This post has been sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are my own.Halloween is a big deal at my house. Besides the obvious reasons to love Halloween (hello piles of candy!) my kids love it because we have always made it a big deal. We try to do family themed costumes, eat themed food and treats, and one of my kids has a birthday right around Halloween so oftentimes there is a party going on! Since we try to make it really fun with our kids I though I'd share a few spooky feast ideas … [Read more...]
Halloween Party Snack Ideas
It's almost Halloween, do you have plans? If you are hosting a party for friends or even just your family, here are a some Halloween party snack ideas!This year is my first year homeschooling, so it's up to me to be the awesome room mom and make a fun class party. I decided to make a few different options for a snacks for our Halloween party. GourmetGiftBaskets.com partnered with me on this post so the fabulous tub of beautiful, spooky, festive popcorn is from them. The 2 gallon Goblin's … [Read more...]
Rolo Brownie Bites
I love simple desserts that look impressive. These types of desserts are easy to make but they look complicated and they can impress your friends. These Rolo Brownie Bites can be super simple, or a little more involved depending on how you choose to make them. These are my perfect dessert because they are so easy with the boxed mix and they have caramel - which is my favorite treat of all time.As you can see, when I made the Rolo Brownie Bites I used a boxed brownie mix. You can do that too … [Read more...]
Giant Ginger Cookies
I was first introduced to these delicious, special cookies when I lived in Kansas. I had a friend that brought me four of these giant cookies wrapped up beautifully in a cellophane bag with ribbon closure. As she handed me the bag of Giant Ginger Cookies to me she said "These are special cookies, not sharing cookies."As is typical of Mom's, most things we receive usually ends up getting shared amongst the family members. Because I had a toddler or two at the time, her message was needed and … [Read more...]
Red Hot Love Cake
Spice up a plain pound cake with some red hots to make this Red Hot Love Cake (insert the Daniel Tiger song "We're Making a Love Cake"). The pound cake recipe is from Paula Deen so you know it's good!Ingredients1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, plus more for pan 1/2 cup vegetable shortening 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan 1/2 teaspoon fine salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract(1 box of Red … [Read more...]
How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments
It’s that time of year again. The radios are playing holiday tunes non-stop, the shopping malls are full of great ideas for all of your closest friends and family and the tree is up and decorated. But wait a minute, there’s something wrong with that last part: you have more tree than ornaments. With all that real estate available, you need to get the creative juices going to fill the space.What better way to do that than to spend some quality time with your kids to make your own ornaments? … [Read more...]
Rich Homemade Hot Chocolate
Thanks to DairyPure Milk for sponsoring this post. The recipe and opinions are my own.Having hot chocolate is my favorite kind of breakfast. During the Winter months my kids also ask for hot chocolate quite frequently. I'm sure during Winter break drinking hot chocolate together will be a daily occurrence. While the store bought packets are easy and convenient, sometimes it's fun to make some rich and creamy hot chocolate from scratch.Growing up my family would take yearly trips to … [Read more...]
Kool-Aid Fruit Pops
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PourMoreFun #CollectiveBiasSpring is here and weather is warm. Summer is on its way, can you feel it? My kids sure can. I get a daily countdown of how many days are left of school. With warm weather comes all fun things like bike riding, pools, running through sprinklers and cool treats! This weekend we had a summer preview at my house with these Kool-Aid Fruit Pops.During my weekly … [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...]
Rainbow Chow Recipe
Rarely do we buy sugared cereal. We get cereal like Raisin Bran that has some sugar in it but we really try to stay away from having Fruit Loops or Marshmallows and Stars too often. My kids will get a box of their favorite cereal for Christmas and Birthdays but that's about it. The other day I was visiting a bakery and was inspired by an item in the shop. What if we had a snack made out of those yummy, but sugary cereals. Rainbow Chow was born!Rainbow Chow Ingredients1 Cup … [Read more...]
Mint Oreo Cookie in a Cookie
Sometimes my crazy plans actually turn into really yummy recipes. In this case, I wanted to put some mint Oreo's in my FAVORITE chocolate chip cookie base (no chocolate chips) so I tried it. I purchased a box of mini mint Oreo's and went to town! This cute green treat is perfect for St. Patrick's Day! Mint Oreo Cookie in a Cookie Ingredients:2 1/4 cup flour1 tsp. baking soda1 tsp. salt1/2 butter/margarine1/2 shortening3/4 cup packed brown sugar3/4 granulated … [Read more...]
Flag Rice Krispie Treats
I love that there are several patriotic holidays throughout the year so that my Patriotic ideas can be used several times throughout the year. While I have a lot of patriotic craft ideas, I'm new to the patriotic recipe field. Let's dip our toes into this pool together with these Flag Rice Krispie Treats.First you'll make traditional Rice Krispie Treats. Then transform them into these adorable flags. You can even insert a lollipop stick if you want to make them Flag pops!Ingredients- 4 … [Read more...]
Maple & Cream Baked Acorn Squash
If you are looking for a delicious and different side dish or a lighter substitute for a meat dish, acorn squash is a tasty way to go. This Maple & Cream version is filled with a rich, maple sweetened cream and baked until tender. I love to eat mine as almost a soup, scraping the “meat” out of the squash, and spooning up some of the rich cream in the center- a perfect bite! If you like a little spice you can add a pinch of cayenne to your filling to flavor it up a notch! Maple & Cream … [Read more...]
Chocolate Cream Pie
Chocolate pie is my favorite dessert and this is my all-time favorite chocolate pie. I always make this pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas, then occasionally throughout the year. This pie has been known to be our birthday dessert as well. The recipe is so easy to memorize that this is my go-to dessert for company or when I need to take something special somewhere. I found the recipe at Food.com. Try it, you'll love it! Plus, homemade chocolate pie is so delicious because you can't beat the … [Read more...]
Breakfast Baking – Recipes using Hiland Dairy
This post is sponsored by Hiland Dairy but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.Don't think I'm over here always making a big fancy breakfasts for my family, because I'm definitely not, but as we enter the holiday season big breakfasts are happening more often. When my kids have days off from school for Thanksgiving Break and Christmas Break and my husband has some work off as well, those days turn into big meal days. Some of my favorite big breakfast meals include using … [Read more...]
