This post was sponsored by Smithfield as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Sometimes, you have to make time to sit down at the dinner table. That can be especially difficult during the holiday season. … [Read more...]
Winter Comfort with Marie Callender’s Pot Pies
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias #PotPiePlease Sometimes life gets the best of you and you just need a bit of a slow down. You need something to warm you up and provide a little comfort and … [Read more...]
Making the Return Home Effortless
This is part of a sponsored conversation about Effortless Meals from Walmart. Thanks to The Coca-Cola Company for providing compensation for this blog post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. When you get home from vacation, you want things to be easy. We even go so … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Summer Meals with Kraft
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias #RollIntoSavings During the summer months, many families experience tight times around the 1st and 15th of the month. We were challenged to use some KRAFT … [Read more...]
Adding Veggies to Lasagna
One of the hardest things for us to do for dinner in our house is to add green to any food. We regularly have to hear complaints about not liking "green stuff". It's actually kind of funny since they will gladly eat raw broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, etc. dipped in ranch … [Read more...]
Back to School with Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits
School is back and we are in full swing. As a work at home dad, I couldn't be happier! I only have one charge during the daytime and he's in preschool 3 1/2 hours a day. It's glorious! Still, with elementary aged students comes elementary aged after school activities. … [Read more...]
GIANT Meal Planner #cbias
During our weekly meal planning, as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias®, we used the GIANT meal planner to help inspire us and prepare our shopping list for a trip to our local MARTIN'S Food Store. If you are a regular reader of our blog, you know that we are big … [Read more...]
Dinner without This Cookin Dad X 8
Dear gosh. Eight dinners?! I can fake my way through breakfast and lunches. I cover those most days for myself and the kids. I am the lunch packin' queen after all but dinner ... dinners are all Brian. Maybe you caught wind that he is headed to Chile for the Foods from Chile … [Read more...]
Lazy Meatless Monday Dinner
Today was a long day at our house. Maybe it was the switch to Daylight Savings Time? Maybe is Brian STILL being sick with bronchitis? Maybe it is me just being worn out. It was Meatless Monday day though. Thankfully we had planned for a lazy meatless Monday dinner. Part of the … [Read more...]
Wishin’ For Summer Sunday Dinner
Last week when we had 10 inches of snow on the ground, I dreamed up this Sunday's dinner. Then I named it. I have no idea why I named the dinner as we don't generally name our dinners but I told Brian it was the "Wishin' for Summer" dinner. Today is was 63 degrees outside at … [Read more...]
When Appliances Aren’t Delivered … Dinner Plans Change!
What exactly happens when your appliance isn't delivered? Dinner plans change. (Background: Brian was blessed to win new oven at the Mixed Conference thanks to The Fresh 20 that sent him on their behalf.) Brian borrowed a dolly to move the old oven out the house last night. I … [Read more...]
Bertolli’s Weeknight Meal Special Challenge
We got an opportunity to try out Bertolli's newest product, their Meal Soups. We have, for some time now, loved Bertolli products. We have tried frozen meals, sauces, and olive oils, and we are always pleased with whatever we get. So the chance to try out something new was a … [Read more...]
Turkey Leftovers: Pot Pie and Enchilasagna
Some people do ham for Christmas, but I've always fancied turkey. Just like with Thanksgiving, though, you always have the problem of what to do with all of the leftover turkey. You want to use up the turkey, but turkey dinners, turkey sandwiches, and turkey salad can only get … [Read more...]
The Daring Cooks Challenge: Char Sui Bao
Our Daring Cooks’ December 2011 hostess is Sara from Belly Rumbles! Sara chose awesome Char Sui Bao as our challenge, where we made the buns, Char Sui, and filling from scratch – delicious! Thanks so much Sara for a great challenge. I've seen these sorts of things on some of … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Slow Cooker Vegetarian Garden Chili
It's getting on wintertime and, here in Virginia, it's starting to get cold. As such, soup and chili are going to start being staples around our house. What better way to cook these comforting meals than using that slow cooking crockpot? Hook it up in the morning and you're … [Read more...]