{"id":24,"date":"2008-01-05T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-05T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/snap-crackle-pop.html"},"modified":"2008-01-05T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-05T22:07:00","slug":"snap-crackle-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/snap-crackle-pop.html","title":{"rendered":"Snap Crackle Pop!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’m at the commissary with my friend Paul. He’s to blame for things like why I now have a GPS and this addiction to the Pioneer Woman’s website! <\/p>\n

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(Military 101: The commissary<\/a> is the grocery store on the military base. By regulation, it provides groceries to authorized buyers at cost + 5%.)<\/div>\n
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Anyway, we’re looking for snack foods and I see those packaged rice krispie treats…and it reminded me of one of my other attempts to give some homemade goodness to my boys.<\/div>\n
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Which do you think tastes better? This:<\/div>\n

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Today I’m at the commissary with my friend Paul. He’s to blame for things like why I now have a GPS and this addiction to the Pioneer Woman’s website! (Military 101: The commissary is the grocery store on the military base. By regulation, it provides groceries to authorized buyers at cost + 5%.) 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