Loving cooking up tasty recipes with minimal ingredients? Read on to see how I was sponsored by Hidden Valley Ranch to showcase one of my yummy recipes. Baseball season is in full swing and I feel like I don’t ever have a day where I’m not running from place to place. It is part of […]
Recipes
A Day of Pie: Pie Recipes To Celebrate Pi Day (3.14) All Day Long
Whether you love Pi or just Pie, thanks to my sponsors at foodie.com I was able to put together a collection of fantastic recipes to help you enjoy pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner! I am not a fan of Math! I never have been! When I finished my last math course during college, I […]
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with a Lemon Mascarpone Frosting
This post is sponsored by the Mom It Forward Blogger Network on behalf of Smucker’s®. All opinions expressed are my own. I must admit that I am somewhat of a picky fruit eater. It’s not that I don’t really like fruit, but I find some to be either too tart or too cold on my teeth. I suppose […]
Raspberry-Fig Goat Cheese Spread
As part of the Mom It Forward Blogger Network, I am being compensated by Smucker’s® for my participation in this campaign. All opinions expressed are my own. I live in an agriculturally rich part of Northern California where fruits and nuts are bountiful. It has always been a family practice to “put up” fruit for use in […]
Corned Beef and Cabbage in an Oven Bag
With Valentine’s Day over, it’s time to start thinking about the next holiday to celebrate! Mardis Gras is coming up next, but I’ve already shared my mom’s Jambalaya and King Cake recipes. I sure will miss having Jambalaya and King Cake this year, due to the diet. Just gotta keep thinking of my weight loss […]
Sponsored: Nothin’ Says Lovin’ Like Beef Stew from the Dutch Oven
“I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for the Certified Angus Beef® brand. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.” Stew seems to becoming one of those forgotten foods from yesteryear. I attribute this to the rush of life and […]
Black & White Cupcakes
Because I am on a diet, I feel like it has been forever since I’ve shared a yummy treat with all of you! Are you having withdrawals just as much as I am? Well, talk about serious torture when I had to make these Black & White Cupcakes and not even have a taste! Just […]
Valentine’s Day Snack with TruMoo + $500 Target Gift Card Giveaway #TruMoo
This post is brought to you on behalf of TruMoo and the Markerly Blogging Network. All opinions expressed are my own. This Valentine’s Day is going to be a bit different for me than it has been in the past 11 years. This is the first Valentine’s Day in those 11 years where I don’t […]
Hershey’s Cheesecake Brownies
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! My mouth is salivating at even the mere thought of chocolate right now. As I have mentioned before, Hershey’s is bringing smiles to faces all over with their new spreadable chocolate. Smooth and creamy chocolate and a spoon are two things that just go hand-in-hand. Quite literally for some actually! I’ll tell […]
Game Day Party Foods and Recipes
The Big Game is almost here and many of you are likely in the throes of planning the perfect game day party. Unfortunately my team isn’t going to be playing next week as their pretty fantastic season ended in defeat just last week during the Playoffs! Just because my guys won’t be playing next week […]