I love that my crock pot enables me to feed my children easy, healthy meals on busy days when it would be all too easy to justify some take-out or delivery. I like having go-to recipes for my extra busy days. Days when I go to the gym or run errands, shuttle kids to and from school, take everyone to gymnastics or swim lessons, and barely have time to think let alone plan a real dinner! And I love having a piping hot dinner on cold winter days. Enter: Chicken Pot Pie in a Crockpot! Easy Crockpot Chicken Pot Pie This crock pot chicken pot pie is an easy comfort classic that can be Keep Reading
Tips for Having a Healthy Holiday & 5 Healthy Side Dishes
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Sam's Club. The opinions and text are all mine. With the holidays upon us, I’m excited about spending time with family we don’t see very often, but I’m also a little nervous as usual about the potential for holiday weight gain! I don’t have the best track record when it comes to keeping off the pounds around the holidays. I think I average 7 lbs between Thanksgiving and Christmas and depend on getting back to my regularly planned diet & exercise schedule in January. So many sweets, so many savory dishes, so much time Keep Reading
10-Minute Pumpkin Shaped Rice Krispie Treats (so so cute!)
How cute are these Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats?! These quick and easy to make pumpkin-themed snacks are a fun way to welcome the season, and can be whipped together in less than 10 minutes, making them the perfect fall snack for parties, or classroom snacks. 10-Minute Pumpkin Shaped Rice Krispie Treats These Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats make a big impact without a lot of work, thanks to their Tootsie Roll stems and Fruit Roll-Up leaves. We did use some orange food coloring to complete the pumpkin effect, but you could easily dye these red for Apple Rice Krispie Treats, or Keep Reading
Eye Popping Spooky Halloween Bundt Cake
I love coming up with fun desserts that are quick and easy to make. If you love playing hostess like I do, you probably love having go-to desserts that can be the show piece of the dessert table. This spooky marbled bundt cake will impress your guests without requiring hours of work. Easy to Make Spooky Halloween Cake My favorite part of these cakes are those ghoulish faces hidden in the cake slices - definitely a surprise for your unsuspecting guests! Now don't be scared by that face - it is incredibly easy to achieve and I am going to give you all of the Keep Reading
Kid-Friendly Halloween Food: Spider Web Pizza
Today my kids turned up their noses at the yummy lunch I made for them - one of their favorites! Chili with baked potatoes. Those little stinkers are sometimes so tough to please. I don't normally make food in funny shapes for them, but tonight I decided to make something easy (since my husband is out of town) and totally fun to match the upcoming Halloween holiday. They thought it was the best thing! Give it a try - I bet your crew will like it, too. :) Spider Web Pizza No sorcery is required to put together this pizza. I used store-bought pizza crust, deli American cheese Keep Reading
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats
One of my favorite things about fall is the arrival of pumpkin spice everything. These pumpkin spice rice krispie squares are an easy and delicious treat that you can whip up in less than 5 minutes! Even though my kids love these pumpkin spice rice krispie squares, they are definitely an indulgence for me. Real pumpkin, just the right amount of pumpkin spice, and that gorgeous cream cheese drizzle. These are the perfect afternoon treat when you want something quick and satisfying - and they make a great option for a lunch box snack if you run out of treats during the Keep Reading
No-Churn Cookie Monster Ice Cream
Have you ever tried a no-churn ice cream? With no cooking or ice cream machine purchase required, these ice cream cones are a perfect dessert option for those days when it's too hot to heat up the oven or run out to the store. This recipe is one of my kids' favorites! This no-churn ice cream recipe is actually so easy that the kids can help make it, but I prefer to surprise them with a batch for a special dessert. Because it's no-cook and no-churn, you can sneak into the kitchen and whip up a batch in less than 15 minutes! No-Churn Cookie Monster Ice Cream Instructions Start off Keep Reading
Healthy Raspberry Cheesecake Parfait
