Love is in the air as Valentine's Day approaches. My kids love to celebrate each holiday so I have been having fun creating treats for my kids for Valentine's Day. My first treat of the Valentine season was these cute White Chocolate Dipped Oreos. I actually used Mint White Chocolate, but you can use whatever chocolate you prefer. If you would like to recreate these tasty, yet beautiful treats, here is what you'll need.Supplies:Candy Wafers for dipping … [Read more...]
5 Family Meal Planning Hacks for a Healthy and Budget-Friendly Diet
Planning meals for you and your family can be challenging enough, but when you are trying to ensure that your family eat a healthy, balanced diet, while also sticking to a budget, it can start to feel impossible. But don’t worry! We have put together some of our top family meal planning hacks that will make planning the meals for your family much easier, cost you less money, and encourage your children to eat well and live healthier lives. Get the Whole Family Involved in Meal Planning As … [Read more...]
Chocolate Nutella Popsicles
eMeals is at it again with another amazing popsicle recipe. Finish summer with a bang with this delicious Chocolate Nutella Popsicle recipe.eMeals is also offering a 20% discount of their meals plans with discount code SCHOOL along with the FREE Back to School Recipes Download with purchase of an eMeals subscription. Life is about to get busy with school, after school activities, sports, music, church activities and more. Let eMeals plan your breakfast, lunch and dinner now with a discount - … [Read more...]
Can Comfort Food Help Make 2020 Better?
In these unprecedented times, it has become more important than ever for families to cling to their time-honored traditions. Every region and culture in the United States has its own version of comfort food passed down for generations. For people living in the south, this might look like biscuits and gravy, cornbread, and fried vegetables, such as tomatoes and okra. If you're in the Midwest, you might find comfort in casseroles, tater tots, and macaroni and cheese. Those living on the East Coast … [Read more...]
7 Healthy Valentine’s Day Snack Ideas
Valentine’s Day is usually all about the chocolates and sweet conversation hearts, but what if you are looking for some healthier alternatives? Take a peek below at 7 healthy Valentine’s Day snack ideas that you can try. Whether you need to provide treats for a classroom party or just for your own family, these are a great way to treat them more nutritiously.1. Heart grapes Take fresh grapes and cut them at an angle. Match up the two sides so a heart shape is made. Run an appetizer pick or … [Read more...]
Celebrate the OREO Chocolate King Size Candy Bar Rollback
This post was sponsored by Nabisco as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.One day I was walking through Walmart and was handed a free candy bar by an employee. It was the OREO Chocolate King Size Candy Bar. This was my family’s first experience with the candy and it was awesome! Fast forward to now, when the candy bar has been rolled back and only costs $1!!!To celebrate the rollback price, I decide to make an easy … [Read more...]
Restaurant Quality Meals at Home with Smithfield
Ever since the birth of my 4th child, I have been struggling to prepare more than just a quesadilla for dinner for my family. When I received the opportunity to work with Smithfield on this sponsored post, I jumped at the chance. I was hopeful that by learning more about the high quality cuts of pork sells I would be inspired to once again prepare delicious meals for my family. My family enjoys eating pork but I only have about 3 recipes that I feel comfortable enough to make and serve to … [Read more...]
Our Shamrock Tradition
This post is sponsored by McDonald’s, but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.From the beginning of my relationship with my husband we have had food traditions that correspond with holidays. We started a lot of these traditions over 15 years ago and add to them as we learn about different foods or find different recipes. The funny thing is about these food traditions is that my body is now very much aware of them so as the time of year approaches I start to crave the … [Read more...]
What’s your OREO cookie dunk style?
A few nights ago my family decided to have some OREO cookies for dessert after dinner. After getting everyone a few cookies and a glass of milk it was interesting to see how everyone was eating their cookie. I found that their dunking styles mirrored their personalities and it made for pretty interesting people watching.Keep it Clean - my personal dunk style involved dunking a whole a cookie, but grasping it by the edge so as to not get ym fingers in the milk. This way most of the cookie is … [Read more...]
Grilled Very Berry Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich
I've always been a fan of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. My husband ate one everyday of his elementary, middle and high school life. My children now take peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to school with them most days. My sandwiches, however, were relatively boring. It wasn't until a recent trip to my parents house where my Mom had made a strawberry/blackberry jam that my eyes were opened to bigger peanut butter and jelly world.This strawberry/blackberry jam was so good, I single … [Read more...]
3 Easy Cookie Hacks
I love giving out treats to our friends, neighbors and teachers for the holidays. It might seem like a simple gift but I feel like the time and energy that I put into baking should show these people that we appreciate them and are thinking of them. With Betty Crocker cookie mixes it's easy to make a ton of cookies really easy. Plus, they are really fun to transform into more than the simple cookie in the package. At our local Walmart I had a ton of mixes to choose from so I grabbed … [Read more...]
Family Picnic Supporting Literacy
As we are in the heart of Fall, I wanted to make sure my family had one more outdoor picnic before it got too cold. The whether lately has been really nice so we took the opportunity to get some pizza and Fruit Shoot drinks from Pizza Hut and head out on a picnic by a lake nearby. Family picnics are so much fun, but make sure you are prepared. Here are some items that help picnics be successful (in my opinion):Awesome food (ahem, Pizza Hut!) Delicious Drinks (enter Fruit Shoot) Table … [Read more...]
Apple Cider Scones + Strawberry Shortcake Giveaway
It's time for another fun Strawberry Shortcake Giveaway! This time we are pairing a giveaway with a delicious Apple Cider Scone recipe. Apple Cider Scones 1 - 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 - 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons cold butter (half a stick) 3 tablespoons honey 1/2 cup apple cider 1/2 cup buttermilkOptional: 2 apples, peeled and diced by your assistant or 1/2 cup raisins 1 egg (for egg … [Read more...]
Healthy Toddler Snacks on the Go
If you remember back a few months ago I shared a fun idea of using Gerber® Lil’ BeaniesTM as a fun educational snack. We made a toddler snack game chart with numbers and boxes for my toddler to put the snacks in and practice counting and one-to-one correlation. He loved it! In fact, he loved it so much that as we were shopping at Walmart last week he saw the Gerber® Lil’ BeaniesTM and asked if we could buy some more. Sure! Because as I learned previously, these snacks are nutritious with 2 grams … [Read more...]
Let’s Feed Kansas City
This post is sponsored by Harvesters - The Community Food Network. For more information, visit harvesters.org.All opinions are my own.On several occasions throughout the year it seems we have the opportunity to donate food to different food banks or programs that are helping feed those in need in the community. Here in Kansas City we have Harvesters which is a huge part of our community serving 26 counties in Missouri and Kansas.September is Hunger Action Month and the #Hungry4More … [Read more...]
