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Exciting News: A Contributing Columnist!

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I’m so stoked that my real-life friend Emma is going to be contributing as a weekly columnist here at Gidget Goes Home! She will be sharing recipes and whatever else she feels so inspired to write about. Here is a little bit about Emma… Emma is a former Project Manager and now stay at home [...]

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Gardening 1-2-3

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Three Easy Steps to a Bountiful Harvest Although the harvest season has recently ended, it is never too easy to start planning for your vegetable garden. There is truly nothing as satisfying as a ripe red tomato fresh from the vine in the middle of summer or a warm cup of yummy tomato soup in [...]

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Helping Your Kids Love Food

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My kids like to eat, and they like to eat good food. I don’t know whether to attribute this to luck or my parenting skills, but I’ll err on the side of giving myself credit any day! Here are my top five tips to help children learn to appreciate good food. 1. Eat good food. [...]

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It’s the Absolute Ultimate!! #11~ Sweet Potato Solutions

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Moondoggie loves sweet potatoes and yams. I, on the other hand do did not. That’s right I have a tale to tell of how Gidget grew to love these colorful potatoes. I’ve never been a big fan of the thanksgiving sweet-overload yams/sweet potatoes. Which is weird because I have a major sweet tooth. But when [...]

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Christmas Manifesto Part 5: Five Resources for Celebrating a Simpler Christmas

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As a conclusion to my Christmas Manifesto Series (Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and/or Part 4 if you missed them), here are just a few ideas to help you simplify Christmas, and make gift-giving simpler, more sustainable, and/or homemade. Here’s a great starting point for Inexpensive, Creative and Eco-friendly Gift Ideas. We all [...]

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It’s the Absolute Ulitmate!! #3~ The Not-Just-For-Pizza Cutter

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The Amazing Pizza Cutter! Here’s a simple & fun trick… your trusty pizza cutter isn’t just for pizza anymore! I use mine daily for cutting up toast, lunchmeat and more for little Chiquita’s meals. It’s fast, easy and less messy than a knife for cutting up food into mini-bite-size pieces for little fingers and mouths. [...]

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White House Garden Petition

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Here’s a great blog post linking to a petition to our next president to plant an organic garden in part of the White House’s 18 acres of lawn, like has been done in the past. In a time where food prices are rising, this would be a great example for the rest of the country [...]

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Pick Your Organics

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If like me, you can’t always justify buying organic fruits & veggies (yikes– $7 for a half pint of organic blueberries last time I was Safeway!!), here’s a great reference. Click the link and you can download a handy little wallet-sized guide to the 12 highest & 12 lowest f’s & v’s in pesticides. I [...]

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Community Supported Agriculture

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Today’s post is about an awesome program called CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). I had never heard of it until my friend Sarah (yep, my #1 research assistant again) told me about it. She and her husband get a box of fresh vegetables delivered to them every other week from a local farm- it’s whatever is [...]

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