Smoothies

By Erica Mauro | November 9, 2024 |
Mikey looking lovingly at a cartoon smoothie.

Our local grocery store got a smoothie bar! It was the best.  Mikey chose a strawberry banana smoothie.  I’d much prefer he get blended fruit as a treat than ice cream.  Sadly, this phase didn’t last too long, and Mikey was back to vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles in no time. The beauty of smoothies is that…

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Kale Chips

By Erica Mauro | October 29, 2023 |
Michael eating kale chips.

We make kale chips with a pretty simple recipe and 3 out of 4 people in the Mauro household approve.  Here’s the recipe: Remove the stem/central rib from the kale leaves Cut the leaves into pieces and wash them. Mikey likes to use the salad spinner for this. Dry the kale leaves. We do this…

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