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I needed a quick and inexpensive gift for a last minute Valentines Lunch party so I designed these cute printables that go into a 5 x 7 frame. There are 4 different designs that go in a 5x7 frame (can get them at Dollar Tree). I attached a dry erase marker to the top w/ some hot glue and ribbon and wrote something I loved about that person on it. Then, they can erase it, write their own no
I have been hitting the gym hard this week but this weekend takes the cake...we cancelled our skiing trip to go and help my parents pack up their house to move. Hauling boxes and furniture up and down stairs at 9,000 ft. altitude has been kicking my rear!! We are having a great time, though, and my girls have been terrific workers!
It's Halloween madness over here! We have all kinds of parties going on this week! I wanted to have a few fun and easy snacks for classes and get-togethers and loved the ideas I saw on Pinterest of Cheese Balls in baggies labeled "Pumpkin Poop" and also Candy Corn in baggies labeled "Count's Teeth". Unfortunately there are no cute free printable labels available.
With school back in session, I'm always looking for quick and easy family dinners. I made this a couple months ago for my family and it was an instant hit and a new favorite, even with the spinach included. :) Do you have any easy and healthy go-to family favorites? Sausage & Lemon Pepper CarbonaraServes 6Ingredients:1 package Chicken Italian Sausage links (such as J
I am meeting more and more people who can't tolerate gluten or are simply cutting it out for health reasons. The quality of our grain in the United States has really taken a nose dive in the last 10 years. I try to cook gluten-free once or twice a week just for our health and I thought I'd share some of my favorite GFree sites as well as this fun goodie basket giveaway! Lucki
To give some inspiration on ways to use Philadelphia Indulgence, my girls and I whipped up these Blooming Berry Cakes. They are so incredibly easy and would be a great little treat to make as an after-school snack. I love how each person can make their own combo of Indulgence and fresh berries! Don't I have the cutest sous chefs ever?!...Way to go, girls! Blooming Berry
I had so much fun helping Real Women of Philadelphia give someone their Dream Kitchen! I'm so excited and can't wait to see who the winner is! I also had a blast with former Bachelorette star, Jillian Harris, she's a super fun person:Second, I am so exctied about this giveaway that I want to also have a little one of my own...I'm giving away the gorgeous pink Kitche
I'm hoping to qualify to go to the World Porridge Championships in Scotland this October and am trying to get the judges to notice my entry!If you have a second, go here to see my entry for Butterscotch Peach n' Porridge Upside Down Cake and click "LIKE". Just takes a sec, no registration required, I'm just trying to get them to notice it!! If you have a fantastic recipe using Bob's Red Mil
I apologize for my lack of posts...as soon as the kids get out of school, I get into full Summer Fun mode! We are always cooking up plenty of fun things in the kitchen and I will try to be better about sharing some of those fun ideas with you!This week I've been busy doing some videos for Real Women of Philadelphia and even had the chance to work with this gorgeous lady, Jillian Harris...The
Could my good friend KC be any more lovely? She is helping The Real Women of Philadelphia give away a culinary dream trip to France! And this lady knows her food, she used to live there... It is so incredibly easy to enter the contest, I hope all of you join in the fun! And no, you don't have to be from Philly, you just have to love cream cheese! Click here to enter!Besides amazing give
A little while ago I had a chance to send Executive Chef Stephen Kalil (the man responsible for all the yummy flavors of Frito Lay) some questions about summer entertaining. He was kind enough to make, along with Chef Jody, this fantastic video for me! It's full of all kinds of great summer entertaining tips and I am so excited to be able to share it with you...a huge thanks
Little C's class went on a field trip this week to our city's Water Treatment Center. Although we learned a lot of interesting things, all the kids seemed to talk about was the "Poop-Eating Bacteria" that they treat our water with. They were fascinated! Soooo, for Friday snack this week we sent some "Bacteria Buddies" to school....To make I simply took chocolate/vanilla swir
Do you have a few of these around the house after Easter? Our FAVORITE way to use leftover Peeps is to make quick s'mores using Nature Valley Granola Thins! Check our our recipe on Tablespoon for complete instructions.
