Fun Holiday Treat “Baking” Ideas for...

When I was a child, I lived for the month of December, and in large part, it was because of the holiday baking and treat making that happened from day 1 to day 24. I didn’t think there was anything quite like frosting cookies, making giant messes with the sprinkles, “gluing” eyes and buttons onto...

'Almost Homemade' Meals with Chef Boyardee

I can remember eating Chef Boyardee as a kid. Here I am, as an adult, and I still eat it and love it! My favorites are the Spaghetti & Meatballs and Mini Ravioli and Kambry’s favorite is the Mini Spaghetti & Meatballs and Mini Ravioli as well. There is 1/2 cup of vegetables per serving, so...

Recipe & How To make Grilled Mini-Pizzas

While I was at Midwest Moms Summit last weekend, I received a sample of 5 grain flax Foldit Flatbread. Today, I decided to try these bad boys out by making grilled min pizzas. Super easy, super fast and super yummy! Since our stove is out of commission for another week I used my countertop grill...

Log Cabin Breakfast

I cannot tell you how much we love breakfast for any meals, including dinner. With these meals, we have to have our turkey bacon, eggs and of course pancakes & waffles. It seems that the dinosaurs in our house like waffles especially. Just this month, Log Cabin made a major announcement...

Class Valentine's Day Treats with Wilton

I woke up this morning in a creative mood, so I went with the flow. I made rice krispie treats and used Wilton's Candy Melts to drizzle over the treats, as well as I made candy to go on top. I made some hearts using candy melts and I used the Wilton Heart CandyPick Mold. I had another idea to make...

Wilton’s new Valentine's Day products

Happy February! There are only 13 days until Valentine’s Day, can you believe it? One of my favorite things to do for Valentine’s Day is to make goodies for Tucker’s class, as well as for our home treats & for hubby to take to work. We are snowed in this week, so when I woke up this morning,...

Recipe for Family Fun ~ The Family Dish {Recipes...

With as hectic as this month, and with as crazy as the holidays have been, I like to tame it down a bit away from the big meals and get back to everyday living and cook meals that are more down to Earth. Pasta is one of my favorite dishes. One can never have too much pasta! I had a fun opportunity to...

Perfect Cookie Decorating with Wilton's Color...

On Sunday, October 10, 2010, I had the chance again to go to Chicago to visit with the amazing people from Wilton. I have known about Wilton my entire life, grew up with Wilton products and baking with my family, and in June, I even learned a few things about cake decorating and I even managed to surprise...

Grilled Boboli Pizza

I love pizza. I could eat it all day, every day if my family and waistline would allow me to. I was asked if I had tried Boboli Pizza – on the grill. I had never even had Boboli pizza, to be honest, but I thought ‘Hey, pizza and grilling out – why not?’ Ohhhh I was like a kid in a candy store. I...

Hungry Jack Pancake Party Kit

Our family can eat breakfast three meals a day if we were able to. There are so many days that the kids ask for cancakes (pancakes) for lunch. I don’t mind, its easy to make, we love the wheat blend mix from Hungry Jack, so they are yummy and so easy to make – just add water… Literally, it’s...

Smucker's Plate Scrapers: Fun kids' snacks!

With my trip last week to Smucker's, I brought back a tasty and fun addition to our pantry. Strawberry Plate Scapers. If you haven't seen these, this is a must for any pantry! We just made a fast & easy after dinner snack. We used a plain shortbread cookie, drizzled the plate with Strawberry Plate...

Fun & Yummy Treats with California Raisins:...

Are you looking for a fun and tasty treat for your little goblins for Halloween? We found something that is not only yummy, but FUN and the kids can all get involved. We made Spooky Spiders and we ate them! Yuck – we ate spiders? These creatures were so fun, so cute and so good! California Raisins...

Kitchen Helper from Pretend Kitchen Play...

Earlier this month, I posted my excitement for opening a box from Pretend Play Kitchen Shop that included the Gudecraft Wood Kitchen Helper. Why was I excited right off the bat? Well, its because I was expecting a ton of pieces to be in the box and a good hour to put it together, but it CAME already...

Over 25,000 yummy & fun recipes from Tablespoon.com...

We have really been getting in to baking, especially with the cold weather already here and the holidays just around the corner. On Halloween, we are having a small get together party for Halloween and Kambry’s 2nd birthday celebration. One of the recipes that I want to make for the party is Peanut...

Step2 Shopping Cart & Play Food

I am all about my kids, well any child, having fun with pretend play. We received the Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen a couple of months ago and this has been nothing but pure fun in our home! While the kitchen itself is amazing and so much fun, there are so many fun accessories that you can add to this...

Kitchen Helper from Pretend Play Kitchen...

With my increased love for cooking & baking, I really want the kids to be able to come and help in the kitchen more. Why? Letting the kids in the kitchen really helps with their learning and also to help teach them chores and helps them learn things from baking, helping mom with dishes and so much...

Eating is fun with Constructive Eating!

When it comes to feeding my kids, I look for different and fun ways to feed them while they are still interested in their food. With Tucker, we found a great and fun way for him to get more interested in his food and eating. We were recently introduced to Constructive Eating and this has been such...

Fun Back to School Recipes & Ideas from Sara...

Last month, just before BlogHer, I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the Sara Lee headquarters, take a tour of the entire facility and taste some yummy new things that Sara Lee had in the workings. I loved them before the summit, but I adore them even more as a company! While I was there,...