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So you need a side to go with your Baked Potato Soup? This Beer-Cheese Bread was awesome with it. My mom and I loved this bread. This is definitely the best bread that I have ever made at home. I will be making this all fall to go with our soup and chili. 
Basic Beer-Cheese Bread

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon [...]

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The cold weather has arrived in Columbus, and it sucks! I don’t know how I am going to survive being trapped in the house with an almost two-year-old all winter long. We spent so much time outside this past summer and fall, being inside all the time is a shock. But that’s a topic for [...]

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As a single mom, I am always watching my money. I spent this past weekend winterizing my house with my mom (or I should say, my mom winterized my house while I tried to learn how to shrink wrap windows and kept messing up the windows so then she had to go back and fix them – [...]

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I took the munchkin to her first pumpkin patch this weekend. We went to Leeds Farm in Delaware County.
Leeds Farm was not what I think of when I think pumpkin patch. I pictured us walking into a field of bright orange pumpkins and letting her walk around until she found one. Leeds Farms was a [...]

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Looking for something to do with the kids this weekend? What’s a better fall activity that going to a pumpkin patch?
Here is a website I found that lists pumpkin patches: Pumpkin Patches and More. You can search by state, then by area. 
[Photo Credit: Pumpkin Patch]

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More fall recipes…
I love fall and fall recipes. I love apples and pumpkins, and so does my daughter.
So here is another fall recipe. It’s easy, healthy, the munchkin loves it, and uses my favorite kitchen appliance – the crock pot. (OK, the coffee part is actually my favorite, but you don’t cook with the coffee [...]

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COSI has a new exhibit – Sesame Street Presents: The Body. The munchkin and I visited the exhibit last week.
Like all of COSI, the exhibit is incredibly interactive. The exhibit is all about the body, and how to take good care of your body.
My daughter is 21-months-old, and she was probably too young for the [...]

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I’m a lazy cook. I don’t like complicated recipes. I don’t like to bake because you have to be precise. I like simple recipes.
I also like healthy recipes too. I try not to give my daughter store-baked cookies and cupcakes, because I don’t know what is in them.
This fall, I wanted to make some cookies for [...]

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This weekend, we had beautiful fall weather which was perfect for a hike. Hiking in the fall is great, because it isn’t too hot or too cold and the bugs aren’t biting.
We went to Old Man’s Cave in the Hocking Hills State Park. I was a little worried about hiking with a 21-month-old, but she [...]

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On Saturday, October 4, the North Market will be hosting its Harvest Festival.
The Harvest Festival is free and has activities such as pumpkin pie, apple pie, and pumpkin bread contests; free cookies and apples for kids; face painting; crafts; and music. 
If you haven’t bought any local apples, pumpkins, squash or cider this fall, the Farmers’ Market [...]

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