Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the community aspect of it—everyone opening their doors to their neighbors and sharing food. I relish how people, young and old, take the time to play and have fun. I enjoy the spookiness of being out at night and the excitement of never knowing when a ghoul or ghost might jump out at you. I adore the creativity shows up in so many of…
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Fall Giveaway! Kitchen Gadgets for Easy Meal Planning As you know, I spend a LOT of time in the kitchen, either testing new recipes for The Scramble or prepping meals for my family. This is why I am particularly selective with the products that come in. When Mealthy contacted me, I wasn’t too familiar with the brand but I was open to testing their products. After making their Pressure Cooker Faux-tisserie Chicken (ready in…
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A Note from Jessica: When our new affiliate member, Susan Gale, Publisher at Kidoinfo.com, offered to write a guest post about apple picking and enjoying all that New England has to offer in the fall, I immediately said yes. I’m sure it is because I lived in New England until I was 14 and, therefore, have my own treasured memories of apple picking and leaf peeping that wouldn’t exist without those crisp fall days, but…
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My family belongs to a farm-share (also known as a CSA, community supported agriculture). Each week we get the best that local farms have to offer and right now that means peaches, peaches, and more peaches. Honestly, we get so many peaches each week that I sometimes wonder whether it is a blessing or a curse, but then I bite into one, feel the juice run down my chin, and remember: definitely a blessing. Peaches…
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Announcing Our New Brand Big news! You may have noticed that some things are different around here. We’re excited to finally get to share with you what we’ve been cooking up. The mission of The Six O’Clock Scramble has always been to help make healthy family dinners happen. To us, that means taking the stress out of dinnertime together by providing families with the resources to do so. We believe that cooking should be relaxing,…
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