For a quick Easter treat, it's always fun to put white cheddar puffs or marshmallows in baggies as a snack of "bunny tails". In fact, we'll have a basket of them on hand at Easter dinner for the kiddos to snack on!To make it super easy, we created this cute baggie topper for you to download/print. Simply fill your snack bags, fold labels in half and attach to the top with double-sided
Look what we've whipped up for Tablespoon this week...Double your luck at the end of these rainbows...the "pots of gold" are actually Lucky Charms cereal treats!These are super easy to make, all you need is a microwave and a few ingredients.Click Here or on the image below for the full recipe.One last St. Patty's Day fun tradition...I always get out dark plastic drinking cups and put a drop of gre
Top o' the mornin'! We've got lots of fun St. Patrick's Day ideas here (we love the Irish Potato Candy) and we'll be whipping up more fun later this week. In the meantime, we haven't done a giveaway in awhile and our friends at McCormick offered to send TWO lucky Gourmet Mom readers a St. Patrick's Day Prize Pack with all the ingredients you'll need to make your day extra special!&n
Little H is all about Legos right now and what better way to celebrate her birthday than with a Lego Party?! There are ton of great ideas out there on how to throw the perfect Lego Birthday Party and I'll be sharing with you the ideas I used for games, decorations, food, etc., as well as our own creations.First up, a tutorial for our super quick and easy Lego Pops!Little H mentioned wan
When I saw the adorable Secret Message Decoder Cookies on the Family Fun Community page a couple years ago, I loved the idea! We haven't made them in awhile, so we decided to whip up some for the girls' classes as an extra treat this Valentine's Day. To make things simple (and a little harder to read without the decoder cookie), I designed the secret messages on the computer and thought I'd share
To wrap up Little C's Rock unit in school we're having someROCK Stars!We had fun making these together and they are super simple! We started with a batch of no bake energy balls (recipe here) and formed them into various rock shapes, about 1" wide each. (you could also use cake balls or any of your favorite no-bake treat recipes!)Then we melted some white candy melts along with a FEW black ones.
We're rockin' out in school this month! Little C has been having so much fun telling me everything she has been learning about rocks recently. So, we decided to celebrate with some Sedimentary Rock Bars...Not only are these super easy (you could really make any kind of layered bar cookie that you like), they teach a great lesson about how Sedimentary Rocks are formed. I made up a little printab
Monday we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I wanted to send a snack to my daughter's class to celebrate his legacy and finally came up with these cookies...I used the cookie cutter that I found here, I made up four pages of quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that you can download here.We will be spending Monday finding some ways to do service in our community and spread Dr. King's mes
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Norwegian Salmon for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Today we're taking a little culinary trip to beautiful Norway! No Norwegian lunch would be complete without one of Norway’s most distinctive dishes, gravlax. The name literally means “Grave-Salmon” and refers to the medieval practice of curing the raw fish by burying it in the sand abo
Today we're taking a little culinary trip to beautiful Norway! No Norwegian lunch would be complete without one of Norway’s most distinctive dishes, gravlax. The name literally means “Grave-Salmon” and refers to the medieval practice of curing the raw fish by burying it in the sand above the high tide level.Not only is this a fantastic dish, the Norwegian Seafood Export Council provides the most
You can find tons of great Holiday Treat ideas here and on my Christmas Pinterest board...Soooo, I thought for the last few weeks of this month I'd feature some traditional Holiday Foods from around the world!Last week, Little C's teacher mentioned to me that she's like the class to try Figgy Pudding. My first thought was "Rum? Figs? Suet? Spices? Hours of baking?! This NOT a kid-friendly recipe!"
