This post brought to you by KRAFT Natural Shredded Cheese and Safeway. All opinions are 100% mine. With summer practically here, I am already in summer eating mode. I don't like to turn on the oven when the temperature rises, so I've been doing a lot of grilling and salads for dinner. I recently made a grilled chopped chicken salad for dinner that I wanted to share with you! This salad is great because it's a whole meal all in one bowl. You get your protein from the chicken and black ... [ Read More ]
Strawberry Pretzel Dessert
I remember back in my college days when I was invited to my best friend's sister's house, and I tried one of the most amazing desserts ever. It had a buttery, salty pretzel crust, with a cheesecake type layer, topped with fresh strawberries inside a sea of strawberry Jell-O. I was in heaven, and wondered where this deliciousness had been all my life! Of course I got the recipe, and I'm sharing it with you today! Some people call this strawberry pretzel dessert a salad, but let's be honest. ... [ Read More ]
Chocolate Covered Chips Recipe
Raise your hand if you love the salty sweet combination of chocolate and salt? Mmmmm…….. Now have you ever tried the combination of chocolate and potato chips? Although it might sound like a weird recipe at first, when you think about it, it makes sense. Like chocolate covered pretzels, or chocolate covered peanuts or almonds. Chocolate covered chips are very easy to make, and are quite satisfying to crunch into because of the combination of the sweet softness ... [ Read More ]
Tuxedo Chocolate Covered Almonds
Oscars week continues on the blog this week, and I am so excited to share these cute treats that I came up with that are perfect for the occasion! They were pretty easy and fun to make, and I fooled my husband and kids that I had spent hours making them… tuxedo chocolate covered almonds! My husband bought me a HUGE container of chocolate covered almonds for Valentine's Day, so I decided to get creative with them and make these tasty treats. Chocolate covered almonds wearing ... [ Read More ]
Cinnamon Popcorn Recipe
Make delicious cinnamon popcorn for any occasion with this easy recipe, perfect for any cinnamon or popcorn lover! I have always been a sucker for anything cinnamon flavored, especially around the holidays. Cinnamon bears were my guilty pleasure in college, and if something is cinnamon flavored, odds are that I will LOVE it! Cinnamon Popcorn My daughter is a cinnamon-lover like me, and when she mentioned that she needed to take a treat to school for her friends for a ... [ Read More ]
Delicious Potato Soup Recipe
Although we're only 9 days into December, almost our whole family (my husband, four kids, and I) have already been sick this holiday season. So far we've had colds, really bad coughs, the flu, the stomach flu, and sore throats. Ugh. When my family gets sick, I make them relax in their bed or on the couch, have them sleep, and then they can watch a movie. I give them a box of Kleenex tissues for those runny or stuffed up noses, and then make them a ... [ Read More ]