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    4 Easy Chicken Marinades to Prep Ahead

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    Tips to Wash Fruit and Vegetables Effectively

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    Reasons Why Your Steak Is Coming Out Tough and Chewy

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    😎 Portland Summer Events 2022

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    How to Peel Celery Stalks

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    How to Cut Carrot Sticks

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    How to Juice a Lemon without a Juicer

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    How to Cut Cucumbers for Kids

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    Platein28's Top Ten Recipes from 2020

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    6 Adorably Simple Fall Craft Ideas for Kids

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    5 Incredible Benefits of Eating Together as a Family

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    Our Favorite Kitchen Tools

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    7 Hurricane Survival Snacks for Kids

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    Meal Prep Is Self Care

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    4th of July Summer Salads

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    9 DIY Play Food Crafts & Why We Love Them!

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    At-Home Activities for Your Wild Kids During COVID

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    6 Easy Crafts for When You're Stuck at Home

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    4 Healthy Quinoa Recipes for the New Year

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    Marshmallow Snowman Craft for Kids

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    Three Reasons to Cook with your Kids

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    Making A Simple Dinner: Our Top Recipes

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    Testing Kids Kitchen Knives

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    Healthy Eating from One Generation to the Next

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    Why not bake on the kitchen floor?

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    My Top Five Technology-Free Toys

    What I Learned About Cooking Fish

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    My Top 3 Kitchen Tools for Kids Right Now

    Kids Cooking into 2019!

    Snacky Plates: July 2018

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    Snacky Plate: June 2018

    Snacky Plate: May 2018

    Late Night Baking

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    Julie & Marcie in kitchen

    We are two sisters with young kids who want to help simplify mealtime for busy families! Platein28 is our family’s unofficial guide to wading through mealtime chaos. Here you will find quality recipes that take 28 minutes or less, with activities to occupy your kids so you can actually cook.

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    Winter Recipes

    • 35 Easy Italian Sausage Recipes for Dinner
    • Reasons Why Your Steak Is Coming Out Tough and Chewy
    • Coconut Curry Recipe for Kids
    • 10 Easy Ground Turkey Soups (30 minutes!)
    • Creamy Vegetable Pasta
    • Old Fashioned Sloppy Joes Recipe

    Popular Recipes

    • Old Fashioned Sloppy Joes Recipe
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    • Creamy Chicken Pea Skillet with Rice (One Pan!)
    • How to Cut Carrot Sticks
    • The Easiest Turkey Burger Sliders
    • Best Philly Cheesesteak Recipe

    Kids Crafts & Activities

    • Fun with Melting Crayons on Pumpkins
    • Fun with Melting Crayons in the Oven
    • How to Dye Pasta for Crafts
    • Adorable DIY Fish Puppet
    • Cow-Themed Tissue Paper Vase
    • Adorable Mushroom Craft for Kids

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