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Mother’s Day bargain

12-May-08

Mother’s Day bargain at the Grocery Store
We had Kroger Private Selection’s Stone Fired Spinach Pizza for Mother’s Day dinner last night. I liked it. However I found the dough to be a bit dry, but that could be due to my oven or how long we cooked it for. Regularly priced each pizza costs over [...]

2008 - The Year of the Rat

08-Feb-08

February 7, 2008 — The Year of the Rat
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Traditional Celebration of the Chinese New Year
Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time [...]

Mardi Gras

31-Jan-08

Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”. The name comes from the ancient custom of parading a fat ox through Paris on this day. The ox was to remind the people that they were not allowed to eat meat during Lent. Lent runs from Ash Wednesday thru Easter Sunday. Mardi Gras moves. It can be [...]

Washington State Potato Commission

25-Jan-08

Free publications and posters from Washington State Potato Commission. Includes teacher kit, recipes and illustrated chart of Washington fresh potato varieties, descriptions and best uses.

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Leafy Greens Council

25-Jan-08

Leafy Green Lesson Plans encourage kids to understand the nutritional benefits and the cancer-fighting and prevention elements of leafy greens; and hopefully to encourage the increase in consumption of leafy greens. Create Cruciferous Crusaders Trading Cards, read the “G” List to learn your greens, try some recipes and more.

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Grocery Relief & Help Your Neighbor

24-Jan-08

Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing grocery relief to communities throughout the United States. Angel Food Ministries also participates in the U.S. Food Stamp program, using the Off-Line Food Stamp Voucher system. This is also a great way to help out our senior citizen neighbors. Please visit their site for [...]

Virginia-Carolina Peanut

31-Dec-07

Virginia-Carolina Peanut Kids Pages has pages of activities about peanuts. For about grades K-5. Download in pdf.

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