Love is in the air! Which means Valentine's day is just around the corner. a great time to makes these Cute Heart Waffle Pops! Made with store stroopwafels, they are easy and fun to make. You can customize them with your favorite sprinkles. These easy waffle pops can also make great Valentine's Day treats for...
Easy Chicken Sour Cream Enchiladas Your Family will Love
These Chicken Sour Cream Enchiladas are my favorite, more of a mild chicken and cheese comfort food. They are made with red sauce, which is more flavorful than the white chicken enchiladas recipes that call for cream of chicken soup or chicken broth. The sour cream and parsley (yes, I said parsley!) balance each other...
Easy Caramel Apple Cookie Bars Recipe
Fall is here, so it's time to get your apple baking on. This Caramel Apple Cookie Bars recipe is the perfect dessert to make if you are wanting to enjoy the tastes of fall. Homemade caramel apple topping, sweet cream cheese spread over a sugar cookie slab will impress your family and any guests you...
Easy Monster Peanut Butter Protein Balls Recipe
It's that time of year, back-to-school time! That means making school lunches. Not everyone's favorite task. And if you are like me, pretty quickly after the school year begins, I start to run out of ideas of what to put in those lunches. And pretty quickly the kids start complaining that they are tired of...
TikTok Ranch Pickles Viral Recipe
This post has everything you need to know about making TikTok Ranch Pickles. It's one of the hottest TikTok recipes, that recently went viral on the popular app...if you can even call it a recipe. Apparently, it elevates your favorite pickles into a flavor explosion that you didn't realize you were missing. I like pickles,...
How To Make Knott's Boysenberry Cobbler
No need to be sad after Boysenberry Festival comes to an end, you can still enjoy all the goodness of Knott's boysenberries in your very own home! Knott's Berry Farm sells lots of ingredients to make and create your own recipes in the General Store, and at the Berry Market right outside the park. From...
Stained Glass Christmas Cookies Recipe
These fresh, modern Christmas Tree Stained Glass Cookies are bright and eye catching! They use simple ingredients, so it makes it easy for all ages to create these fun and beautiful cookies. They will easily become one of your favorite traditions of the year. If you are particular about your sugar cookie recipe, you could...
Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey Sandwich Recipe
If you've got some leftover turkey and need an idea of a tasty meal to make with it, then this Thanskgiving Leftover Turkey Sandwich Recipe may be right up your alley. Layered with leftover Thanksgiving turkey, cranberry sauce, bacon, muenster cheese and creamy dijon sauce, it's sure to become a day after Thanksgiving tradition. Best...
How to Make a Creepy Halloween Charcuterie Board
Make a Creepy Halloween Charcuterie Board for SPOOKY season!!!! Charcuterie boards have become very popular nowadays, so impress your guess with a Halloween themed charcuterie board. I've included all the steps and ingredients to make one easy peasy.
PIXAR Monsters, Inc. Recipes that Your Kids will LOVE and are Healthy too!
DOLE®'s Disney and Pixar themed recipes incorporate healthy fruits and veggies but are yummy too! My kids and I made the Pixar Monsters, Inc. inspired recipe called Mike Wazowski Fruit Stack and had so much fun. He came alive on the plate thanks to kiwi and pineapple slices arranged with horned and honey dew melon. Dragon fruit and a dried blueberry become Mike’s eye....
Interactive S'more Menu Free Printable
One of our family's favorite things to do during the month of August, is going camping at our local State Park. We look forward to this trip every year as the ending of our summer adventures. Of course, campfires and s'mores happen nightly! We make all sorts of s'mores...from original with just chocolate, grahams and...
Fun Disney's Frozen 2 Recipes with Dole
This is a sponsored post. I am an official ambassador for Dole. Dole provided me with compensation for my time. As always, all opinions expressed in this post are mine. It might look like I am holding just a regular delivery pizza, but what if I told you this is a healthier pizza that I made?!!! Last month, I...
Easy Vegan Curried Vegetable and Lentil Soup Recipe
This easy Vegan Curried Vegetable and Lentil Soup is full of veggies and packed with a lot of flavor. Living in Southern California, it's easy to forget that soup makes a great meal. It doesn't get very cold here, and usually you think of making soup when it's cold. But it's been cold and a...
DOLE® Bananas and Pineapples featuring Disney’s Frozen 2
Disney’s Frozen 2 is coming to theaters November 22, and to celebrate there is a Frozen Fanfest happening right now! Head over to your favorite social media channel and follow hashtag #FrozenFanFest to see creations from artists & brands around the world featuring Disney's Frozen 2! I am honored to be among the first to...
