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        "reviewBody": "I came to google to find a toddler friendly soup after my son started experiencing a fever/cold. My first thought was to check out a few different recipes and pick things that I liked from each but plans changed after seeing this unique recipe. It was a joyful experience making my own broth and experimenting with cinnamon in a soup. I’m here to say I truly love the flavorful notes in this soup. My 3 years old son likes it too."
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        "reviewBody": "Absolutely yummy and toddler approved! The cinnamon and cloves added lovely earthy notes to the soup."
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        "reviewBody": "Love that includes bone broth and no canned ingredients! The cinnamon was a wonderful twist. Lovely soup I will be making for years!"
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        "reviewBody": "Wow this soup is something unreal is so tasty all family liked it my 2 and nearly 5 year old loves it too and the stock we made is so delicious I can just have it on its own. This is so healthy and one of my favourite soups I make this soup quiet often. And the stock I make I ussually double it , I use for other soups too. Thank you so much for this amazing recipe."
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        "reviewBody": "I didn’t even know you could buy dry alphabet pasta… that’s so awesome. I bet my little girl would get a kick out of using it to make crafts and stuff. Oh, and nice recipe too 🙂 I think it’s safe to say just by looking at it that it’s way better than any of the canned stuff!"
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