I was provided with several boxes of the new Mueller’s Hidden Veggie Pasta. We like pasta in this house and eat a bowl weekly so it made sense to try it out! We all know...
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Category "Smart Food"
3 Kid Friendly Breakfast Ideas
We wake up way too early in this house. My alarm goes off at 6:09, 6:16 and 6:31. If that 6:31 goes off we’re still in bed we’re in trouble! We need to be out...
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Vlog: How I Ate Healthy & Handled Stress
I’ve shared how the month of April was the pits. Even throughout the horrific month, I managed to not succumb to every pastry, cookie or fried food that was available. It wasn’t easy but it...
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The Squeezable Healthy Snacks
When traveling, quick and easy snacks, HUGE bonus if they’re healthy snacks too, are a must! My toddler is a fan of all things tasty and Buddy Fruits might be one of her favorites! For...
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Will you be serving ham this weekend? What will you do with the inevitable leftover ham? Yes, ham sandwiches are always satisfying, but in this house we love to make croquetas de jamón, ham croquettes. Croquetas are a common finger food with latins in South Florida. You find trays of croquetas at every birthday party......
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Have you been wondering how to bake an egg, rather than boiling one? Did you even know that you could? I most certainly didn’t have any idea. This morning I read a Facebook post about baking eggs so I quickly asked how. I got the directions within minutes and knew that I would be baking......
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I love easy dinners. Who doesn’t? Add to that that I love options. I love being able to pick what I want – yes I love salad bars. At home, we have found a Baked Potato Bar to be a crowd-pleaser. We all love potatoes and we all love (most) of the toppings that I......
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We have heard from every magazine article, online infographic, TV show and more that kale is awesomely good for you. I have shared 3 nutritional reasons why you should wash and chop up kale for your next meal. Have you? A simple and tasty way to enjoy kale is to bake it. It reminds me......
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We’ve been eating kale for a number of years. We most often sauté it with a little EVOO and garlic, treating it like spinach. There has been a lot of kale buzz recently, as the nutritional benefit of the green vegetable have gotten tremendous publicity. Do you eat it? If not, you should. This week......
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Finding Soybean Oil You won’t believe where I found soybean oil! In my own kitchen? Yes, I spent a good 30 minutes in two different gourmet/healthy living supermarkets searching in the expensive/speciality oil section in search of soybean oil. I returned home defeated. No soybean oil anywhere. I opened my pantry to pull out the......
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Chef Todd English is sharing his secrets as part of the Macy’s Culinary Council. Chef recently demonstrated his pizza making techniques with food lovers at his restaurant, Figs in Palm Beach, FL this week. Of Italian ancestry, Chef has always had a passion for all things Italian. In 2008 he embarked on an Italian tour eating......
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Make Chicken Taco Tortilla Soup during National Soup Month! It’s delicious and simple! A warm bowl of soup – just the thought of it during chilly January sounds so comforting. Are you a soup person? I am and I love learning new soup recipes! Hormel recently shared their Chicken Taco Tortilla Soup recipe. It’s a pantry......
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One of my favorite dishes to make around the holidays, particularly Thanksgiving, is a Corn Casserole. I received the recipe from my aunt at my bridal shower and have always treasured it because it is THAT GOOD and THAT SIMPLE. Go here to see the recipe. With the continued obsession of my 6 year old with all......
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We had a star in our family. During our incredible trip aboard the Carnival Breeze we attended the Hasbro Game Show in the Ovation Theater. Modeled after the TV hit Family Game Night, participants play life sized games such as Simon, Sorry and Connect 4 to win prizes. Butch, our wondeful Cruise Director, began the......
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I love to have friends over. I also love to cook. But, in reality, cooking especially for a bigger group can be tiring and expensive. Recently we had family over (Christmas Afternoon) and instead of a making a big dish, we opted to bake a small ham and turkey breast. They cooked the day before......
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Soy para Soy! Translation, I am for soy! Are you? Tonight’s dinner is a family favorite. Chicken and rice. But, tonight I’m kicking it up a notch in flavor and health! I have marinaded the thinly cut chicken breast in an oil-based marinade, using Soybean Oil! Print Prep time: 3 mins Total time: 3......
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Silly E-Card F ind a few minutes this week to make the Chef Boyardee E-Card! We laughed so hard, you will too! You will need to upload up to three photos of family members that will be imposed onto dancing cartoons in the kitchen of the famous Chef Boyardee! To make the card, head over......
[ Click to Continue ]Planning a Thanksgiving Menu doesn’t have to be too difficult. There are LOADS of recipes in your own kitchen, in cookbooks and online. My husband loves this sausage stuffing that his family always makes. And I love to make my aunt’s corn casserole. As you begin to decide what you’ll serve and what you’ll ask......
[ Click to Continue ]With a jar of Herdez salsa and pretty much any protein, a mom can have delicious dinner ready. I find salsa to be a great ingredient in cooking. There are many recipes that use salsa. I have some favorites. Do you? 1. Santa Fe Pot Roast - This recipe comes right from the kitchen of Herdez Salsa.......
[ Click to Continue ]Kids In The Kitchen! Do you do it? Do you let your kids in the kitchen? I do and I love it. I love to cook. You probably knew that already. I’m a recipe kind of girl. You? The Kitchen is a Classroom Cooking is not only fun and tasty but very educational. There are......
[ Click to Continue ]Chef Boyardee Cook-Along on Teachable Moments! I love to cook. My daughter loves to cook. We love to cook together. It makes a GREAT fun activity. We recently rolled up our sleeves and made a homemade pizza with the Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit. (Have you used this yet? It’s simple and delicious!) On Thursday, October......
[ Click to Continue ]Produce for Kids at Publix Walking into Publix you are first greeted with their abundant produce section. Colorful and fresh fruits and veggies are displayed and ready for purchase. Produce for Kids, an organization that has raised more than 3.2 million dollars to support healthy food initiatives, recognizes that the direct effect nutrition has on school......
[ Click to Continue ]We love pizza, especially homemade pizza, in this house. I’ve shared how our pizza toppings bar was a huge success – we’ve done it 3 more times since my original post! Or remember the American Flag pizza I learned to make during a special blogger event in NYC. I’ve even shared a simple homemade pizza......
[ Click to Continue ]We all have our own favorite pizza toppings. I now know that they can be quite entertaining on a “boring day!” Rainy day, snowy day, honestly, any day – it’s always fun making meal preparation time exciting and interactive for the kids. Last weekend was a long rainy weekend in Miami. I don’t think the......
[ Click to Continue ]The Minty Ahhh! Ahhh. You know that refreshing sensation and taste in your mouth after brushing your teeth? How does it make you feel? Along with a shower, a minty fresh mouth is very much an eye opener for this smart mama. I even keep a pack of peppermint Trident gum in my bag to......
[ Click to Continue ]Kids in school means mom has more time. Not always. It may just be 5 extra minutes before the tasks of the days, (laundry, beds, dinner) take over. One of my favorite parts of my day is breakfast. There are great breakfast spots in Miami, as I’ve shared in the past. But, a busy mom......
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How to Use Leftover Ham to Make Cuban Croquetas