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...]
Holiday Brunch Recipe Ideas
This post is sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc but the content and opinions are my own.I love the holiday season (which starts now for my family) because it means lots of quality family and friend time. It also means awesome meals! My parents recently visited so we got a jump start on holiday celebrations. One of the mornings of their visit we had a holiday brunch (while still in our pj's) with some delicious recipes I'm excited to share with you.To prepare for the family gathering I shop at … [Read more...]
Bacon and Brown Sugar Little Smokies
Sweet and savory just go together! I love the combo and my kids love the combo. It was only a few years ago that I discovered Little Smokies but since then this sweet and savory snack, that is really easy to make, has been a go to for holiday parties and entertaining. The process is easy but it does take some time. It takes time wrapping 30+ Little Smokies and then cooking the bacon until it's on the crispy side also takes time, but nothing about this is hard!Bacon and Brown Sugar … [Read more...]
5 Reasons I Love Zaycon Fresh
Zaycon Foods provided me with complimentary products. The opinions I have expressed are my own. #ad #sponsoredZaycon Fresh (they've changed their name, formerly just Zaycon) is an amazing company that provides bulk meat products at events located near you. I know a lot of you are already big fans of Zaycon Fresh. I was introduced to their chicken breasts a couple of years ago and now recently received a 40 pound order of their 93/7 lean ground beef.Here are 5 reasons I love Zaycon Fresh … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Recipes & Freezer Meals
Now that you have learned How to Start a Meal Plan, Creating a Healthy Meal Plan and received Meal Planning Shopping tips, here are some recipes to add to your meal plan.SmoothiesSmoothies are one of the fastest and healthiest meals that you can make and eat. They taste good, and they’re great for on the go families. Be sure to invest in a quality blender in order to create smooth “smoothies” rather than chunky ones. Quality blenders will extract all of those nutrients that your body … [Read more...]
Top Posts of 2014
As a blogger I work hard to produce content I think you, the readers, want to see. I love providing crafts, printables, recipes and fun reviews to help you. It's always interesting for me to look at my post and see what content you actually like! So here are the Top 10 Posts from 2014White Cake Recipe - This is an easy and really yummy cake recipe. It is also the perfect to cut into shapes as it is firm enough to handle the manipulation. Try it, you'll like it! Bacon and Brown Sugar … [Read more...]
Banana Bread Yogurt
eMeals is an easy to use meal planning service. They offer meal plans for every diet type including slow cooker, classic, Paleo, low fat and more! Take the stress out of meal planning with eMeals. Sign up for eMeals now and you can get 2 bonuses:20% off with the code SCHOOL A FREE Back to School Survival Guide filled with fun back to school recipes including 3 Power Breakfast Recipes, 2 Lunch Box Recipes, 2 Weeknight Dinners, 2 After School Snacks, and 1 Yummy Dessert!Here is a … [Read more...]
Mixed Fruit Popsicle Recipe
eMeals is an easy to use meal planning service. They offer meal plans for every diet type including slow cooker, classic, Paleo, low fat and more! Take the stress out of meal planning with eMeals. Right now you can get 20% off their meals plans with a Back to School sale. Use discount code SCHOOL for the savings. I love it when eMeals shares recipes with me to pass on to you. Especially when they are popsicles! This delicious fresh mixed fruit popsicle is the perfect after … [Read more...]
Turkey-Bacon Tortilla Roll-Ups
It's time to prepare for Back to School and eMeals has you covered! One of the new favorites is their kid-friendly meal plan. Each meal plan comes with a ready-made shopping list to help you get through the grocery store in no time flat! Sign up for eMeals now and you can get 2 bonuses:20% off with the code SCHOOL A FREE Back to School Survival Guide filled with fun back to school recipes including 3 Power Breakfast Recipes, 2 Lunch Box Recipes, 2 Weeknight Dinners, 2 After School … [Read more...]
Summer BBQ Ideas
At our house Summer means time to grill... a LOT! It is too hot to have the over on in the house, so it's helpful to move the cooking outside. Here is a great round up of 12 Summer Grilling Ideas! Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe ~Little House Living Wickedly Good Steak Chimichurri ~Lori’s Culinary Creations Jalapeno Ranch Colby Burger ~Just Us Four Southwestern Bacon Cheeseburgers with Guacamole ~Mom Endeavors Corn Pudding ~A Virtuous Woman Homemade BBQ … [Read more...]
Chocolate Mini Bundts with Chocolate Ganache and Caramel Buttercream Frosting
Hi! I'm Donna! I'm so excited to share with you all! Stefanie is a wonderful online friend and I'm thankful that we've been able to meet in person now too! I blog over at donnahup.com.I don't know about you, but I love to bake for my friends. I just find it's so fun to eat good food and hang out.I have a recipe that I recently tried and it was a complete hit. I made 3 dozen of these Chocolate Mini Bundts with Homemade Chocolate Ganache and Buttercream Frosting. Not. one. … [Read more...]
5 Fun and Easy Recipes with Malt-O-Meal Cereal
Disclosure: I was provided free product for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Recently Malt-O-Meal emailed me about promoting their brand. Since we already are huge Malt-O-Meal fans, I told them an enthusiastic YES! I wanted to make this post fun and relatable. Since we are about to head out on a very long (at least for us) road trip (be sure to follow along with #MOMontheroad) I decided to come up with a couple EASY and fun travel snacks using … [Read more...]
Quinoa Cranberry Cookies – Gluten Free
Quinoa Cranberry Cookies By Debbie AdlerMust Have 15 x 13-inch sheet of parchment paper 1 cup quinoa flakes 3/4 cup hot water 3/4 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour (see page 13) 1/2 cup amaranth flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon guar gum 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/4 cup coconut oil 1/4 cup coconut nectar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/8 teaspoon stevia powder 3/4 cup dried cranberriesMust Do 1. Preheat … [Read more...]
Garlic Grilled Shrimp Skewers
Recently I decided to experiment for dinner. This experiment turned into Garlic Grilled Shrimp Skewers.I have been craving shrimp often lately and so on our last trip to Aldi we bought a bag of pre-cooked, frozen shrimp. One night I didn't have a plan for dinner and my husband was going to be home in 20 minutes, I was looking through the freezer, spotted the bag and came up with this skewer idea.IngredientsBag of frozen pre-cooked shrimp 1/2 cup butter- melted 2 … [Read more...]
How to Create a Themed Family Movie Night with World Market
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me in behalf of Cost Plus World Market. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Having a family movie night is a weekly occurrence at our house. We love to spend time together as a family. Also, family movie night is the ONLY time we eat in the basement in front of the TV, so that makes it extra special!This past week I decided to make it a themed moved night. I thought the kids would have a really fun time … [Read more...]