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Yoplait®. The opinions and text are all mine. Have you ever wanted to mix things up a bit for snack time? My kids and I get tired of the same old boring snacks day after day. Today, inspired by Yoplait®, I created something new that my kids and I both loved! It's super simple, but makes snack time a ton of fun. It's my take on raspberry cheesecake - a healthy version! Healthy Raspberry Cheesecake Parfait I went to Walmart to shop for the ingredients. I was truly surprised by how many Yoplait® options were available. They Keep Reading
7 Strawberry Season Dessert Recipes
There's just about nothing I look more forward to every year than strawberry season. We eat TONS of strawberries each year. We pick them ourselves at a local farm, we visit multiple farms, we buy them at roadside stands, we get them at the grocery store. Our family NEVER gets sick of strawberries! I even try buying so many we can freeze some for later, and that never works because we go through them so fast. :) So I decided to do a fun post today. It's a roundup of some of my FAVORITE dessert recipes from Pinterest that include strawberries. AS IF I need another reason to eat Keep Reading
How to Make Red White & Blue Patriotic Cupcakes
I know you've seen it all over Pinterest - I have - those lovely red, white, and blue patriotic cupcakes. They look really cool. I've been wanting to make them forever, and I figured Memorial Day would be the perfect opportunity to do so. Patriotic Cupcakes for Memorial Day or 4th of July Here are the instructions in case you want to make them for yourself! Turns out it's even easier than I originally thought. 1. Make a batch of cupcake batter and split it into thirds 2. Color 1/3 red with red food coloring 3. Color 1/3 blue with blue food coloring 4. Fill your cupcake Keep Reading
Caprese Kabobs – Easy Summer BBQ Appetizer
It's about to be full blown summer around here, and we're already getting invitations to summer barbecues and pool parties. I like having a few go to recipes that can be thrown together quickly yet still look (and taste) fabulous. Enter: CAPRESE KABOBS! These little kabobs (am I spelling that correctly??) are the perfect solution for a quick party appetizer that everyone loves. I personally grow tons of cherry tomatoes and basil in my garden each year, so I can grab almost everything I need out of our back yard. I always have skewers on hand, so all I need to buy for this dish is the Keep Reading
Rainbow Salad in a Jar – The Perfect Summer Picnic Idea
There's not much more I like than going on a picnic on a warm summer day. Instead of packing the same old things, I figure this year I can step up my game and try to pack some actual summer recipes! Here's my first idea - RAINBOW SALAD IN A JAR! What You'll Need for Rainbow Salad in a Jar Medium Glass Jar - You could purchase a mason jar or something similar, but honestly an old olive jar that you washed out really well or even a pickle jar would work! Once you're ready with your jar, chop up and layer the following ingredients in the jar. The order is not as important as Keep Reading
Cute Toddler Snack Idea
I've never been one of those moms who makes their kids' food into super cute characters to get them to eat fruit and veggies. I thought, "If they're gonna eat it, they're gonna eat it because I said so and it's good for them. That's it." But after waging many fruit and veggie wars over the years, I've come to realize that sometimes food just needs to be fun. After all, I like it when MY food is fun! So today I decided to surprise my kids with a fun orange snack. Nothing major - just some sliced up oranges displayed in a really cute way in colorful cupcake wrappers. They were a hit! I had Keep Reading
Delicious, Easy Pancake Recipes
Whenever we have family in town, I like to cook pancakes for breakfast (and sometimes dinner!) at least once. They're easy and always a crowd-pleaser. I like having a few different pancake recipe ideas up my sleeve so we're not doing the same old boring thing every time. So I rounded up 10 delicious and easy pancake recipes to have on hand. I hope you like them as much as I do! 10 Pancake Recipe Ideas - Blueberry Orange, Peanut Butter, Nutella & Strawberries & More! Classic Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe Fluffy Pancakes with Nutella and Strawberry-Banana Salsa Blueberry Orange Keep Reading
7 Mouthwatering Buffalo Chicken Recipes
Are you looking for a new buffalo chicken dish to add to your meal rotation? Or perhaps you need a real crowd-pleasing tasty recipe for game day? I've got you covered! Here are 7 mouthwatering options to get you started! Enjoy!! 7 Mouthwatering Buffalo Chicken Recipes Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Meatball Subs Slow Cooker Pulled Buffalo Chicken Homemade Buffalo Chicken Nuggets Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Shells Buffalo Chicken Twice Baked Potatoes Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe Buffalo Chicken Nachos Keep Reading
