try. The taste is so cooling … Continue reading →

Meet a Families.com Blogger – Lauri Griffin!

Welcome to a new series here on Families.com, where you can learn more about the bloggers you read every day. Today we are chatting with Lauri Griffin, who manages a literacy program for struggling readers. Lauri, how long have you blogged for Families.com? I started December 2007. What topics do you blog about? Family Fun and Media Reviews. What is your favorite thing about blogging for Families.com? I love to hear that someone used an idea from one of my blogs. Parenting is hard work. I try to mainly suggest things that don’t take much time or money, things that … Continue reading →

Italian Sodas – Easy Recipes for Kids to Make

Italian sodas look beautiful and seem very fancy and indulgent. They are, however, extremely fun and easy to make. Start with a big glass full of ice. Add sparkling water or club soda, and a tablespoon or two of flavored syrups. These syrups can be found in the coffee section of most grocery stores, coffee shops, gourmet food stores, and are also available from Amazon. They come in myriad of flavors: vanilla, white chocolate, caramel, raspberry, pumpkin spice, peppermint, Tiramisu, amaretto, lime, cranberry, hazelnut, crème de menthe, Irish Crème, coconut, coffee, and even pomegranate and mango. A lot of the … Continue reading →

Cool Off with These Fantabulous Lemonade Recipes!

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I love homemade lemonade. My kids know the difference between Country Time and when I make it fresh squeezed. For several years, I had been content to just make homemade lemonade with fresh lemons. Then, for some reason, I got the idea that lemonade needed more zap. I started adding strawberries, watermelon. . .you name it. The result is what I think is super lemonade and my kids who once shunned Country Time now shun just plain lemonade. Here are a few lemonade recipes to impress your Memorial Day guests with or just to make on a super hot day! … Continue reading →

Sunkist “Take a Stand” Free Lemonade Stand

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Do you remember running a lemonade stand when you were a kid? I do. Of course, any money that we made was less than my mom paid for the Kool-Aid and sugar that we used. Yep, lemonade without lemons. As a parent, it’s rare that I let my kids drink that stuff, but as a fundraiser it was a blast. Sunkist remembers. They’re offering free lemonade stands (you don’t even have to pay for shipping!) for children ages 7 and 12 who want to “Take a Stand” for charity. The stand includes: 56”x 27” cardboard Lemonade Stand with instructions Citrus … Continue reading →

Homemade Lemonade – Kid Recipes

The warmer weather, and talk of school being over in a few weeks, has my boys anxious for the summer. Yesterday, at the grocery store, one of my nine year olds begged for a bag of lemons. A couple of years ago we discovered that homemade lemonade is actually very easy to make and is incredibly delicious. The only drawback is that juicing the lemons is a little messy. I think making lemonade from scratch is worth the mess though, for a lot of reasons. We live in such a fast-paced world. Taking a little extra time for a superior … Continue reading →

10 Quick and Fun Summer Ideas

My summer is just whooshing by. I’ve heard from other mothers that they feel the same way, so I thought I’d try to think of some extremely quick and easy ways to celebrate summer. 1. Slice up a watermelon for an afternoon snack or dessert. Have some wet wipes or paper towels handy. 2. Have a water gun fight. If you don’t have water guns, scoops of water out of a bucket or kiddie pool work too. 3. Buy a box of fancy popsicles, they come in sorts of fun flavors and varieties now. 4. Get some lovely fresh and … Continue reading →

Loving Less Expensive (and Junky) Food

Are the rising food prices killing your budget? Why not make some changes to adapt your family to more home cooked meals. They are generally less expensive and offer better nutrition. This is the third article in a series today in which I talk about how our food palate can influence our food choices and our budget. By training your pallet, to less expensive food, you can seriously reduce your food bill. If you missed the two earlier articles, click here: The Frugal Palate Phenomena and Training the Frugal Palate. Let’s continue. My own kids tend to prefer home cooked … Continue reading →

End of Summer Party

All around the country, it’s time for back to school. I am mourning the loss of summer. We never seem to do all that we mean to do. Time and lack of finances prevent some things, but other things we just never get around to doing. A lot of people will celebrate the end of summer with one last cookout on Labor Day. But by that time we will have been in school for three weeks. We will feel like summer was over a long time ago. I like the idea of an end of summer party though. Here are … Continue reading →