Homemade Candy Corn

Homemade Candy Corn   I remember enjoying this wonderful candy when I was a child.  My mom would empty a bag of these Halloween-colored candies into the pumpkin candy dish that sat on the end table in our living room.  When we came home from school and found the...

It’s Comparing Apples and Oranges

“If your child was diabetic you wouldn’t withhold insulin.”   How many times have you heard this?  I see it all the time on fb in response to a parent who is on the fence about medicating. It is used to encourage using stimulant drugs to address ADHD...

Halloween Party Ideas

FUN FESTIVE RECIPES  Chocolate Pretzel Spiders All you need: pretzel rod sticks bag of chocolate chips microwave bowl parchment paper teaspoon baking sheet 1)  Place pretzels on parchment paper covered baking sheet in small piles. 2)  Place chocolate chips in glass...

Using Zucchini from our Summer Garden

ZUCCHINI CARROT MUFFINS   This is a great recipe to help use up all those zucchini from the Summer garden.  I don’t know about you, but here in my backyard, zucchini grow like weeds. My kids love these and they pack very well for school snacks. Since they...