Disclosure: I received free product for promoting this campaign through US Family Guide Bloggers. All opinions and experiences are my own.How does Zaycon Foods manage to provide such high quality super fresh meat and produce to its customers at such low prices? The answer is strength in numbers. And not our numbers, yours!Zaycon Foods can sell its products at bulk rate prices to individual consumers and families because our unique sales event business model brings lots of people … [Read more...]
Buttercream Frosting Recipe
It's important to have a go-to frosting recipe. One that is quick and easy and you know taste yummy. It would also be helpful for that recipe to serve many purposes. This Buttercream Frosting recipe is just that! You can make it thick and beautiful for piping onto cakes and cupcakes or thin it slightly and make it great for spreading on a cake. Buttercream Frosting Recipe 6 cups powdered sugar, sift and divided3/4 cup butter, softened1/4 shortening6-8 tablespoons milk, divided1 … [Read more...]
eMeals Fourth of July Sale
Exciting News! eMeals is having a sale for Independence Day! Celebrate with 15% off your meal plan plus get the Fourth of July menu FREE when you use code FOURTH! What a fun way to celebrate a fun holiday! … [Read more...]
Celebrating #MonstersUPremier with Cake
Yesterday I thought it would be fun to make some Mike Wazowski cupcakes. I thought it would be fun because I thought it would be easy! HA! Not so easy, but still fun! Anyway I tried a couple different versions and settled on this:This was the expression I was going for:I tried a couple different approaches. I tried with Oreo's, with frosting, with a mouth and without. I never quite nailed it, but it was fun and tasty to try! :) Are you doing anything fun to gear up for the … [Read more...]
Larkburger Review
Disclaimer: My family was given a free lunch in return for a review of Larkburger. All opinions and experiences are my own. Yours may differ.While on vacation in Colorado this past week we stopped by Larkburger in Edwards for a tasty lunch. Since I was there on a mini family reunion, several of my family members wanted to join us. I had this review set up for a couple weeks, but when I arrived they were not expecting us. I told my other family members to go ahead and order and start … [Read more...]
Cookies By Design Review
Disclaimer: I received the following product for review purposes. All opinions and experiences are my own. Yours may differ.I LOVE to get baskets as gifts. You know the baskets that are full of goodies! I have received several gift baskets in my life, but one of my most favorite baskets ever, I received last week. This lovely "One Smart Cookie" Cookies by Design basket showed up at my door!Here is what the Cookies by Design website says about the baskets:Our cookies are baked … [Read more...]
Slinky Snake Cake Instructions
Moving on on our quick and easy birthday cake series is this cute Slinky Snake cake. One thing I love about this cake is you can make is small, or really big! If you have a large crowd coming over, just make an extra bundt and add a little extra slither to the snake.DIRECTIONS2 10 inch bundt cakes (I only used one for this picture)1 cake board, covered (I used a cutting board covered in foil)2 16 oz. containers white frosting (I only needed one since I only used one cake)1 … [Read more...]
25 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals
I LOVE crock pot meals! They are so easy and fast and have an easy clean up as well. Freezer meals are also awesome. Make the meal, freeze it for a rainy day, when rainy day comes - BAM dinner is done, just heat it up! Now imagine combining the two! This wonderful world of quick and easy slams together in a beautiful combo of crock pot freezer meals!My friend Janell at Saving You Dinero has a whole list of 25 crock pot freezer meals for you to enjoy. I will be making some for my own family. … [Read more...]
Island Fun Cake
Can you tell we are getting in the mood for summer around here? This cute Island Fun cake is very simple to recreate! I used a cake mix, but you could easily make the Chocolate, White, or Yellow Butter Cake recipes I have shared. This is pretty straight forward, but here are the directions in case you need them.INSTRUCTIONS1 13x9 cake1 14x10 inch cake board, covered (I used a cutting board covered in foil)1 16 oz Container white frosting1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs6 … [Read more...]
Yellow Butter Cake Recipe
2 cups all purpose flour4 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 1/2 cups sugar1/2 cup butter softened1 cup milk1 teaspoon vanilla3 eggsPreheat over to 350. Grease and flour cake pan or grease and line with waxed paper. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in large bowl. Stir in sugar. Add butter, milk and vanilla; beat with electric mixer on low for 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Add eggs; beat 2 minutes. Pour into prepared cake pan and … [Read more...]
Coconut Bliss Review
Disclosure: I received the following product free for review purposes. All experience and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.So I'm cutting back on dairy (trying to go off of it, but that is proving to be VERY hard). My nursing baby has a sensitive tummy and can't seem to handle dairy. So, I went on a hunt to find dairy free products, and what did I find? Coconut Bliss ice cream! YAY!Coconut Bliss is an amazing treat with coconut milk being the star ingredient! It is sweetened … [Read more...]
White Cake Recipe
This is also another cake from Birthday Cakes for Kids and is great for carving and shaping.White Cake RecipeIngredients2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 2/3 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter softened 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 egg whitesInstructionsPreheat over to 350. Grease and flour cake pans or grease and line with waxed paper. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in large bowl. Stir in sugar. … [Read more...]
Something New From Arby’s
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Arby's. All opinions are 100% mine.I recently saw a commercial on TV for the new Arby's King Hawaiian sandwiches. There are two new sandwiches to choose from when you visit an Arby's. They are Arby’s KING’S HAWAIIAN roast beef sandwich that comes with an extra helping of freshly sliced roast beef, piled high on a soft and slightly sweet KING’S HAWAIIAN bun and an Arby’s KING’S HAWAIIAN Roast Beef & Swiss sandwich has the same extra … [Read more...]
Carousel Cake
1 10 inch Bundt Cake1 10 inch round cake board, covered, or a large plate (I used my cake stand)1 container (16 ounces) white frostingAssorted animal shaped cookiesDecorator gel (optional)Assorted candies and decorsColored or striped drinking strawsPaper for carousel roofMake cake according to recipe (this chocolate cake,or white cake is yummy!) Place cake on prepared board Tint frosting whatever color you wish. Frost cake.Outline animal shaped … [Read more...]
Chocolate Cake Recipe
This chocolate cake is pretty good, but it is FANTASTIC for cutting and shaping into different shapes. I got this recipe from the book Birthday Cakes for Kids. I will be sharing several cakes from this book as well as several recipes for cakes, and frostings. Chocolate Cake RecipeCuisine: Cake This cake is GREAT for carving and shaping for birthday cakes.Ingredients2 cups all purpose flour 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 … [Read more...]
