Recipes
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Easy Holiday Entertaining Recipes
When it comes to holiday entertaining, I like to keep things simple. Think The Dude’s vibe from The Big Lebowski when it comes to my cooking and baking. So this holiday season when I was asked to put together a sweet and salty recipe on behalf of Betty Crocker and WinCo supermarkets all I could think was – let’s make this easy on us moms! Don’t get me wrong, I love to scroll through Pinterest and Instagram eyeing the amazing recipes the other (and very talented) moms have put together but I just don’t have that in me. I like easy! But that doesn’t mean with a little creativity you…
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Marie Callender’s Comforts From Home Project Aids our Troops
There was a Marie Callender’s restaurant near my childhood home in Tustin and our family use to go quite a bit. Their homemade chili and cornbread are just amazing and I loved ordering their pot pies as well. For me, Marie Callender’s offers such comfort food. And every now and then we all need that, don’t we?! Thankfully, they started offering frozen meals using high-quality ingredients that are available at your local grocery store so you can pick up a comfort meal at any time for yourself and family. The are also famous for their pies and one of my favorites is their apple pie. Warm or cold, topped with…
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Kid-Friendly Recipes from A Chef’s Life
Have you had a chance to check out PBS’s A Chef‘s Life, the character-driven docu-series that takes viewers inside the life and kitchen of Chef Vivian Howard and her two restaurants located in the low country of eastern North Carolina? She offers delicious recipes and I love their lifestyle. Can I go live on a farm somewhere too?! As a mother of twins, Vivian knows how to create good food on the go that is both quick and fun to make with her children. Check out these two delicious and simple recipes I am sure your kids will love! Rollups & Vanilla Pecan Butter Rollups: 2 slices whole wheat sandwich bread…
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Come Experience Roy’s Restaurant in Newport Beach
A few weeks ago I had a chance to try out Roy’s Restaurant in Newport Beach and I must say I love this restaurant! From the delicious food to great management, I really appreciate how innovative this company is and how they are determined to providing delicious and interesting dishes. We took our daughter along on our “Date Night” because really, this is a great family restaurant. We saw large groups celebrating a special occasion to families celebrating their daughter’s 1st birthday with a big piece of cake. You get the feeling that this is the type of place people come to again and again. The internationally-acclaimed Roy’s Restaurant is known for…
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Meet Vivian Howard from “A Chef’s Life”
Have you ever dreamed of selling everything and moving to a slower-paced town? I have to be honest, we have entertained that idea a couple times! It always gets back to what type of work would we do! I’d love to have a farm where we grow our own food – but let’s be realistic here, I don’t know if I am cut out for that. But one woman, Chef Vivian Howard surely is! I love her story and think you will too – along with the tasty okra recipe she shared with us! PBS’s A Chef’s Life, the character-driven docu-series that takes viewers inside the life and kitchen of Chef Vivian Howard and her two restaurants…
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Planning Meals around Organic and Locally-Sourced Foods
This post is sponsored by Foster Farms®, the opinions expressed are my own. Lately we have been trying to add locally-grown vegetables to our recipes and I have been making the trip to our local farm a couple times a month to check out their fresh produce. I love that the strawberries are picked that day and the vegetables about every two days. I remember my surprise when the zucchini still had the prickly hairs on them. They offer a wide range of vegetables and fresh herbs that you can pick right there! I think that is my daughter’s favorite part of the trip. She’ll grab…
