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Let Them Eat Cupcakes! Gluten-Free Goodness (adorable and healthier)

Gluten-Free Goodness Ingredients 2 cupsrice flour 4 tspbaking powder 1 tspsalt 4 Tbsunsalted butter, softened 6 Tbssugar 2 large eggs 1 tspvanilla extract 1 cuplow-fat milk 2 large egg whites 1 cupsugar 2 Tbslight corn syrup 3 Tbswater 1/4 tspcream of tarter 1 jar (1.25 oz)Cake Mate Decors nonpareils Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line 12 muff

Six awesome cakes anyone can make

Sand Castle Recipe: http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/towering-sand-castle-cake-688671/ Campfire Cake Recipe: http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/campfire-cake-687698/ Pretty Package Cake http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/pretty-package-cake-687401/ Skateboard Cake http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/spiffy-skateboard-cake-686412/ IPOD Cake http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/rockin-icake-688659/ Wonderland Cake http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/wonderland-cake-699324/

Easy Playdough Recipe

3 cups flour 1.5 cups salt 6 tsp. cream of tarter 3 tbsp. oil 3 cups water Pour all ingredients into a large pot. Stir constantly over medium heat until a dough ball forms by pulling away from the sides. Knead dough until the texture matches play dough (1-2 minutes). Store in plastic container. Should last for at least 3 months.

Must read for toddlers

When you're talking about a kid under two, the "just-right book" mainly means something that can't be instantly shredded. 1. Peek a Boo . . . Who? 2. Hippos Go Berserk (Check out the Babble interview with Sandra Boynton !) 3. Bright Baby: Trucks, First Words, Colors 4. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb 5. The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites 6. ABC by Matthew Porter 7. Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs 8. Goodnight, Gorilla (Also Colin Meloy's favorite kids' book !) 9. Are You My Mother? 10. Anything by Richard Scarry, but especially Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

Easy No-bake Cookie Recipe

Recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cooking-live/chocolate-peanut-butter-no-bake-cookies-recipe/index.html

Seven reasons why your family should drink organic

"Parents need to practice the precautionary principle when it comes to the foods they feed their families," advised Greene. "This is especially true when it comes to eating higher on the food chain where pesticides and other toxins are stored in fatty tissue. By choosing organic milk, butter, and cheese, however, families can avoid this exposure." 1. Produced without antibiotics. "Antibiotic overuse is a major public health problem. One of the main places where antibiotics are used today is in agriculture. Organic milk comes from organic cows that have not been treated with antibiotics, so it doesn't contribute to the growing problem of bacterial resistance." 2. Produced without synthetic hormones. "Hormones are powerful. Even trace amounts can cause dramatic changes in living beings. When you choose organic milk, you know that added synthetic hormones
Six years ago I would have laughed in your fa ce if you told me I would be married with tw o children. If I knew then what I know now, I would do it all the same.