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5 Ways with Peanut Butter and Jelly

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It's back to school time which means it's time to stock up on peanut butter and jelly! Here are 5 ways to change up your kids favorite sandwich!This post has been sponsored by The J.M. Smuckers Smucker Company, Pepperidge Farm® and the Ziploc® brand .It is just about back to school time which means I am stocking up on sandwich bags, juice bags, and fruit along with the required pencils and notebooks.   My kids are not that excited about getting back to the daily grind.  I, on the other hand, cannot wait.  I love having the kids home, don't get me wrong, I just thrive on routine.  The only thing routine about summer break is the lack of routine.Before long I'll be packing three lunches every single morning.  Peanut butter and jelly will be the norm around here. … Continue reading →

Weekly Meal Plan #110

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Weekly Meal Plan Week 110– 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!I'm such a nerd, I am so excited to see the upcoming eclipse!  I spent a stupid amount of money on eclipse glasses but that's ok, I mean this only comes around every several hundred years or so. I have set aside all my normal Monday plans so I can sit outside in darkness in my silly glasses watching history.  No … Continue reading →

Basil Ricotta Dumplings

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Soft ricotta dumplings are filling and delicious when simmered in a simple homemade marinara sauce! This is comfort food at it's best!

Soft ricotta dumplings are filling and delicious when simmered in a simple homemade marinara sauce! This is comfort food at it's best!I made these ricotta dumplings as part of our newly introduced weekly meatless meal nights.  I haven't had a whole lot of success getting my family onboard with this new initiative.  No one is an especially big meat eater, but serving up more vegetables hasn't exactly won the popular vote.Part of my … Continue reading →

Greek Fries

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These Greek Fries can be served as a meal with a salad or as an appetizer. Great Greek flavors are present in every bite!The Greek Fries are the perfect excuse to have french fries for dinner.  Notice, I said fries FOR dinner and not with dinner.  We rarely get to have fries as the main meal.  That is generally seen as a big no-no.  Although I will confess that on numerous occasions in my 20's I had a huge bucket of Pen Station fries as my … Continue reading →

Cheeseburger Pot Pie

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Cheeseburger pot pie is a simple, home cooked comfort food that will both please and nourish your family.This cheeseburger pot pie is the perfect meal for busy families like my own.  With the start of school comes chaos which will be a stark and difficult contrast to the laid back life we've been living.  That chaos will no doubt take a toll on all of us.  My mom recently told me that I looked old.  My reply was simple; of course, I look … Continue reading →

Weekly Meal Plan # 109

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Weekly Meal Plan Week 109– 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!I am pretty excited about tonight.  My husband and I are going to a beer and food festival tonight with friends.  I love beer festivals.  I am a total beer snob.  I will drink domestic light beer if I have to, but I prefer craft beer.  They just taste way better.  Going to a beer festival makes me feel like a kid on … Continue reading →

King Ranch Chicken Dip

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This King Ranch Chicken Dip is crockpot made and easily shared!  You are going to love the the flavor; get your chips ready, you are going to need them!

This King Ranch Chicken Dip is crockpot made and easily shared!  You are going to love the the flavor; get your chips ready, you are going to need them!King Ranch Chicken, Beef Lomardi, Johnny Marzetti...how many of us grew up eating these typse of casseroles?  My experience with casseroles was a little different; we ate pastitsio and spanakopita instead of casseroles.  It wasn't until I started a family that I realized the value of a … Continue reading →

Shrimp Lo Mein

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Shrimp Lo Mein is a dish that combines ease and flavor!   Saucy noodles, vegetables, and shrimp make take out a thing of the past!

Shrimp Lo Mein is a dish that combines ease and flavor! Saucy noodles, vegetables, and shrimp make take out a thing of the past!Shrimp Lo Mein is one of those recognizable names that we have seen over and over again on take-out menus.  It's sort of like pork chops; always on the menu but often overlooked.  To me, Lo Mein has always been found in a can.  I know, gross right.  It's that blue can I would buy in college.  The blue can was … Continue reading →

Butterfinger Cake

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This Butterfinger cake is two layers of decadence!  A rich chocolate cake is layered and filled with chocolate ganache and topped with Buttercream and Butterfingers!I was a little nervous about making this Butterfinger cake.  I am easily intimidated by layer cakes. I want my cakes to look like this Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake, this Raspberry and Lemon Layer Cake,  or this Triple Layer Key Lime Cake (do you see that, TRIPLE layer!). But … Continue reading →

Weekly Meal Plan #108

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Weekly Meal Plan Week 108– 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!Happy weekend!  We are going to busy fulfilling our summer bucket list during these last few weeks of summer.  Our kids don't go back to school until September 5th you see.  We are procrastinators so now there is a mad dash to do all sorts of things we should have done two months ago! Better late than never, … Continue reading →

Stuffed Chicken Enchilada Bread

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This chicken enchilada bread makes dinner simple! Chicken and sauce are stuffed inside French bread and baked! You decide on the toppings!

Crusty French bread loaf is stuffed with all the making of a chicken enchilada. Top off the bread with your favorite enchilada fixings for a super quick meal or appetizer!I know I'm supposed to do my big cleaning projects in the spring,  but for me, the start of a new school year signals the time for me to purge crap.  I don't even know how all this extra stuff accumulates, but now I want it all gone.   Unfortunately for my family, once I … Continue reading →

Brown Sugar Strawberry Ice Cream

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Homemade ice cream is easy to make. This strawberry ice cream is made with brown sugar to give it a deep, richer taste.

Creamy, homemade strawberry ice cream made with brown sugar has a subtle, yet deep tasting sweetness that makes this ice cream taste rich and satisfying!You might remember the Breyer ice cream commercials that have kids reading the labels on the back of their ice cream containers as well as the ice cream containers of their competitors.  The competition's ice cream labels are filled with words the kids cannot pronounce while the Breyer's … Continue reading →

“Fried” Bologna Sandwich Recipe

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I'm bringing back the good old fried bologna sandwich! This modern version has beer cheese and jalapeños!

Forget what you knew about bologna sandwiches, this is a modern take on the "fried" bologna sandwich!  Bologna is lightly pan fried and and topped with a super simple beer cheese and jalapenos!  I have lived in Ohio my whole life and I've only attended the state fair. I went when I was young,  but I do not remember anything about that trip, except for having a vague recollection of enjoying myself.  Nevertheless, the state fair has … Continue reading →

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