School Lunch Ideas with Free Printable Lunchbox Notes
Back to school means back to packing lunches and snacks. If you are anything like me, you are always trying to find things the kids will eat or ways to make lunchtime fun so that the kids will eat. And not only eat but eat well. This is the hard part, especially because most families...
Easy Tomato, Egg and Hummus Breakfast Sandwich
This is a sponsored post. I have written about our family's love for Bays® English Muffins before. We've been hooked on them, and now will only buy Bays English Muffins. They have such a great fresh taste and once toasted, they are filled with crispy edges that are so good...especially when filled with melted butter....
Fun Disney's The Lion King Recipes with Dole
This is a sponsored post. I am an official ambassador for Dole. Dole provided me with compensation for my time. As always, all opinions expressed in this post are mine. Who is excited for Disney’s The Lion King to come to theaters on July 19th? Over here, we definitely are! And to celebrate we made a...
Yummy Dole Recipes to Celebrate Disney Mickey Mouse's 90th Anniversary
This is a sponsored post. This month we are celebrating MICKEY! It's Disney Mickey Mouse's 90th Anniversary, which means that Mickey has been a part of mine and my kid's entire lives. And since we love all things Disney, you don't have to ask us twice to celebrate our favorite character. Do you know who...
Easy Blueberry Muffin Smoothie Bowl Recipe
Our family has been on a smoothie bowl kick lately. I have been trying so hard to get them to eat breakfast...and more fruit, actually...more food in general. They just don't eat, and it's been a huge challenge...especially my toddler Dani. She is at the age where she wants to be in control of what...
Egg Cloud English Muffins Recipe
Our family just became English muffin lovers. We thought we knew English muffins, but we were recently introduced to Bays English Muffins and are hooked. Once toasted, they are filled with crispy edges that are so good, especially when filled with melted butter...they are really fresh too. My boys beg for these Bays English Muffins...
Easy Vegan Fall Wild Rice and Vegetable Soup Recipe
This is a sponsored by Silk. The opinions and text are all mine. It's finally Fall...which is both crazy (where did the summer go) and exciting! The weather is starting to cool down here in Orange County....well kind of. and even though it barely feels like Fall, I'm ready to start enjoying soup for dinner...
Fun Ideas on How to Organize Breakfast for Back to School
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Dannon® Oikos® Greek Yogurt and Danimals® Kids Smoothies. The opinions and text are all mine. so, finally my kids are back to school! we had an entire summer of fun, and the time spent together with the kids was great. but now i'm ready...
Easy Super Mario Cereal Bars
As you have seen on my social media, we are huge Nintendo fans. the boys asked for a Nintendo Switch for Christmas, and everytime they've earned screen time, they're playing it. actually, you will find the whole family playing it, especially in the evenings. i like to make a big bowl of popcorn or a...
Getting my fresh on with Ready Pac Fresh Prep'd
This is a sponsored post. fresh food...i crave it all the time. a salad, homemade soup, sandwiches – i love to eat them, but i don't love to make em'. it's been almost a year since i had little Dani Kat, and i am struggling to get back in the groove of making meals at...
Keep the Holidays Delicious with a Pumpkin Pie Station
It's that time of year when you get to enjoy so many tasty pumpkin treats. I love them all – pumpkin bread, pumpkin frapes, pumpkin cupcakes. But the best treat of them all is most definitely pumpkin pie!!! this year I've already enjoyed....and stocked up on Sara Lee® Pumpkin Pies. They are the best frozen pumpkin...
Easy Tuna Deviled Eggs and Tuna Avocado Toast for a Fun OC Playdate
]This is a sponsored post. there is going to be a heat wave here in Orange County this week, which is exciting for my boys. they really want to invite their friends over to swim one last time before the weather cools down. since we just recently moved, we haven't had anyone over for a...
Homemade Veggie Pizza Pockets "Lunchables" for School Lunches
The kids are finally back to school, which means let the lunch packing begin! I don't know many parents who love packing lunches, but there is really no way around it. So I've been trying some new creative ways to to give my kids a wholesome lunch that they will eat. These Homemade Veggie Pizza...
Back to School with Dino Buddies
Summer has finally come to an end for our family, and the boys have just gone Back-to-School. it's great to have our family begin to settle back into that Back-To-School time routine. But i also find that this is such a busy time of year. getting the kids Back-to-School ready is a lot of work for...
