Category Archives: Food & Recipes

My First Turkey

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The mouth watering poultry that you are drooling over is the turkey that I made using a soy sauce brine. It was my first turkey and I must say, I did pretty darn good. It was very tender and and simply flavorlicious. Kikkoman sent us a package full of their products, recipes and a gift…

Viva Diva Girls’ Night Out

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Since we’ve moved in September, we’ve felt much better about the place we call home. We are comfortable with our increased living space, the location is perfect and we are still close to family. Now that we are settled in a home that we will be in for years, we’ve been considering having parties and…

Recipe And Halloween Crafts Inspired By Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

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On October 27th, Scrat, Manny, Sid, Diego and Ellie will be hitting the shelves in their newest sequel Ice Age 3 Dawn Of The Dinosaurs. For a limited time only, Fox Home Entertainment will be offering the “ Scrat Pack” which is loaded with tons of bonus features the whole family will enjoy. To celebrate,…

Guest Post: Finding Nemo Inspired Orange Cupcakes

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Nemo Orange Cupcakes 1 box premium white cake mix 1 small box (3 ounce) Orange Jell-o Gelatin 2 Tablespoons orange zest 1 Tablespoon lemon zest 3/4 cup orange juice 1/2 cup milk 1 stick butter, softened 3 eggs, room temperature __________________________ Frosting 1 cup powdered sugar 1 Tablespoon milk 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract To…

A Healthy Holiday Treat: BaNilla Blueberry Bread

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With the holidays around the corner and all those sweet goods floating around, many start to worry about the dreaded holiday weight gain. Although I could care less about packing on the extra pounds, I desperately need to in fact, I’d like to share this recipe with those who may find it helpful. Although the…

How About Showing Lori Some Cheesy Lovin’?!

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My friend Lori of A Cowboy’s Wife and My Wooden Spoon was hired by Velveeta to create a casserole recipe of course using Velveeta cheese! Her Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole is to die for! To help promote the Velveeta Casserole Challenge, Velveeta gifted me a Le Creuset casserole dish and a supply of Velveeta cheese to…

32 Packs Of Dole Fruit Bowls, Our Treat!

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Dole has been a brand that we’ve kept in the household for years. We always find ourselves grabbing a Dole product whenever we go out grocery shopping. We especially love their Hearts of Romaine lettuce, mixed fruit, and pineapple chunks. I became hooked on Dole pineapple chunks while pregnant with Boogie. Now each time that…

And The Winners Of The Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta Giveaway Are…

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1. Kristin 2. Mommie 3. Tanyetta 4. Jacob LaFountaine BONUS: Whitney! We used the random generator to pick the winners but felt Whitney deserved a box as well! Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter! Congratulations to those who won; we will be e-mailing you guys shortly! As for those who didn’t win,…

Just A Little Reminder…

[flickr align="left"]photo:2298983673(small)[/flickr]Look at that plate of pasta to the left. Looks good, doesn’t it? Makes you just want to jump through your computer screen and num it up, doesn’t it? Well you’re in luck (and so is your computer screen!) because our Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta Giveaway is still currently running! We’re accepting entries until…

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