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Table Talk at General Mills Day 1

Well I just got back from great trip. I was invited to Minneapolis by General Mills to attend an event with fellow mom bloggers called Table Talk. The main focus of this event was dinner time. The plan was to discuss how to bring nutrition, value and fun to our dinner table with a little more variety. The attendees would be able to participate in exclusive sampling of new products and some twists on family...

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What do you consider a snack?

One of the favorite things my kids love to say is “Ma, can I have a snack”? And they ask me this about a million times a day. Especially when they are bored. So it got me to thinking, what is a snack? To me it is something small that is not meant to get you full. I am thinking along the lines of a bowl of grapes, a few chocolate chip cookies, some chips or crackers even a bowl of cereal. My...

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What my husband brought home today

My husband has known me for over 17 years. He loves to bring me things that bring back memories from when we ere younger. I used to have this thing for salt and vinegar / salt and sour chips. I used to add some hotsauce and I was in food heaven. It may not sound very appetizing but it is so yummy and will definitely clear your nose. The company Vitner’s made the chips and they were my absolute...

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Ugh, I would never eat chittlin's

or so my daughters thought. We were watching an episode of Big Brother and the food for the week was churros and chittlin’s. Oh my goodness, my two oldest were just gagging their little butts off. They would never eat that . Ewwwwww! What type of person would eat something so gross. Boy did I surprise them when I told them that we all used to eat chittlin’s. Including them. My grandmother...

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I think we are addicted to rub

It is not what you think. Well, I don’t know what you may be thinking but I am talking about the rub you put on meat before you grill it. We have become obsessed with “rub” this summer. It is kind of weird because we love rub on ribs and chicken when we go out to eat. But never really did it at home before. I just love the ones at Famous Dave’s. Oh my goodness I can eat their ribs...