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Strong Bones - February 16, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Strong Bones If you consume lots of greens -- spinach, Swiss chard, kale -- then your bones may benefit as well as your taste buds! Diets rich in vitamin K seem to lower the incidence of hip fractures...
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Dark Surfaced Bakeware - February 17, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Dark Surfaced Bakeware The advantage of the dark surfaced sheet pans and cake pans is that they allow foods to brown more quickly. The black color retains heat more readily. This can sometimes result...
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Sweaty Feet? - February 18, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Sweaty Feet? Here's a quick fix for sweaty feet: dab a small amount of antiperspirant on your feet before putting on your socks. This will cut down on the amount of sweating. Of course if you suffer...
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Have Your Birthday Cake - February 19, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Have Your Birthday Cake And eat it, too! Celebrating a birthday but on a diet? You can indulge in a birthday treat and still stay on your good eating plan. Purchase a commercial cake mix. To save...
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Lead Warning - February 20, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Lead Warning Ripping, tearing, sawing and sanding materials covered with lead-based paint can release the lead into the building and present an increased hazard. To avoid this, some folks have doors...
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Cutting In - February 23, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Cutting In You may come across the term "cut in" when preparing certain baking recipes. This means to combine a dry ingredient (like flour) with a solid fat (usually butter or shortening). The end...
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Kids' Vacation Spending Money - February 24, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Kids' Vacation Spending Money If your children receive allowances, encourage them to save a targeted amount for vacation spending money. If they don't receive an allowance or don't have time to save a...
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Conquering Procrastination - February 25, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Conquering Procrastination Here are a few tips to help you "do it now": -Do your least favorite task first. -Write down your goal and include deadlines. Then schedule times to get the task done. -Plan...
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Quick Blender Cleaning - February 26, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Quick Blender Cleaning As soon as you finish using your blender, rinse it, and then fill it 2/3 full with warm water and a squirt of dishwashing liquid. Return it to the base and turn it on for 15...
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Make It Easy For Kids to Help - February 27, 2009 - Daily Family Friendly Tips
Make It Easy For Kids to Help At our house, children are responsible for setting the table for dinner. To do this, our oldest daughter hoists herself onto the counter every evening to get plates and...
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