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Today’s featured recipe for Granola Bars made with Honey Bunches of Oats with Greek Yogurt is brought to you by our friends at Honey Bunches of Oats. We’ve been doing a lot of granola bars lately and I decided to take a recipe a friend shared with me and change it up to include this Continue Reading …
Recently Beanitos sent us a case of their amazing bean chips to review. As a family of self proclaimed chip-aholics, we got super excited. Beanitos Bean Chips come in six varieties made with black beans, white beans or pinto beans. Our case had a mix of the White Bean Restaurant style and Nacho Cheese along Continue Reading …
This is it- the final recipe for the Week of Waffles I’m sharing as a Chief Waffle Officer. It’s been a fun (and filling!) week- and I’m ending mine on a sweet and simple note. This recipe is for apples and Eggo waffle sticks with honey yogurt dip. I make this honey yogurt dip using Continue Reading …
A friend gave us a package of this delightful treat just before Christmas, and everyone in my house loved it. Christmas is over, and I did mean to share this before the holiday because it is so delicious, but we got sick and…I didn’t. So I changed things up a little bit and came up Continue Reading …
I’m pretty lucky that my kids are not really picky eaters (like me). They will sing and shout with joy when I bring home a new fruit just as loudly as when I bring home a beloved dessert treat. It makes my life a lot easier, knowing they’ll be happy with what I stick into Continue Reading …
Want to try a fun, new frozen treat? How about Peanut Butter and Jelly Popsicles? ½ cup peanut butter 1 cup plain yogurt 1 cup milk 4 tbsp honey, divided 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1½ cups raspberries 2 cups raspberry juice 4 tbsp sesame seeds (we omitted this) Combine the peanut butter, yogurt, milk, 2 Continue Reading …
Avocado and White Bean Dip Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado 1 can of white (cannellini) beans, rinsed and drained 2 cloves of garlic juice of one lime or 2 TBS lime juice for a jar. salt to taste Directions: Mix together in a food processor or blender and get dippin’! Serve with pita chips, tortilla chips Continue Reading …
I have much love for Target already but with the newly expanded product line at my local store to include GROCERIES and a much expanded snack selection, plus produce (albeit limited) and meats, I’m head over heels. The fact that I can justify any purchases there doesn’t hurt…but in all seriousness, I have a mad Continue Reading …
I have a super easy, super fun (and delicious, not to mention nutritious) contest for you to enter. It’s called the California Raisins “Give Kids Their Day in the Sun” recipe contest! Since they said I can enter, I’m probably going to. Why? For several reasons. First and foremost, I think raisins are great. Secondly, a Continue Reading …
“Snack Simply” This Summer with Ore-Ida Bagel Bites Brand Bagel Bites wants us to make make snack time more meaningful this summer. The “Pledge to Snack Simply” reinforces the importance of simple, wholesome goodness at snack time while raising money to promote wholesome nutrition in youth programs across America.