It’s the Holiday season and time for COOKIES!Hosting a Cookie Exchange can be stressful but no need to worry...I'm sharing my top ten tips and tricks to make sure your event is fabulous and fun for everyone. Plus, these ideas will help you “multi-task” by earning Box Tops for Education for your school! 1) Grab Ziploc® Brand Snap ‘n Seal Containers so you have plenty on hand to pack up cookies. The
What are you serving on your Kids' Table this Thanksgiving?How about these cute Cornucopia Snacks we whipped up for Tablespoon?Click here or on the image below to get the recipe.The easiest way I found to coat your ice cream cones is to hold them by the tip and roll them in chocolate... Dip in sprinkles, lay them on wax paper and smooth out the end with your finger. Easy! When dry, fill with your
A couple days ago, I saw these adorable jars of "Turkey Toes" on Pinterest from No Fuss Fabulous.What a great idea to use your leftover Candy Corn!So, we decided to make our own version...something easy to send to school as a class treat or as a cute snack on your Thanksgiving table! We used snack size sandwich baggies and I made some labels that you can download here.These are so easy to assemble
In case you already didn't know, we're a little crazy about Halloween...and, I'm even more crazy about my costume this year!... Since we want you to be the coolest house on the block this Halloween, we're giving one Gourmet Mom on the Go reader:Your own TWIX Halloween costumeAND70 FULL SIZE Twix bars to hand out for Trick-or-Treat! TO ENTER:Time's up! We have a winner!The Hulls who said..."I like
This summer, my friend Bridget over at Bake at 350 got me hooked on the new Biscoff Spread! I've always loved Biscoff Cookies (I even served them at my wedding!) so you can imagine how excited I was when Biscoff put all that luscious taste into a creamy spread!!Since then, we've had a great time making all kinds of fun recipes, here are my kids' two current favorite creations...Little H loves thes
Big C was so proud of herself when she and her sister made these Frogs on a Log treats for her birthday party...I realized that these would also be super cute for a "not-too-spooky" Halloween treat or a Letter F snack! Frogs on a LogIngredients:Hostess Ho Ho'sGummy FrogsBrown Candy Melts (or chocolate chips)Wax PaperDirections:Unwrap Ho Hos and place on wax paper. Melt chocolate and drizzle length
First, I want to thank you so much for your sweet emails, comments, etc., asking if we are ok. YES, I am alive! We had a lot of action this summer and I enjoyed some time off playing with the girls and trying to fix up a little ranch we bought....I will post soon the rest of the dowloads/ideas for the Camping Party, I apologize to those of you who have been waiting for it! In the meantime, I saw t
We are gearing up for Big C's Camping Birthday Party tomorrow! (No, we're not camping, just doing all the fun things that go with it). We'll be featuring a lot of the goodies and games but first I wanted to give you a sneek peek of the cookies that Kay from Rollin in Dough made for the party...Wow! Is she talented or what?! The good news for all you party animals is that she DOES ship her cookies
I'm sorry for not posting for over a week, we have lots of wonderful projects going on! As the school year is ending I'll probably be blogging less and enjoying having those kids home but don't worry, we'll still keep posting our fun and fabulous recipes!....just not as often. :)I recently came across an adorable recipe for Panda Bread on Tablespoon and had to try it!On the outside, just looks lik
How about some "newly hatched" Chick Pancakes for Easter Breakfast? They are so simple to make, the two secrets are to make sure that your pancake batter is nice and smooth (I like to make it in the blender), and you'll need three of these squeeze bottles...Chicky PancakesIngredients:Your favorite pancake batter3 plastic squeeze bottlesorange and yellow food coloringchocolate chips (for eyes)Direc
It's Entree Week on the Real Women of Philadelphia! Do you have a great main dish recipe that uses new Philadelphia Cooking Creme? It could be worth $25,000! Come on over and join the Real Women of Philadelphia and you could be one of Paula Deen's next "cookin' stars"! Even if you don't have a recipe to submit, it's an amazing community full of great recipes and fun people.I had so much fun whippi
Ever since the Meringue Bake Shop created "Push Cakes", they've been taking the cupcake world by storm! I love this marriage of cupcakes and old-school push pops so we had to make our own... The hard part is finding the supplies, but I finally tracked some down! You can buy the little push pop containers wholesale here. Or, if you are just looking for a few, you can buy them here (more expensive b
We've had a problem on our property...prairie dogs! Although they seem cute, they eat everything, make holes that can hurt horses, etc., and are a nusiance. We've been trying really hard lately (like most of you!) to be frugal. The economy has been hard on everyone in one way or another. So, I decided to solve two problems at once and create... Prairie Dog Jerky! I didn't have the heart to kill t
