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December 19, 2014

Simple Ways To Make Special Christmas Memories

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I absolutely LOVE traditions and festive happenings this time of year!!! My favorites, however, are the ones that are simple enough to do each and every year, no matter where we are as a family! This has been super important since we have spent Christmases in a variety of situations since having kids. Some we’ve spent at home with just the 3 or 4 of us, some I’ve been in Wyoming with my family and the kids, but without Bob; still others we’ve spent with just his parents or all his family together. With unpredictability and traveling it’s important to have easy, flexible traditions that can be done anywhere.

Just because traditions or things that you do together are simple, doesn’t mean that they won’t be special! In fact I think most often the simple things are the ones that become precious memories! Here are some of the sweet, simple things we do each year so that you can get inspired!

November 20, 2014

Sweet & Salty Apple Snackwiches Recipe with Reese’s Spreads

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Sweet & Salty Apple Snackwiches with Reese's Spreads

Can you believe it?! We’re in that home stretch towards Thanksgiving! I just love the holiday time of year, and think that Thanksgiving is wonderful. However, I feel that it often gets over looked in the glory of Christmas. So while I plan for Christmas year round, this year I also wanted to be intentional about really celebrating Thanksgiving the month of November. In spite of, or maybe especially because of, the insanity of our recent move! One way we’ve done this is after the kid’s bedtime prayers each night we each say one thing that we’re thankful for. It’s quick and easy but I’m been surprised that it really does make an impact!

November 19, 2014

7 Layer Cookie Bars Recipe

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I have to admit–one of my very parts of the holidays is the baking! Ever since I was a little girl I looked forward to making our classic holiday favorite recipes! One staple that we had to make every year was our 7 Layer Cookie Bars, it honestly wouldn’t feel like the holidays if we didn’t make these and Fantasy Fudge every year! These are also just perfect for giving out on cookie platters as gifts–so you might want to pick up enough ingredients for multiple batches!

November 17, 2014

Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes So Delicious You’ll Break Out the China Again

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Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, rolls, pies–just thinking about it all makes my mouth water! We absolutely LOVE a big old fashioned classic turkey dinner so much that we make one both for Thanksgiving and then again for Christmas. For each occasion we always end up making so much food for the day since we just can’t bear to pass by any beloved dish that there are always leftovers, which is awesome! As delicious as the meal is, however, no one in my family feels like eating it “as is” for 7 meals in a row. That’s why this year I brainstormed and came up with two awesome, simple recipes that use up all those leftover items. Not only are they delicious, but by using up what I already have sitting around we will be saving ourselves a ton of money!

October 8, 2014

Chocolate Lover’s Cookie in a Mug Recipe

So by now you know my long-standing love affair with the original Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Mug recipe! I recently was messing around in the kitchen one evening when I had a particularly fierce chocolate craving and created a Chocolate Lover’s twist to the original with a whopping 3 different kinds of chocolate-y goodness inside! It was soooo delicious that I knew I just had to share it with you!

Let me just tell you–this is quickly becoming my downfall. It’s so perfectly melty-chocolate and molten-ly good without being too rich, the three different types of chocolate flavor perfectly balance each other out to meld into perfection! It will absolutely fix any chocolate craving you ever have!

Chocolate Lover’s Cookie in a Mug Recipe

May 27, 2014

#ad What To Eat For Breakfast??

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So, you all know that I am NOT a big breakfast person. The thought of a big, hearty meal like a breakfast burrito at the start of each day makes me wrinkle my nose. Give me my coffee and a yogurt and I’m good to go. The only problem is, I’m the ONLY person in our family who *doesn’t* like breakfast. And with the ratio of 3 to 1 pro breakfast I am continually on the search for quick breakfast ideas that will please my family without making me do a ton of work each morning.

April 22, 2014

My Morning Coffee Journey with the Best Coffee Maker

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My Morning Coffee Journey

Her small apartment smelled lightly of smoke and afghans in a just-right musty kind of way, it was filled with owls and pitchers–the perfect kind of a place for a Great-Grandma to live. She’d always be sitting at her kitchen table with a cup of coffee in her hand, no matter what time of day it was. I’d run quickly to the little kitchenette set that she kept for us, grab a teeny-tiny plastic doll cup from it, and bring it to her–begging her to fill it up with black coffee for me.

I was about 6 years old when I started my coffee journey.

April 5, 2014

Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

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Easy Sheperd's Pie Recipe

I could call this recipe America’s Farmers Pie Recipe because *all* of the ingredients in it can be found on the farms of America's Farmers ! You might remember just recently I gave you A Peek Inside America’s Farmers’ Lives. Since then I’ve been thinking about all the things we use and eat each day that they help produce–from crayons to dinner! So in celebration of that I wanted to share this recipe that I’ve enjoyed since I was a little kid, and that now is a favorite of my family! I especially love it because it is *so* easy to pull together and make a perfect weeknight meal that’s ready in 30 minutes!

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Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Ingredients

1 lb Ground Beef
Chopped Onion (adjust to taste, I usually use 1/2 a small onion)
Brown Gravy (you can make your own or just use a store package)
Mashed Potatoes (my favorite recipe is Creamy Mashed Potatoes but box mixes work just as well in this and make this recipe easy!)
Cheddar Cheese

Preheat Oven to 350

Brown the ground beef & onion together.

Easy-Shepherd's-Pie

While the beef & onion are browning make brown gravy & start the potatoes

In a loaf pan place browned meat & onion

Then pour brown gravy on top

Add mashed potatoes on top and sprinkle cheddar cheese the very top.

Cook for 15-20 minutes until cheese is melted

I love to serve it with ketchup on top and sweet corn as a side!

Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Recipe Type: Dinner

Author: Mom

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 30 mins

Serves: 6

Easy Shepherd’s Pie is the perfect busy weeknight meal!

Ingredients

1 lb Ground Beef
Chopped Onion (adjust to taste)
Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Cheddar Cheese

Instructions

Preheat Oven to 350
Brown the ground beef & onion together.
While the beef & onion are browning make brown gravy & start the potatoes
In a loaf pan place browned meat & onion
Then pour brown gravy on top
Add mashed potatoes on top and sprinkle cheddar cheese the very top.
Cook for 15-20 minutes until cheese is melted & Enjoy!

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March 19, 2014

Breakfast on the Go and DIY Skinny Fudgesicles with Quaker Breakfast Shakes

I’ve talked before about how crazy-quick our mornings usually are and my 5 Easy Steps to Stress Free School Mornings. You might remember that my very first tip was to plan out your breakfast. While I always know what I’m going to feed the kids, I am not as great when it comes to myself. You see, I’ve never been a breakfast person. In fact I skipped it for years until I learned that it really is a super vital part of your day, and that skipping breakfast will actually cause you to gain weight as it doesn’t give your metabolism a chance to get jump started and makes your body extra and overly hungry later on!

December 11, 2013

Creamy Baked Chicken Breasts Recipe

No matter how crazy this time of year gets the normal tasks of life still have to get done. Laundry still piles up, shelves still need to be dusted, kids still have to go to school and dinner has to be cooked!

That’s why in addition to using a little extra menu planning help I rely on simple tasty meals that are warm and filling! I got this recipe in a cookbook as a wedding present, it was one where it’s empty so you fill in the recipes yourself, but my friend and her mom had written in several of their families favorite recipes already to pass them to me (one of the best gifts ever!) It’s been a staple in our family ever since!

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