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Keep Afterschool Hunger at Bay with Homemade Trail Mix

By //  by Candace Sampson

My kids get home from school at 2:30 p.m. That leaves a crazy amount of time between the end of school and dinner. In order to keep them from eating everything in their path as soon as they walk through the door, I need to be prepared with fast snacks that they can grab as soon as they get home, because honestly, there is no wrath quite like that of hangry teens. via GIPHY Snacks need to be something that will satisfy them, but not fill them so much they don’t have an appetite for dinner. …

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