Mother’s Day Recipe: 8 Hour Salad

8 Hour Salad With Bacon

I have a yummy recipe to share with you in time for Mother’s Day! YAY! I’m finally on time with a recipe. hehehe This is a recipe my mom used to make. It is called 8 Hour Salad and is similar to Broccoli Salad. It is a bit time consuming but it is really good… [Continue Reading]

Quinoa Salad With Goya Brand Products. Recipe Included!

Goya Quinoa Salad

I LOVE Quinoa! When I first saw it, I wasn’t sure it would be something that I would enjoy. It is a very small, very fine grain, that looks completely different cooked,  and is super good for you. My pals at Goya sent me some Goya brand products including Olive Oil, Quinoa in a resealable bag, and… [Continue Reading]

Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month With Udi’s Gluten Free Foods. Recipe!

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Did you know April is National Grilled Cheese Month? Me either! My pals at Udi’s let me in on that little secret and sent me some of their gluten free bread so I could make myself one. I <3 a great grilled cheese sandwich. Especially when I’ve been sick. Pair it up with a steamy… [Continue Reading]

Cinco de Mayo Fun And Recipes @SimplyIngrid #CokeFiesta

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Every year, I try to make plans to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. So far, I never seem to get all my plans together in time to actually do anything. But this year, I’m planning early and will enjoy some Cinco de Mayo fun with my family. My friends at Role Mommy Writer’s Network hooked me… [Continue Reading]

Tyson Chicken Fries With Spicy Honey Mustard And Spicy Jalapeno Dipping Sauces (Recipe) #ChickenFryTime

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I am the mother of a teenager. I almost can’t believe it even when I say it out loud. Or read it in this blog post. But I am. I have a teenage son with a teenage boy’s appetite. RAVENOUS! He is skinny as a rail but can eat us out of house and home…. [Continue Reading]

Easy Homemade Breakfast Burritos With Tyson Fully Cooked Sausage. Recipe Included!

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As you all know, we love to travel to Tennessee. I talk about it. A lot. And when we do, we rent a cabin with a full kitchen. That way, we can prepare the majority of our meals there and save money. When you travel as a large group, or even with just the six… [Continue Reading]

Yummy Winter Recipes Courtesy of Swanson

Chipotle Black Bean Soup with Avocado Cream

Winter is here and I’m FREEZING! There’s nothing better on a frigid day than a nice, hot, steaming bowl of soup or stew. Since we break out the stock pots and slow cookers this time of year, it makes perfect sense that January is… National Soup Month The temperatures drop during the month of January, so… [Continue Reading]

Jalapeno Squares. (Fritatta) Appetizer Recipes.

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I am always on the lookout for appetizer recipes.. We have so many parties each year and we always make a point to serve loads of good food. I have the best recipe for you. It is perfect as an appetizer or for a brunch. It goes perfectly with sausage balls if used as an… [Continue Reading]

In The Kitchen With David. A Cookbook By David Venable.

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This product is listed on our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. I have just finished reading the most wonderful, comfort food, cookbook ever! David Venable’s new cookbook, In The Kitchen With David, with foreword by Paula Deen. So you know it’s filled with yummy, Southern goodness like: The cookbook is broken down into categories like Appetizers,… [Continue Reading]

Delicious Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe and Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake #Giveaway

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Who Boy, have I got a turkey recipe for you! Everyone deserves a relaxing Thanksgiving, whether you’re cooking the meal or not. And I have he perfect recipe for turkey that will let you do just that! It combines cooking the bird along with playing a game of Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake on your… [Continue Reading]

4 Halloween Rice Crispy Treats That’ll Put the Trick Back in Your Treat

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Back in the day, Halloween wasn’t quite so complicated. Your mom cut some eye holes in a sheet, you threw it over your head and ran shrieking out into the street armed with an empty pillowcase. You met up with your best friends, ready to wreak havoc on the neighborhood, all while stuffing your face… [Continue Reading]

6 delicious FRANKENWEENIE inspired Halloween recipes

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FRANKENWEENIE – Premiers October 5, 2012 It’s almost time for FRANKENWEENIE to premier! I think this is going to be such a great movie in time for Halloween. October is the month of fun fall recipes, spooktakular treats and little ghosts and goblins. I love making fun treats throughout the month and especially for our… [Continue Reading]

We Are A Fruity Bunch! Watermelon Boats and Fruit Kebabs Make Summer Fun!

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Is your family a fruity bunch too? We eat a TON of fruit in our house. I buy several bunches of bananas each week. I also buy a big bag of apples, wash them and put them in a bowl on the counter for the kids. Then, if they want a quick snack, they can… [Continue Reading]

I’m Craving Steak! Char Crust Dry-Rub Seasonings Review + #GIVEAWAY!

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I don’t eat much meat. But sometimes, I just want a really good steak, hamburger or chicken from the grill. We grill out year round but there is just something about warmer weather that makes the food taste even better! Being outside and enjoying the sunshine. Watching the kids play ball while Hubby grills big,… [Continue Reading]

NurturMe’s “Be My Valentine” Apple Rice Crisp Treats

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In a few weeks I’ll receive some samples of NurturMe Dried Baby Food for review. But in the meantime, I came across this delicious sounding recipe for NurturMe’s “Be My Valentine” Apple Rice Crisp Treats. It calls for the NurturMe brand so I encourage you to check out the NurturMe website and try out their… [Continue Reading]

Yummy Recipes: Betty Crocker’s Red Hot Holiday Trends 2011

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Trend: Double Desserts Taking two desserts and mixing and mashing them together is one of our favorite trends. Things like pie shakes, cookie stuffed cookies, and pie-filled cupcakes deliver a whole new kind of delicious. It’s a 1+1=3 kind of thing. Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Cookies Pie, meet cookie. Cookie, say hello to pie. When two all-time… [Continue Reading]

Apple-Cinnamon Monkey Bread #Recipe. Perfect for the #Holidays!

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When we went to the Smoky Mountains recently, my sister-in-law made the yummiest Monkey Bread for breakfast one morning. It was super good and I immediately had ideas for all different ways it could be made. I couldn’t wait to get home and try it with apples and cinnamon. So when we got back, I… [Continue Reading]

#ClearAmerican Water #Recipes #Cbias Mission. Halloween Toxic Punch and Pina Colada Cake! #ad

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I recently completed a Mission for Social Fabric #CBias using Clear American Flavored Waters. My mission was to substitute the Clear American Water into one of my recipes OR create a new one using the waters in place of other ingredients. I actually had two recipes that I was dying to try it in. I… [Continue Reading]

Hearty 15 Bean Gourmet Sausage Soup #Recipe. Hillshire Farm #GourmetCreations Sausage. #cbias

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We eat a lot of soups and stew during the winter months. But I get tired of the same old series of soups each year. We either have vegetable soup or chili or chicken noodle soup. And while vegetable soup and chili can be changed up quite a bit, I wanted to create something rich… [Continue Reading]

White Chocolate Candy Corn M&M’s are FINALLY here! And I made Blondies! #MMsGetCorny #cbias

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FINALLY! It took weeks to finally find them but the White Chocolate Candy Corn M&M’s are finally in my store. And they should be in most of your stores as well. They are exclusive to Walmart so if you don’t see them at your local Walmart store, ask your manager and tell them you want… [Continue Reading]

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