Tasty Tools Round Up: Muffin Pans!

For April, we highlighted the mighty muffin pan! They come in so many different sizes and varying shapes that it was time for us to give them some limelight for Tasty Tools! Thanks to all that participated and if you missed this month, come join us for May where we're highlighting hand and stand mixers!Libby of The Allergic Kid Orange Glazed Citrus Muffins Shauna of Little Miss Foodie Two Shoes Moist Honey Bran MuffinsTracey of Tangled Noodle Good Heavens! CupcakesJennifer of Savor the Thyme Strawberry MuffinsAalia of One of a Grind Macos (Muffin Tacos!) Shawna of Daily Deliciousness Cheese MuffinsJessica of My Baking Heart Yippee Ki-Yay Cherry Cupc

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Autism's Four C's: Cerebellum, Connectivity, Coordination, Communication

A neuroimaging study comparing High Functioning Autistic children and typically developing children has found that children with autism relied heavily on the supplementary motor area (SMA), a region of the brain important for conscious, effortful movement, while performing simple motor tasks like sequential finger tapping. Their typically developing peers in the study used the cerebellum, a region of the brain important for automating motor tasks, The study is published in the journal Brain April 23 and is the subject of a news release by the Kennedy Krieger Institute:This suggests children with autism have to recruit and rely on more conscious,

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Water Balloon Season Is Back!

Breaking water balloons is lots of fun for Conor but sometimes it isn't as easy as you'd think.autism var addthis_pub = 'AutismRealityNB';

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Almond Toffee Cheesecake Bars

A week or so ago, my friends at See's Candy sent me a wonderful box of Victoria's Toffee and asked if I could create something delicious using it. With so many options, I looked to others for inspiration and ideas. I've had cheesecake on the brain lately (primarily due to the Daring Kitchen's recent baking challenge) so I took my cravings for cheesecake and incorporated Victoria's toffee somehow... See's Victoria ToffeeSince 1921, See's has made this famous old-fashioned toffee from a secret recipe that combines real butter, sugar, and plump whole almonds on the inside, and See's creamy milk chocolate and chopped almonds o

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CHEESE & TOMATO PESTO SWIRL BREAD

A LOAF OF BREAD, A BOTTLE OF WINE AND THOUAND DON’T FORGET THE CHEESE, PLEASE! (et n'en fais pas tout un fromage!)What is more French than bread and cheese? Excepting, of course, bread, wine and cheese.Bread and cheese is a Frenchman’s way of life; a crusty baguette or two paired with a nutty, earthy aged Comté or a creamy, sharp Camembert with a bottle of red makes the perfect impromptu picnic meal, sitting along the Seine in the sun, head resting on a lover’s lap; a “plateau de fromage” served at the end of a dinner party, sandwiched in between the main course and the dessert, or wheeled over to your table in a fine restaurant, often replacing desse

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