Spring is in the air and Bunny Cakes are everywhere! You will LOVE this white chocolate cake mix fix with fluffy marshmallow icing! The best part? One cake mix will make three bunnies! That means this year there will be enough ears for everyone. :) Everyone has felt the pinch of the economy in one way or another. This year, instead of spending a lot of money on expensive table decorations, how abo
I don't normally post other people's recipes but really I want you to meet my newest favorite sweet treat blogger, Sugar Derby! I was instantly in love when I saw theseGender Reveal Cookies...How cute would these be to announce the gender of an upcoming baby or for a baby shower?(and NO, I do not have an announcement to make of any kind!!:)) Cake Balls and Cake Pops are all the rage right now, bu
Last week Little C and I went to Nebraska where I was a guest cook at a Taste of Home Cooking School Show. The chef, Guy Klinzing, was extremely gracious and we had a marvelous time! Here we are whipping up some Easy Chicken Enchiladas. We even did a little singin' for St. Patty's Day...Also, openened my mail today and got a great surprise! I'm featured in Taste of Home's April/May issue (page 27)
Everyone says that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. However, for little girls I’m convinced that it’s fruit snacks… We whipped these up as a special project for Tablespoon one afternoon and had such a great time. The girls danced and pranced all over the house with rings on every finger! These Bling Rings are extremely simple snacks to make, all you need are Gushers Fruit Snacks, yogurt covered
Looks like pie, tastes like lasagna, comes together in a snap! My kids LOVE this meatball pie and the mascarpone gives it a grown-up taste that I love. If you can't find mascarpone, you can use Kraft's new Cooking Creme (Original Flavor, you'll find it by the cream cheese). This is also a GREAT make ahead dish. It firms up nicely in the fridge overnight for slicing the next day. For the meatballs,
Little C's class needed a treat for Q day recently. I figured Kindergarteners wouldn't be too excited about my favorite Quinoa Salad, so we made up some Queen Cupcakes... I think they came out pretty close to their Letter Friend of the week: Queenie Queen! These look fancy but are pretty easyto assemble. You can improvise with ingredients you have on hand, but here's what we used :-Your favorite
We love having movie nights at our house on weekends, the kids feel "cool" for staying up and I enjoy snuggling together on the couch with yummy snacks.This weekend we're making Mini Root Beer Float Cupcakes to go along with our big bowls of popcorn. Speaking of popcorn, have you heard about Orville Redenbacher’s Pop & Win Sweepstakes? Right now, each bag has a heat-activated code on it and p
Sometimes in Winter we get a little crazy... I remember seeing an adorable Tootsie Roll Mustache video tutorial last Fall from Kellie over at Little Nummies. It's a great activity to beat those winter blues!Little H was giggling so hard she could barely keep her mustache straight... You can download the template I used here or the one Kellie used here...Basically, all you do is melt Tootsie Rolls
How about some homemade Raspberry Chocolate Magic Shell topping for you and your sweetie this Valentines Day?... If you don't know what Magic Shell ice cream topping is, it's a liquid topping that becomes a hard shell when you pour it on ice cream. Yum! So we decided to make our own homemade version. It's incredibly easy and soooooo tasty! It only takes a few ingredients and a microwave...You coul
Happy Birthday to Me...!However, YOU are getting the birthday present!I love Valentines Day treats and though it would be fun to send one of you this Gift Box chock full of Valentines Day baking goodies from McCormick! It's chock full of everything you'll need and lots of ideas to make your Valentines Day super sweet!To enter, let's make it easy...Simply leave a comment on this post, any comment.T
How about turning this ordinary spaghetti night in to a crazy fun family Valentines dinner? "How?!", you say... By using these menus to make a Valentine Mystery Dinner!(Click on either image to download and print) If you've never had a Mystery Dinner before, the names of all the menu items (utensils, too!) have been changed to silly Valentine-inspired names. Everyone gets a menu, writes what they
A few months ago during a visit to the General Mills headquarters, I got to share a few of my "quick entertaining tips"...I have no idea how they fit that afternoon into 90 seconds but they did an amazing editing job. Everyone in the Betty Crocker test kitchen is so much fun! We had a great time on set and I cracked up to see that they added some of the clowning around that we did.Come back tomorr
Groundhog Day is next week! We love that quirky, silly holiday. Click here to see all our Groundhog Day recipes. He's popping up everywhere! To celebrate the holiday, want to see pictures of Punxsutawney Phil at YOUR house!Plus, to make it fun we'll give one Gourmet Mom reader $50 just for submitting a photo!Time's up! We have a winner!"DJCanon Emailed photo #8"DJ Canon emailed me so many cute pic
