When it comes to easy breakfast recipes, it doesn’t get much easier than this. Sliced King’s Hawaiian Sweet Bread is turned into waffle squares and topped with a creamy Pumpkin Pie Syrup for a simple breakfast everyone will love! Friends, I may have discovered an easy breakfast recipe to make you feel a little less guilty about not…
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Hallmark: When The Neighborhood Grows Up
Watching our neighborhood grow up… a Hallmark Life is a Special Occasion Post. Maybe it’s because the oldest “kid” on our block left us for college this year… Or that my son no longer wants to dress up for Halloween… Or that our group of “kids” at our annual Halloween “Boo in the Bubble” neighborhood party…
Kansas City Royals Cocktail and Giveaway
It’s a great time to be a Kansas City Royals fan! Celebrate the World Series with this fun Royals Blue cocktail and a Kansas City Royals t-shirt and hat flash giveaway! If you live in Kansas City, you can’t help but to have caught Royals Fever. The Kansas City Royals post season games have been…
Peach Slow Cooker Dessert
If you are looking for a dessert recipe that is as easy as can be, give this Peach Slow Cooker Dessert recipe a try! It’s a great use of the frozen peaches you may have left over from the summer! I know what you are thinking… peaches in October? Kristen! What’s up with that? I…
Halloween Party Idea – Frankenguac
A fun Halloween Party Idea using fresh California Avocados to make a quirky and cute guacamole dip shaped like Frankenstein. Meet Frankenguac! Friends… if you know me at all you know I am not cutesy or crafty or “kid food” creative at all. In fact I used to be the food editor for a kid’s…
Chicken Caprese Pasta Recipe
A simple, full of flavor Chicken Caprese Pasta recipe and a review of the new (and amazing) Skinnytaste Cookbook by Gina Homolka. Enter the giveaway to win a copy of your own. There are cookbooks you like and keep, maybe on a bookshelf or pantry to reference every once in awhile. Then there are cookbooks…
Slow Cooker Butterfinger Hot Chocolate Recipe
If you love Butterfinger candy bars, you’ll love this Slow Cooker Butterfinger Hot Chocolate Recipe – a rich and decadent beverage for fall! Plus, enter to win a Crock-Pot® Slow Cooker Cook & Carry! I am blaming this Slow Cooker Butterfinger Hot Chocolate recipe on Anna from Crunchy Creamy Sweet. She made a Homemade Butterfinger Bark for…
Happiness Report #30 – Thoughts on Phoning it In
This morning I was sitting at my kitchen table, reading the newspaper and drinking my made at home latte, mulling over in my mind what I am going to say during my talk at the upcoming Chopped Conference. The topic of my talk is something I am really passionate about in the blogging world, which…
Tea Time Pumpkin Spice Tea Latte Recipe
A very special Sweet Harvest Pumpkin Tea Latte recipe, inspired by my visit to the Celestial Seasonings Headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Read all the way to the end for an incredible $100+ value Tea Lovers Giveaway! This past week I had the chance to visit the Celestial Seasonings Headquarters, one of the largest specialty tea manufacturers…
Simple Smoked Sausage Chili Recipe
A simple Smoked Sausage Chili Recipe made with Bush’s new Black Chili Beans in Mild Chili Sauce. 6 ingredients and 30 minutes is all it takes to get this chili recipe on your table tonight! Ahhhh October… or also known as my New Year. One thing I love about October is the weather… light, long…