Category: Recipes

There’s nothing more welcoming than to walk into a home and have it smell like fresh baking. It doesn’t just #TemptYourSenses but it also is comforting. It’s a well known tip to bake often when your home is on the market, as the scent seems to make potential buyers more easily feel like the home could be theirs.

It’s a good thing then that I received a couple of Renuzit Tempting Indulgences in the mail to use at home, because we are currently trying to sell it! With scents like Crème Brulee and Chocolate Covered Cherries lingering in my home,

We’ve just recently become of aware of the fact that our daughter may have become lactose intolerant. This is a VERY difficult thing for her as she drank milk like other kids want soda. It was challenging pinpointing where her stomach troubles were coming from, but it seems to result from dairy.

Blue Diamond Almond Breeze is a great alternative for those that are lactose intolerant. It’s not sweet and has a nice delicate flavor. If you want to increase the sweetness a bit, you can try the Vanilla flavoring of their products. You’ll still have the natural goodness of the almonds and a little kick of sweet with the vanilla flavoring. It’s also available in a Chocolate flavor as well.

I want to share with you all parts of our 4th of July Celebration that we had with good friends of ours. They always provide an awesome spread as well as great entertainment and fun for us year after year – so this year I wanted to make something special, and so I brought along a ‘4th of July TCBY Frozen Yogurt Pie’ for everyone to enjoy.

There’s nothing that says ‘summer’ more than the smell of grilling coming from backyards and patios. Kraft Foods, Inc., McCormick & Company, Inc., the National Pork Board and Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., wants you to share your pork spareribs recipe with

We’re having a party this weekend, and I’m so excited.  My sister and her family are visiting for a couple of days.  I haven’t seen my little nephews in over a year.  The older one just ‘graduated’ Kindergarten and recently had his 1/2 birthday too.  So I decided we’d celebrate both occasions while they are here and made some cookies.  With the 4th coming up quickly, I made some patriotic cookies too.

Full disclosure here folks..I don’t have a Grandma Joan.  Quite honestly, I don’t even know anyone who has a Grandma Joan!

This recipe came from a Woman’s World magazine a couple of years ago, in their Money-Saving Cooking feature.  It was ‘Grandma’ Joan Smith’s from Houston, recipe for Spaghetti & Meatballs.  My husband doesn’t care much for meatballs, but he does like a good slice (or two of meatloaf), so I altered the recipe to suit our needs, shaped it into a loaf, and thus was born:

Now, chocolate lovers all over the nation have a reason to celebrate!  Hershey’s Simple Pleasures Chocolates is a new delicious line of chocolates with 30% less fat compared to the average of the leading milk chocolates.  They are individually wrapped for easy portion control, making them the perfect afternoon sweet snack.

So last Friday amid an extremely busy day I made a stop at Sam’s Club to check out the International Delight Mocha Iced Coffee.  This past weekend if you were at your Sam’s Club you may have had demo overload!  So many things to try and taste in the store.  I love the Sam’s tag line of ‘sample.shop.save’ , because it’s true I’m more apt to buy something new if I get a chance to try it before I buy it.

I wanted to do something different with this besides just mix it up and put it in a pitcher, so I did some looking on Kraft’s website to find a recipe to use it with and took the basic JELL-O Spritzer recipe and used this product with it.  Can I say truly delicious?!