Meals Made Easy with Tyson Grilled & Ready Chicken

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I recently tried the Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Chicken and it was so good!  It was easy to heat up, full of flavor, and totally juicy, which surprised as it was frozen chicken!  I heated our Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Chicken in a pan on the stove and it heated up quickly and was gone [...]

Staying Fit & Eating Healthy with Healthy Choice Top Chef Meals & Frozen Greek Yogurt

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When I think of our family, I immediately think of a family on the go.  We are always headed somewhere.  Whether it’s taking the kids to school, going to a birthday party or play date, going on a road trip, or just running our every day errands – we are always on the go.  As [...]

Celebrate American Chocolate Week with Delicious Pairings – Starbucks Mocha Coffee + Double Chocolate Muffins

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If you know me, then you know that I’m a chocolate lover.  Heck, if  you don’t know me, but read my blog, you know I’m a chocolate lover.  So, when I learned that American Chocolate Week was the third week in March, I was on it!!!  I headed to Walmart and checked out the Delicious [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Classic Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipe #ChooseSmart #cbias

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“I’m looking over a four leaf clover that I overlooked before.  First is the sunshine, the second is rain.  Third is the roses that bloom in the lane.  There’s no need explaining, the one remaining, is somebody I adore. I’m looking over a four leaf clover that I overlooked before.”  Every time I think of [...]

Sweet & Sour Tri-Tip Rice Bowls Recipe

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We love homemade Fried Rice in our family and with the Minute® Ready to Serve Rice, it’s even quicker and easier to make!  For our recipe, we created Sweet & Sour Tri-Tip Rice Bowls.  They were super easy to make and so delicious!!! For our recipe, we used the Minute® Ready to Serve White rice, which [...]

Johnsonville Fire House Chili Love on Valentine’s Day

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This Valentine’s Day was a little different than most. For starters, Frank and I got to spend it with the boys and some of our close friends.  What was different that the day started off with me preparing a batch of the Johnsonville® Fire House Chili.  Let me tell ya – it was HOT!!! FIRE HOUSE [...]

Baking with Unilever for the Holidays + Giveaway

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This holiday season, I used Unilever products a lot more in my holiday baking and cooking endeavors than I had in previous years and the results were great!  Some of my favorite Unilever brands for baking include Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Promise, Brummel & Brown, and Imperial.  I used them to [...]

Start the New Year with Delicious Muffin Cups from Johnsonville

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Our family loves Johnsonville Sausage.  In fact, just the other day I made breakfast, which included eggs, sausage and pancakes.  One of our children said, “This is the best sausage I’ve ever had!”  He was definitely right! I had the opportunity to host a Johnsonville / Ore Ida Holiday Cooking Party and made the Amazing [...]

Enjoy Folgers Gourmet Selections + Prize Pack Giveaway (Including Keurig, Coffee Maker, & Coffee)

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Who loves the smell of freshly brewed coffee? I do, I do!  Who is entertaining family and friends this holiday season?  I am, I am!  Folgers® has added six delicious varieties to their Folgers Gourmet Selections® coffee line.  These dessert-inspired flavors are amazing and include: Vanilla Biscotti, Baked Berry Cobbler, Coconut Cream Pie, Caramel Drizzle, Toasted Hazelnut and Mocha Swirl. [...]

Country Crock Holiday Veggies Recipe + Giveaway

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I love the holidays – not only because I get to spoil my family and friends, but because I get to cook big meals for them too!  Country Crock makes it easy and healthy to prepare enjoyable dishes for the holidays (and the rest of the year too)!  Country Crock has some yummy recipes that [...]

Nestlé Coffee-Mate Makes the Best Coffee at Home + Brownies with Homemade Peppermint Frosting #UltimateCup #CBias

Holiday Brownies with Homemade Peppermint Frosting

  The holidays are here and Nestlé Coffee-Mate has some really yummy flavors out for a limited time.  I headed to Walmart and picked up my favorite – French Vanilla – and then a flavor I had not tried before – Peppermint Mocha.  I had the task of creating a coffee drink at home with my [...]

Old School Sugar Cookies Become New School Holiday Cookie Wreath – Smart & Final #ChooseSmart

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It’s that time of year when holiday baking goes into full throttle at our house!  I remember baking cookies and decorating with my mom growing up.  We would mix the cookie dough and then cut them into different shapes and decorate them with sprinkles.  Then we’d bake them and the sprinkles would melt.  That was [...]

Enjoying Lean Cuisine Asian Flavor Meals + Easy Fried Rice Recipe #FrozenFavorites #CBias

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Frank and I don’t always have the kids, and sometimes it’s challenging to cook up a healthy meal that tastes good.  Lean Cuisine is here to help solve that problem!  We recently headed to our Sam’s Club and picked up a Lean Cuisine Asian Flavors 6-Pack.  The 6-Pack had dishes in three different flavors, with [...]

Sweeten Your Holiday Recipes with a Natural Sweetener + Fudgy Brownies Recipe

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Truvia® Natural Sweetener for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. The holiday season is here and baking is in the air.  With the holidays, I love to bake lots of yummy treats, but they tend to be high in calories and sugar.  If you [...]

ALL YOU Shares Smart Shopping Strategies for the Holidays in the November Issue

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The November issue of ALL YOU shares secrets for smart shopping for the upcoming holidays including how to secure Black Friday deals and outsmart common online spending traps.  It also includes an affordable array of holiday gift ideas and tasty recipes for 30-minute suppers, perfect for busy weeknights and much more. Here are some highlights: [...]