Author: Tammy Litke

Ever have one of those days where you want to be creative but also just want to stay home?  I had one of those not too long ago.  I wanted to make something a bit different for my family using stuff I already had at home.  Spying a tube of peanut butter cookie dough in the fridge I headed to the pantry to see what I could add to it. 

Remembering a tip from the book Everyday Confetti about making these with bananas while camping, I ended up coming out of the pantry with a jar of Nutella and a bag of marshmallows, which ended up becoming Peanut Butter Nutella S’mores. Yum!

I don’t know about you but over the years I’ve often been swayed by our daughter to eat at a particular restaurant because of what’s included in the kids meal that particular month. 

The power of persuasion and the lure of not having to cook often won me over, but really a lot of the toys had about 5 minutes of attention appeal or were lost or broken within days.

Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions? Put snacking healthier on the list. Americans are no strangers to snacking, but they don’t always reach for the most nutritious foods when they do. According to a recent national survey conducted by Kelton and sponsored by Taste of Nature, nearly all (98%) Americans snack, but nine in ten (85%) admit they find healthy snacking to be difficult.

Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World arrives on 3D Combo Pack, Single-Disc Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand February 25th and will be available on Digital 3D and Digital HD on February 4th! 

Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…

With New Year’s resolutions only a couple of weeks old, the chances of staying true to reducing fats through healthier cooking (and eating) seems a losing battle. Add in the siren’s call of the Big Game Day party buffet table filled with favorites like onion rings, meatballs, pizza and bacon-anything — well, the goal of eating and feeding your family healthier options just got tougher. Before succumbing, consider the Pyramid Pan.

The best football game party is going to be at your house this year!  Just in time for February 2nd, El Monterey has the Best Taquitos of the Big Game for you and your friends to munch on while you cheer for your favorite team.

El Monterey has four new amazing tastes for their Taquito line up.

“Seasons of Gray: A Modern Day Joseph Story” tells the beloved Biblical tale of Joseph in a relevant and modern way that reaches all audiences.

Many of you know that our daughter Amber will be graduating high school this spring.  She applied and was accepted into the Arts & Technology program at University of Texas at Dallas and is hoping to major in video game design while there.  Ever since she found Pokémon on TV and has played the games, she has been entranced by Japanese Animation. 

She spent hours pouring over the bonus features in The Secret World of Arriety just so she could learn more about the story boards and animation process.

Amber has loved dragons for as long as I can remember and when she needed to do a sewing project for her Family and Consumer Sciences class in 9th grade she chose to sew a Toothless plushie.

Relativity’s upcoming adventure film Earth to Echo is going to make for an exciting and suspenseful journey this spring!

When a group of young friends begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cellphones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world – one who desperately needs their help.