Author: Tammy Litke

Grandma Hoerner’s Foods has cooked up something pretty special to share with you.  They started out making apples, big chunky slices slowly cooked in their own naturally sweet sauce, and then they had a groundbreaking idea.  They put them in an on-the-go pouch, capturing all that rich, natural goodness and flavor of Grandma’s best in an industry-disrupting package.  They call them Big Slice.

Six fantastic flavors of these pouches are launching nationwide at select Target stores (no worries though if you can’t find them at your Target you can still order some flavors in sharing sized containers online).

Rest Easy with Kiss My Face Early to Bed and Early to Rise Shower Gels

Winding down at the end of the day and rising up in the morning can be challenging for some.  Make slumber simple with the Kiss My Face Early to Rise and Early to Bed Shower Gels.  With sleep enhancing aromatherapy from natural essential oils, these formulas promote a sounder sleep, enhance dreaming and improve awareness for the following day.

A few weeks ago my husband’s sister let us know that she would be in San Antonio and inquired on whether we would be willing to drive down to spend a couple of days with her. As my husband hasn’t seen her in a number of years, had some vacation days from last year to use up and we were meaning to drive down in spring anyway to visit the sites and some friends who live there as well, we decided to plan a short road trip.

STI Drive stepped up to the plate and offered us a 2014 Kia Soul to use for our mini road trip and we were eager to see how this compact car would perform.

Because of my family’s picky palates, I tend to alter a lot of recipes.  It’s rare that I make something ingredient for ingredient in a recipe but every once in a while I find one that I KNOW is going to be a winner just as it’s written.  This is one of those recipes.

It comes from the book Everyday Confetti, that I reviewed in January.  Folks I’m telling you, it’s full of recipes that will become favorites just like this one.  PLUS it has tons of ideas on how to make an ordinary day… something worth celebrating.

The one holiday that calls for the sweet to deliver the sweet is Valentine’s Day.  Plan ahead for the showstopper dessert when you cook a meal made with love: a personal expression of love, given from the heart.

Siliconezone is in on the action this Valentine’s Day with their sweet, sentimental and always appropriate pink (of course!) heart-shaped silicone cake mold pan.

I have a bag of quinoa sitting on my pantry shelf that I’ve been reluctant to use.  I bought it for a couple of recipes that I tried and loved, but the rest of my family is very wary of this super-grain.  Perhaps it’s because of its static-y properties of sticking to everything it touches before it’s cooked.  Or maybe it’s the translucency it takes on after it’s cooked.  More likely it’s the fact that they can’t pronounce or spell it.

From the time our daughter was old enough to play she took to assembling and building things like a duck does to water.  Puzzles and LEGOS kept her busy for hours and she was building sets geared for older children long before the suggested age on the box.

When other girls were playing with Barbies and pretend food, Amber was mixing up slime and creating science projects.

I have to tell you, our first winter in Texas has been a bit of a disappointment to me .  I expected it to be warmer!  I mean sure if you compare the temperature to South Dakota where we used to live, or even to Canada where all my family is, it’s practically a heat wave around here.  But come on… I moved south for a reason, and ice storms and below freezing was not one of them!

When we were traveling last week we had breakfast at a local restaurant that had so many breakfast choices it was unbelievable.  I settled on a French Toast platter that had a praline sauce on top.  There were so many other indulgent offerings on the menu though that I was inspired to make something equally yummy at home.  It’s really quiet simple and delicious.

I don’t know when I first began using a Swiffer in my home, but after the first time I did I was hooked using it on my hard floors.  The basic Swiffer is great for picking up hair, crumbs and dust, but on bigger objects like cereal spills, bobby pins or beads…not so much.  Until now that is, because the newest Swiffer product is the Swiffer Sweep & Trap.  You can buy it at Walmart and it’s a pretty neat clean up tool if you ask me.