As the weather warms our family outings begin. This means the time is soon coming where I'll be packing lunches quite often as we venture out to different parks, activities and small road trips around the area. Instead of just packing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and calling it good, I want to include fun and different food options that are easy to take on the go. Loaded Pasta Salad is one of those things that is easy to customize based on your food likes and easy to take along. With a … [Read more...]
Barilla Penne Summer Salad + Giveaway
When my family was in Florida attending the Family Forward blog conference we were treated to lunch by Barilla. What they did was really fun. Every family received a tray with the ingredients to make a pasta salad. One of the Barilla chefs then walked us through creating lunch together as a family. It was so much fun to create this delicious recipe together and then enjoy a nice pasta lunch together. I wanted to share the recipe with you and then offer a giveaway!! WOOT!Barilla Penne Summer … [Read more...]
Making Meals fun With The Pasta Shoppe
Disclaimer: I received free product in exchange for my honest review. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I first became acquainted with The Pasta Shoppe through their school fundraising program. When my daughter was in Kindergarten a couple years ago the school she attended used Fun Pasta Fundraising(more info by clicking the link) as a school fundraiser. This was a fun fundraiser because they sold pasta of different shapes and flavors. There are pastas … [Read more...]
My favorite summer salads!
My sister and I just had a conversation about our favorite summer “salads” and it inspired this post of 5 of my favorites! Sorry I don’t have any delicious looking photos to add, but these recipes are fabulous! Enjoy!! 1. Berry Spinach Salad- The easiest by far is just filling your plate with spinach, slicing berries (strawberries are my favorite) on top, and adding almonds or your favorite nut. Top it off with poppy seed dressing and you’ve got a quick and easy salad! 2. Veggie … [Read more...]
