If you’re looking for a perfect side to compliment the main course of your Thanksgiving dinner, consider making this roasted butternut squash and cranberries dish. Squash is seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic powder, cranberries burst with flavor from roasting and it’s all topped with Continue reading
Since we covered the healthy treat on Halloween with jack o’ lantern oranges, we splurged a bit with these far from spooky yet totally adorable Reese cup bats! Stumbling upon this idea on Pinterest worked out wonderfully, because I recently had a coupon for a free pack of Oreo thins and Continue reading
Happy Halloween, friends! With the amount of Trick or Treat candy Hailey brought with her this weekend, I wanted at least one treat we made to be healthy! These oranges turned jack o’ lanterns were the perfect festive snack and proof that enjoying the holidays doesn’t always mean over indulging! Most of our ‘jack o’ lanterns’ were filled with Continue reading
Happy 4th of July!! We didn’t partake in the usual activities of parades and cookouts today, but we did have quality family time and made some festive drinks to celebrate! Oh…and of course we had sparklers, because it’s definitely not the 4th without sparklers to end the evening! I found the red, white and blue drink recipe a while back and with Hailey here for the 4th of July this year I was excited to finally put the science to the test! The key to making this drink is the order of the beverages and the technique of pouring. Let me explain… Continue reading
What’s Jicama? That was my first question when I found this great salsa recipe over at the Two Peas & their Pod blog! Naturally, I turned to Google for the answer. Remind me again what we did before the internet and search engines existed? Perhaps lived simpler lives 🙂 Jicama, sometimes called the Mexican yam or turnip and pronounced ‘hic-ema’, is a root vegetable that looks similar to a potato; it adds the perfect Continue reading
As with all major holidays, I wanted to make a fun Easter treat for Hailey and the family! I came across plenty of ideas of ‘nests’ and this one was my favorite, so simple and cute! You just need butter, marshmallows, peanut butter, rice krispies and some candy coated chocolate eggs! They take minutes to make and are perfectly Continue reading
I am so excited to share this recipe! First of all, who doesn’t love red velvet anything? Cake, cupcakes, cookies…it’s all delicious! I found this recipe on Pinterest and it took me a while to finally try it out; It will not take me nearly as long to make a second batch! In fact, I think I’ll make them again in a few short weeks for Valentine’s Day! Like the pink hot cocoa, these are Continue reading
With Valentine’s Day only 3 weeks away, I decided to start the fun holiday themed treat making today! My step daughter was very excited at the idea of making and drinking pink hot cocoa and it was the perfect start to her Saturday morning; it was practically like dessert for breakfast! If you ask me what it tastes like I will tell you rich and creamy and that you must like white chocolate to enjoy it. My step daughter’s description? She said, Continue reading
We typically have my step daughter on all holidays so I’m always looking for ways to make them a little extra fun! I came across this recipe last year and loved the idea for our family New Years Eve! This mixture really does end up looking like champagne and kids love toasting with this at the stroke of midnight! Added bonus… Continue reading
I know this is a bit out of order as far as when I’m publishing this post, but as a new blogger I’m giving myself an exception here to add more content! If I can think of or find something creative to do with food around any holiday, I do, because my step daughter thinks it’s the greatest! On more than one occassion I’ve been told Continue reading
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