Menu Planning for Picky Preschool Eaters

Written by Nicole Brekelbaum


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Stay within Budget: When purchasing your food items try to stick to your budget. Preparing your menus a day ahead saves you time and can also save you money. Try to rotate menus every four to five weeks, or repeat one fruit or vegetable on different days so that food is not wasted.

Present Foods with Style: Create a meal with visual appeal. Combine foods of different colors and textures. Cut fruits and vegetables into unusual shapes with a small cookie cutter. Arrange plain yogurt and a canned peach-half on a plate so that it resembles a fried egg. Make interesting funny faces withrepparttar vegetable toppings on a pizza. Encourage your child to help preparerepparttar 101355 meal. Give him easy tasks like cookie cutting, pizza topping or table setting.

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Nicole Brekelbaum is the director at Young Achievers Inc. - A home-based learning center for aspiring youth located in Pflugerville, Texas. Her company operates a childcare facility that participates in the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program, preparing meals and menus on a daily basis for children of preschool age.


How To Avoid Scam Artist When Donating To Tsunami Relief

Written by Richard A. Chapo


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Unfortunately, there is a second problem with responding to an e-mail solicitation for monetary donations. Assume that you regularly make donations to a large charity organization and you receive a request for a donation from that organization to help withrepparttar tragedy in Asia. You can safely clickrepparttar 101354 link inrepparttar 101355 email and make a donation, correct? Maybe not. There is still a risk thatrepparttar 101356 email is a scam. Many online businesses have ongoing problems with scam artists copying their sites, logos, headings, etc., and sending e-mail solicitations to scam individuals. There is no reason to believe that charitable organizations would be any less of a target, so be careful.

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You donations make a world of difference for so many people in need. By followingrepparttar 101363 above recommendations, you can make sure that your donation is made to a legitimate charitable organization.

Richard Chapo is CEO of http://www.businesstaxrecovery.com - Obtaining tax refunds for small businesses by finding overlooked tax deductions and credits through a free tax return review. He can be reached at richard@businesstaxrecovery.com.


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