I splurged on the latest craze and bought myself an Instant Pot during the holidays. I plan on doing a lot of experimenting with it but so far, I have been able to consistently make AMAZING and easy Instant Pot beef stew. My favorite Instant Pot Beef Recipe I love soup. Soup with yummy broth, read more »
Instant Pot Potato Soup
My dad has always made a delicious creamy potato soup. It’s a little rich but so worth indulging in occasionally. After buying his own Instant Pot recently, he tinkered a bit with the regular recipe and made the perfect Instant Pot Potato Soup recipe. Now I want to call this 5 minute Instant Pot Potato read more »
The Easiest Rice Krispies Gingerbread House
Easy and fun is my favorite way to celebrate. This year we opted to make Rice Krispies gingerbread houses. There was less breakage (and stress) involved because it’s a more giving building material. I also took the super easy route and used store bought Rice Krispies treats. It really doesn’t get any more easy and semi-homemade read more »
Holiday Fruit Trays | Holiday Veggie Trays
Today’s collection of holiday fruit trays and holiday veggie trays is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. All opinions are my own. It can be difficult to eat fresh and healthy during the holidays. The colder weather and festive parties always seem to encourage more decadent dishes. If you start each meal or read more »
Christmas Tree Brownie Pops
Aren’t these Christmas Tree brownie pops cute? I am such a fan of decorating fun, festive desserts during the holidays, especially if they involve chocolate! Pretty much chocolate anything. Just like most of my projects, these are so easy to make. Easy enough that the boys can help which they LOVE to do! Sticking to the read more »
Turkey Veggie Tray | Healthy Thanksgiving Recipe
It’s so easy to overindulge during the holidays especially with special meals and parties just about every week. There always seems to be decadent dishes and desserts around. So I try to fill up on healthy food first like munching on this turkey veggie tray! Healthy Thanksgiving Recipe I don’t try eliminating the indulgent foods. read more »
Trolls Holiday Cookies
Our Trolls holiday cookies are sponsored by the Trolls Holiday movie available at Walmart. From buying my kids a new ornament each year and driving around to look at Christmas lights to decorating cookies and watching holiday movies, we have plenty of favorite holiday traditions this time of year. We kicked off the holiday movie read more »
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Cookies
Tis the season for holiday parties! My favorite kind of parties are ones that are yummy and fun. A couple of common holiday party ideas are a Christmas cookie decorating party or an ugly Christmas sweater party. I think both ideas are fabulous but I had a brilliant idea recently to combine them. I thought it’d read more »
Pumpkin Pie Toppings Bar
Thank you to Tyson Foods for sponsoring today’s Pumpkin Pie Toppings Bar. Having a DIY toppings bar is all the rage for party food nowadays. While I’ve seen plenty of toppings bar ideas from hot cocoa and cupcakes to hot dogs and baked potatoes, I’ve yet to see a pumpkin pie toppings bar before. So, read more »
Disneyland Halloween Treats: Cars Land Haul-O-Ween Cookies
Last week I spent an evening at Disneyland to experience Halloween Time during the Thor: Ragnarok press trip. When I found out we would be taking some time to enjoy the Disneyland Resort on our trip, I was beyond excited. Disneyland is my favorite place to hang out in and write about, especially during the read more »
Vampire Donuts
Halloween is coming and along with it all the fun Halloween decorations, costumes, and treats. I recently started watching Van Helsing on the Syfy channel. Vampires aren’t as cool as zombies but the show is fun (and a bit intense). It’s definitely not a show I can let my boys watch though. We can, however, read more »
Easy Black Bean Soup
Soup is one of my favorite things to eat, even in the summer time. One of the easiest and tastiest soup recipes I make is black bean soup. I’ve partnered with Bush’s Beans to share my easy black bean soup recipe. Go ahead and try it and let me know what you think! The great thing read more »
Kids Shark Drink
Who’s ready for a fun themed drink, perfect for shark week or an ocean-themed birthday party. This kids shark drink is fun for adults too! At least this adult. 😉 Plus it’s super easy to make, I love fun and easy! Kid’s Shark Drink Ingredients lemon-lime soda blue sports drink shark gummies peach gummy rings read more »
Blueberry and Raspberry Infused Water
There’s no denying that I am a Diet Coke addict. However, even I can drink too much soda and need a break. Ice cold water is a nice alternative but sometimes I need a little bit flavor to keep it interesting. I enjoy the fruit infused water when visiting spas, so I thought it was read more »
Lightning McQueen Graham Crackers
Lightning McQueen is back and racing into theaters for Cars 3 on June 16th! What’s my favorite way to celebrate a fun new movie? With a cute craft or snack of course. You can’t go wrong with these Lightning McQueen graham crackers. They are adorable and fairly easy to make. Lightning McQueen Graham Crackers Ingredients 6 read more »
Easy Garlic Green Beans
Balancing busy weeknights with a nutritious meal that my kids will eat and doesn’t take forever to make can be tough. Picking up fast food or resorting to cereal and milk may be easy and something my kids will eat but neither idea is a very balanced meal. So, I like having a few easy read more »
Smurf Party Idea: Smurfberry Recipe
Every child of the 80’s is going to appreciate today’s fun snack idea. Who wants to make Smurfberries!! Now that new Smurf movies are being released, we can pass our love of the little adorable blue guys on to our kids. I think these Smurfberries are the perfect way to celebrate our love of all read more »
Peanut Butter and Banana Bumble Bees
Who doesn’t love a fun snack especially when it’s easy to make and yummy to eat? Some ideas look cool but end up being too elaborate or aren’t very kid-friendly to eat. Thanks to Ritz for sponsoring today’s kid-friendly snack. It’s a snack they can even help make, Peanut Butter and Banana Bumble Bees. Peanut read more »
Death Star Cupcakes
We were sent a fun Rogue One movie kit last week that included a digital copy of Rogue One in order to host a fun movie night. I was assigned #TeamEmpire which goes against my normal tendencies but I attempted to embrace the dark side. My favorite way to party is with a themed cupcake, and read more »
Triple Peanut Butter Cake | Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cake
I made a version of this cake a few years back, calling it a healthier peanut butter banana cake. The sweetness coming from a brown sugar blend and bananas. Times have changed and now my husband avoids eating wheat. He was happy that I partnered with Bob’s Red Mill to update the recipe and make read more »
