This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Buca di Beppo® for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. This last weekend, to my absolute delight, my husband and I left our kids with my parents and stayed the night in a hotel. Not only did we get a entire night and almost two days away from home but we walked around a mall, visited a book store, ate dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, and visited a local church service. All without the kids. It was so un-stressful and easy. I felt … [Read more...]
Pasta Primavera with Salmon Recipe
This is a sponsored post with Mode Media and Bertolli®. All opinions are mine alone. My husband is half Italian. His ancestors came to America and changed their Italian sounding name to something simple and settled and flourished here in the United States. My husband has memories growing up of hearing his family tell him - "Mangia" or "Eat!" So this half Italian (half German) Navy man met me - half Native American (the other parts are German and Puerto Rican) woman and our crazy cross … [Read more...]
Basic Italian Polenta Recipe
I have not had Polenta before. I recently saw it being cooked on TV and it really sounded good. So when I saw a bag for just over $2 at the local grocery store, I couldn’t resist. I had to try it. It is simply ground corn. The only ingredient is corn! I used the following recipe (in half) and made 4 servings. Each serving is 130 calories (without butter). Basic Italian Polenta Recipe (from the back of the Bob’s Red Mill bag) Ingredients 3 cups of water 1 tsp. salt 1 cup of … [Read more...]
