Food
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7 Delicious St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
St. Patrick’s Day is right up there as one my favorite holidays! It is just a fun day to celebrate all things Irish and green and since I am mostly Irish and green is my favorite color… you can see where this is going! I absolutely love corned beef and cabbage but no one else in the family will eat it if I make it so this year I am on the hunt for something they might eat. Here are some fun and tasty ideas to try out! Though I just might have to make this easy slow-cooker corned beef and cabbage recipe just for me! Slow Cooker…
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Breakfast for Dinner: Cooking with Krusteaz
February is National Hot Breakfast Month and Krusteaz has officially named every Wednesday in February “Breakfast Night”! According to Krusteaz, a national survey found that nine out of ten Americans say they eat breakfast for dinner, with 56 percent doing so at least once a month. For families, the trend is even more prevalent as 67 percent of respondents with children in the household say they have breakfast for dinner once a month or more. A variety of factors contribute to the rising popularity of breakfast for dinner, with the main appeal being ease of preparation versus a traditional dinner meal (43 percent). For families especially, it’s also “a fun way…
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Super Bowl Recipes Everyone Will Love
The Super Bowl is this Sunday and most of America will be sitting around, chowing down with friends and family enjoying the game! The Super Bowl is not only the biggest sporting event each year in the U.S. but is one of the largest television events. In fact, the three most watched TV broadcasts in U.S. history, in order, were Super Bowls XLVI (Giants beat the Patriots), XLV (Packers beat the Steelers) and XLVII (Ravens beat the 49ers) – each broadcast had over 100 million U.S. viewers. (Source: Sporting Charts). That’s a lot of people! We are headed over to our in-laws for their annual party and I wanted to…
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Recipes to Celebrate National Pancake Week
When I heard it was National Pancake Week this week I figured let’s torture myself (and maybe you in the process?) and look up some yummy pancake recipes! There is something about pancakes that makes you feel like a kid again! All that yummy and buttery goodness just brings back wonderful memories of eating as many pancakes as you can! If you are on a gluten-free or paleo diet, we found some delicious recipes on Pinterest as well so don’t fret! Lots of goodness with these recipes! Enjoy! Multigrain Recipe: This recipe is so tasty we use to invite the little ones (pre school days) in the neighborhood over…
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A Craft & Recipe to Celebrate Your Favorite Furry Friends
The only thing that can make a great movie or TV series even better is a four-legged star. Celebrating pets this month, Netflix has pulled together a few of our favorite dogs, cats and even monkeys who hit the big screen. Aside from upping the cute factor, these loyal companions can deliver important lessons on courage, protection and love. I grew up with lots of pets in the house and I think at one time we had over 10 dogs, 3 cats and a couple goldfish living at our place. Granted, eight of those were puppies our Standard Poodle had just given birth to, but I have always enjoyed…
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Downton Abbey Inspired Tea Party Ideas
This past Friday, January 2nd, PBS and MASTERPIECE “hosted” a BIG SIP event in downtown New York City and are encouraging fans of Downton Abbey to get involved and host their own tea party in anticipation of tonight’s premiere of Season 5. I am so excited for tonight’s premiere that we are hosting our own little tea party today and wanted to share some ideas to join in the fun! You can make your tea party as elaborate or as simple as you like. We used my grandmother’s pewter tea set that my mother gave me this last year. I love that it has been in the family three generations…
