The New Year is fast upon us. This year are you making a resolution to eat more healthy? I have two healthy recipes to share with you. They are brought to you by The Book of Life, which will be available on Blu-ray January 27th! Healthy Recipes Bean and Corn Salsa is a favorite in our house. It is so simple to make too! Print the above image and make it yourself this New Year! Quinoa is actually one ingredient I'd like to use more in the New Year. This Quinoa with … [Read more...]
Decorate Your Own Edible Ornaments {not just for kids!}
This blog post is part of a paid SocialMoms and #HostessHoliday blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. We have had such a great holiday weekend. This is one of my husband's very few weekends off from church. (Minister's families know how that can be.) So our Thanksgiving holiday was awesome. Thursday we gave thanks to God, ate a huge feast with 30 family members, and cheered on our home team (Seahawks) for a big win. We put up our Christmas tree and … [Read more...]
Here are 20 Apple Recipes You Must Try!
Check out Apple Recipes You Must Try by LaVonne Long at Foodie.com Here in Washington state you'll find apples galore. In fact, we headed to our local farm yesterday and picked a bag full so we could make an apple dessert today. Now that I've collected 20 on Foodie.com I am not sure which one to choose. In my apple recipe collection above you'll find: apple tarts apple donuts apple cupcakes apple crisp apple dumplings and so much more! What is your go-to apple dessert? I … [Read more...]
30+ Back to School Food Ideas
Now that school is fast approaching (wow! where is the summer going?) I think that fun back to school food ideas are timely. I've rounded up some great ideas from other amazing bloggers that I know you'll love. Here are Back to School Food Ideas: GF Energy Bites Disney Frozen School Lunch Idea Doughnut Sandwich Vegan PB Balls Vegetarian Meatballs What do your kids love to eat for lunch during the school year? Here are two favorites in our home for lunch. I think … [Read more...]
Revolution Foods: Afternoon Snack We Love
I participated in an Influencer Program on behalf of Mom Central for Revolution Foods. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating. We have been having really nice weather here in Western Washington. Summer definitely has come early for us. My kids want to be outside all day long and since the sun doesn't go down here until about 9pm - they get a lot of outdoor time. If we aren't at our local community pool, then the kids are … [Read more...]
Chuck E Cheese Family Fun in Baton Rouge
While in Baton Rouge we visited the local Chuck E. Cheese. With the yucky Polar Vortex weather we were experiencing, even as far south as Baton Rouge, indoor family fun was a must. Chuck E Cheese provided such a great family fun experience for us. My daughter kept seeing the commercials on the hotel television for the RIP IT. SIP IT. WIN IT contest and could not wait to visit and try to win a Disney Cruise. We didn't win but we did get 40 more tickets to spend on prizes at the local … [Read more...]
Powerless to EMPOWERED? Made to Crave Week 1
I have learned a lot about myself this week by participating in the online Bible study for Made to Crave. These were things that I already knew, but was not facing. So by reading the first few chapters of this book (with 40K other participants!) I had a bit of a wake up call. Do you live in a vicious cycle like me? I live in at least two vicious cycles: I crave what I eat then I eat what we crave. I vow to do better, make excuses throughout the day, then promise to do better again … [Read more...]
