Monkey was SO excited for his First Day of KINDERGARTEN! SO EXCITED! He’s been ready for HIS first day of kindergarten since Princess’ First Day of Kindergarten! He strode into school full of confidence, swinging his lunchbox beside him and sporting his matching big boy backpack. He marched into his classroom, gave his teacher…
Chipotles in Adobo Sauce are one of my very favorite kitchen staples – smoky, sweet, subtle slow heat… what’s not to love? Add in some honey to balance the slow burn from the chipotles and it’s one of my very favorite flavor combinations. With Labor day coming up and barbecue grills across the country firing…
Wowza! I can’t believe 4 weeks have gone by already – 4 weeks – 4 secret ingredients and 4 recipes with 7 ingredients or less in under 30 minutes! Week One Ingredient: Egg Beater’s Recipe: Individual Spinach and Mushroom Frittattas The verdict: Super Yummy – especially with extra hot sauce for the adults! Week…
I’m really excited, both as a Child Hunger Ends Here Ambassador and a Country Music Fan to tell y’all about this partnership between Little Big Town and ConAgra Foods. Little Big Town is one of our family’s favorite music groups, their song “Pontoon” was our theme song this summer as we tooled around, fished, played…
Sometimes I surprise myself. This Spaghetti Stuffed Garlic Bread recipe is one of those times. When I saw that the final ingredient for the HEB Meal Maker Challenge was Chef Boyardee, I have to admit that I was stumped. It would never have occurred to me to use Chef Boyardee as an ingredient… I started…
This One Pan Chicken and Rice Bake aka No Peek Chicken is one of the most comforting foods, as well as one of the easiest to make in my comfort-food-kitchen arsenal. It’s savory and crunchy and tender and delicious and easy and yummy. This recipe came from my Granny’s recipe box. I really wish that…
This past Sunday, August 19th, members of an Omaha church banded together to feed their community and raise awareness for Child Hunger by trying to break a Guinness World Record. The record they were trying to break – The World Record for most people packing food to feed the hungry. In my opinion, that’s one…
Peanut Butter is one of those ingredients that you either love or hate. I’ve never met someone who’s ‘meh’ about peanut butter While I was growing up, Peanut Butter was not an ingredient in anything other than cookies, sandwiches and occasionally, if you were wild and crazy… cheesecakes or brownies. We are…
Recently, ConAgra Foods challenged it’s Facebook fans to submit photos as a response to Owl City’s question: “What Surprises You Most About Child Hunger” Owl City took those photos and responses and created a Photo Montage video to go along with their special Child Hunger Ends Here song: Here is Hope. The video can be…
You know those days when you’re roaming through an airport and you feel completely and totally lost? If you travel a lot you know what I mean. You start to forget where you are, which state, which airport, which day of the week it is. This past week in the Portland airport, I had a…
Remember when Princess started Kindergarten? I can’t believe that it’s Monkey’s turn. For the first time, both kids will be in the same school. This will not happen again until Princess is a Senior and Monkey is a Freshman. My brain can’t even comprehend those ages I’m so excited for this school year, so many…