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Potatoes Chili-glazed sweet potatoes Cheddar mashed potatoes  Caramelized onion and gorgonzola mashed potatoes  Healthy potato gratin with herbs  Mashed winter squash with spices Sweet potatoes with bourbon glaze Mini herbed pommes Anna  Mashed pumpkin potatoes Honey cinnamon roasted sweet potatoes Parmesan roasted potatoes Stuffing Sausage apple brie stuffing Herbed bread stuffing Wild rice stuffing Marble rye

Each year, so many of us scramble to put together the only kind of Christmas we believe our families will accept. Before we know it, our wallets are empty, our stress levels have skyrocketed, and somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten that it isn’t the trimmings and the trappings that makes Christmas Day so special.

My aunt Susie is one of those intuitive cooks. She can just throw ingredients together, no recipe required, and the final product is always irresistible. However, with two active little boys running around, she understands that time is precious. These unusual kitchen tools are time-savers that will make your favorite culinary masterpieces all the more

It can really be hard for parents to develop these character traits and attitudes in their teens. But I believe that by starting early and being consistent, teens can become much more self-assertive and less uncertain and unhappy.   One of the most important ways that parents can teach their kids to be self-assertive is

here Jessie Funk is bursting with talent; not only can she sing, dance, and do Disney character impressions that’ll knock your socks off, but she’s also a gifted motivational speaker. Jessie has been teaching and mentoring students for over a decade. She loves to speak at middle school and high school assemblies, leadership conferences and

I’m one of those people who takes pleasure in flipping through cookbooks—as long as I have something to munch on simultaneously, of course. Even as a kid I enjoyed them, my all-time favorite being Wookiee Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook. Talk about creative! From “Dark Side Salsa” to “Hoth Chocolate”, this book covers all the