Homemade Shark Attack Pop Tarts for Shark Week
it's Discovery Channel Shark Week, which means lots of shark movies, shark television shows, and shark themed activities and treats. my boys love shark week so much that i decided to find a fun Shark Week activity for them....of course in a food theme. so, i came up with Homemade Shark Attack Pop Tarts! super easy...
S'mores in a Jar with HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate
This post is created by me and The Hershey Company. While me and the boys were waiting for summer to arrive, we decided that we couldn't wait any longer to make some S’mores. So we did a twist on the traditional campfire S’mores by making S'mores in a Jar. There's nothing better on a warm summer...
Red Light Green Light Cars 3 Popsicles
This is a sponsored post. we are very excited that Disney Pixar’s Cars 3 is coming to theaters this June!!! with a house of three boys, we have been watching the Cars movies since the beginning. and to celebrate, we created some yummy Cars 3 inspired Red Light Green Light Cars 3 Popsicles, made with fresh DOLE® Fruits and Vegetables. they are...
Knott's Berry Farm Boysenberry Milkshake Recipe
The Boysenberry Festival is happening right now at Knott's Berry Farm. It's one of Knott's most loved events of the year. There are over 100 different boysenberry foods to choose from boysenberry pizza to boysenberry cheesecake dipped in chocolate....YUM!!!! I decided to create a Knott's Boysenberry Milkshake with some of the boysenberry products I bought at Knott's Berry Market. Some...
Easy Chicken Parmesan with Pasta That Your Family will Love
September is Family Meal Month! so i have partnered with Smart & Final to bring you this family-friendly recipe for Easy Chicken Parmesan with Pasta that your family will love. having a family meal together every night is very important to my husband and i. it's a time where we can regroup as a family,...
Night Cereal: Thai Peanut Crunch
Brought to you by got milk? Food Loves Milk did you know that "Night Cereal" was a thing? well apparently, high profile chefs around the country are now creating savory... not sweet... "Night Cereal" dishes for their customers. i shared this with my boys... who want to think they will be the next Junior Chefs, and...
Easy and Fun Lunch Box Ideas
back to school is right around the corner, in fact many kids have already gone back. my boys head back to school at the end of august, and what i am not looking forward to is packing lunches. why does it always seem so hard?!!! making sure that they get enough food....that it's balanced and...
Our Barbecue Adventure with Duraflame Instant Lighting Charcoal
A few weekends ago, we headed over to the Newport Dunes to attend the Newport Beach Party, an all-out BBQ Competition where champion barbecuers grill to win the title of the best barbecue. the public was invited to attend and try out everything barbecue...and let me tell you, it smelled AMAZING!!!!! Duraflame invited our family...
Easy Fruit Salad Popsicles Recipe
Because it is summer, the kids and I thought it would be fun to make some Fruit Salad popsicles. All you need to make them is your favorite fruit, orange juice and popsicle molds. We made them with the Simply Orange Juice because it's my favorite. But you can use any kinds of orange juice....
How to Make at Gourmet Cheese Platter at ALDI
This post is sponsored by ALDI.a couple of weeks ago, i went to a special 'Taste of ALDI' event in Santa Ynez, where i was able to learn more about the ALDI brand. i left the event feeling very excited about all the possibilities of things i could create with the foods offered at ALDI....
Build Your Own Tart Station
spring events are coming up – Easter, Mother's Day and bridal showers. it's my favorite time of year to host parties because there are so many possibilities of yummy food to serve. fresh fruit and vegetables are in abundance – which i love to serve in beautiful arrangements. i've had the idea of having a...
Make Your Own Better For You Granola...it's EASY!
This is a sponsored post. my husband has been raving about my friend's homemade granola for months. he's been telling me all about how it tastes much better than store bought, and how he wanted me to get the recipe. so when i had the opportunity to try McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal®, i knew...
Boysenberry Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf Stuffed with Cheese
The other day, I ran over to the Berry Market at Knott's Berry Farm to pick up some of their Berry Market brand items to create a yummy recipe. Berry Market has all sorts of jams, preserves, sauces and syrups, many which are famous all over the world. the Berry Market products are also available online, so if you don't...
Family Favorite Monterey Chicken Recipe
This is a sponsored post for TODAY Food Club. – When the TODAY Food Club, asked me to share a family favorite recipe, i knew exactly which recipe I wanted to share. Monterey Chicken is a dish that my mom has been making our family since I was little. It's my ultimate comfort food. My entire family...