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Have you heard about McDonald's Happy Meal Chefs?  All you need to do is make a video of you and your children making a nutritious family meal, and answer a few questions on how to make meal time fun when you enter. To enter and get all the information go to Happy Meal Chefs .  You could win a trip to  the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. The two Grand Prize Winners will also win a trip to McDonald's Headquarters for a VIP behind the scenes look and experience  McDonald's own Chef Dan and his team work on the future menu for McDonald's Children 8 to 11 are invited to enter with their parent or guardian. The contest closes on April 18, 2012.

This morning I headed South to a McDonald's ®  location in Absecon, New Jersey. Nice place. Really nice place. It's sunny, it's clean, it's full of friendly employees, hard working  staff, it's busy, and the food is great.   The three hour tour, for bloggers, began with meeting a warm hearted, dedicated owner, a hard working manager, and two lovely ladies working on PR for the company. The bloggers were served a cup of  warm, full of fruit oatmeal. This was my first try of McDonald's  oatmeal. It is good. Sure to fill you up, and good for a cold morning. The group then learned about the company from the owner of this McDonald's, who happens to own several other locations. She is truly dedicated to the care and quality of her restaurants. You can see it in the restaurant, the employees, and customers. The Manager of this location, also a hardworking person, gave us a behind the counter tour. The kitchen is clean and set up for efficiency. We even got to go i...