Category: Recipes

You’ve seen them, you’ve oohed, you’ve ahhed, you’ve bookmarked and pinned.  And then you whimper just a bit, because you know you could never create those awesome Cake Pops you keep seeing all over the internet.  You just don’t have the time to make marshmallow fondant to scultp beaks and tails.  Or if you’re like me – you just don’t have the talent to do it.  It’s an art, a craft.

Hello, Slow-Cooker! Seriously, why have I NEVER thought to make a meal using both slow-cookers I own?! I haven’t as far as I recall ever used a cookbook so much since I first got it as I have Cheryl Moeller’s Creative Slow-Cooker Meals: Use Two Slow Cookers for Tasty and Easy Dinners.

My family doesn’t like ‘casseroles’ much, so I generally am still making a side dish in the oven or in the microwave if I’m making my meat dish in the slow-cooker. But not anymore!

Okay I know that “technically” lasagna in itself means that the dish was made with lasagna noodles, but I like the sound of Tex-Mex Lasagna better than Taco Pie, and it’s my blog so I’m calling it that!

The original recipe came from Kraft Foods (disclosure that I’m an official Kraft Foods Blogger – I didn’t get anything to make this recipe though, just so you know).

I think I’ve mentioned before that my family is kind of picky when it comes to food.  It’s because of this that I very rarely make a recipe as it’s lined out.

I’ve been stalking Pinterest lately because there are all sorts of recipes that have been pinned on there, that I’d never be able to find myself online.  And maybe it’s because a lot of them come from ‘mom blogs’ and if I can’t use the recipes as written at least they’re fairly easy to modify to fit the tastes of my family.

Here’s a revved up cup of cocoa to give your Valentine on a cold February day.  (If anyone in the country happens to get a cold day this February that is!)

It’s easy to make using Hershey’s Raspberry Hugs.

So I have a friend who reads my blog, and she let me know that she was missing my dessert recipes .  I needed to do a ‘clean out’ of my pantry anyway so baked up a cookie recipe that you could alter to do a variety of things with.  I made them “Valentine” like by adding red M&Ms and some food coloring, but the flavors and add ins can be left up to your tastes and imagination.  There are no eggs in this, so if you’re a ‘dough eater’, no worries!

Are you ready for an adventure?!

In celebration of the January 31st release of Treasure Buddies on Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack, check out these fun recipes to satisfy your hunger from a day of treasure hunting, cute film clips with Budderball, mysterious activities and photos of your cutest buddies!!

Digging Up Adventure, The Buddies Find Themselves Treasure Hunting in Egypt

I wanted to find a great, healthy recipe for a winter day. I found this in the Campbell’s Kitchen, and it’s one of the yummiest chili recipes I have ever made. Also excellent garnished with avocado and green onions!

This summer’s hit drama, “The Help,” comes home for the holidays on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, Digital Download and On-Demand, today!

The movie takes place in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, where a female journalist Eugenia “Skeeter” Pehlan (Emma Stone) decides to tell the story of the ‘the help’ from their own point of view.

S’mores = The ooey, gooey snack that everyone loves.  We love chocolate and marshmallows in this home and summer isn’t complete without at least one night where we indulge in the treat.  Give me S’mores and I am in heaven.  It’s a tradition that is worth sharing even in mid-winter when roasting marshmallows over an open fire isn’t really a possiblity in South Dakota.