I’ve been a fan of Lundberg Family Farms rice products for years. However, I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never tried their rice cakes! That is until now when they challenged me and a few other bloggers to create unique recipes using their new rice cake flavors, Kettle Corn, Hemp-a-Licious and Sweet Chili, which they sent [...]
Posted on May 21, 2013 in Featured,Gluten Free,Recipes
Ever since I moved to Georgia from Colorado a year ago I’ve been frustrated by my hair. Back in Colorado with its dry air and lack of humidity, I could air dry my hair and was happy how it looked. My hair dried straight with a bit of a messy (on purpose) wave on the [...]
Posted on May 20, 2013 in Featured,Style and Beauty and tagged as Hair care
Just in time for warmer weather, May’s shipment from The Republic of Tea that I received to review as an Enlightenment TEAm blogger, featured four of their refreshing line of iced teas. What makes their iced tea stand out from the rest is The Republic of Tea’s new collection of Large Iced Tea Pouches! These [...]
Posted on May 20, 2013 in Featured,Food Reviews and tagged as Republic of Tea
During the Windows Champions event in Seattle, we were treated to a wonderful dinner at the Palace Ballroom and entertained with a cooking demo (that was more of a cooking philosophy session) by restaurateur extraordinaire, Tom Douglas. Tom is a wonderful storyteller and inspirational as a man who passionate about good quality food and loves [...]
Posted on May 15, 2013 in Featured,Travel,Wordless Wednesday and tagged as Seattle, Washington
I’m always on the lookout for food products that make it easier to get dinner on the table, like premade pizza crusts. That’s why I was excited to come across Flatout Flatbread’s Thin Crust Flatbreads Artisan Pizza at Walmart. (Find the store nearest you that sells Flatout’s Thin Crust Flatbreads here.) I’ve been a big [...]
Posted on May 14, 2013 in Featured,Recipes and tagged as pizza
Even though we have lots of herbs growing in our garden, I’m still enjoying cooking with my tubes of Gourmet Garden Herbs and Spices. (You can read my Gourmet Garden review here.) This recipe from the folks at Gourmet Garden is perfect for Meatless Monday, especially since it gets a boost of vegetarian protein from [...]
Posted on May 13, 2013 in Featured and tagged as Meatless Monday
Tacos are always a go-to meal at my house when I don’t know what else to make, whether it’s fish tacos with a little homemade queso fresca, grilled carne asada tacos, or ground meat with taco seasoning. That’s why when The Motherhood asked me to cook up a Taco Night recipe with McCormick spices, I [...]
Posted on May 10, 2013 in Featured,Recipes and tagged as pork
During the Windows Champions event in Seattle, we were taken to the home office of Allrecipes.com to try out the Allrecipes Windows 8 app and do a little cooking. We had a great time making (and drinking/eating) mojitos, Vietnamese spring rolls, crab cakes and an apple fold-it-up dessert while we tried out the Allrecipes app [...]
Posted on May 8, 2013 in Featured,Travel,Wordless Wednesday and tagged as Seattle
If you’re a follower of my Instagram feed, you may have noticed that I make breakfast frittatas several times a week. That’s why this recipe from Avocados from Mexico really appealed to me as a delicious and easy-to-make Mother’s Day brunch dish. You can make this even healthier by substituting egg whites for some of [...]
Posted on May 7, 2013 in Breakfast,Featured,Recipes and tagged as egg recipes, Mother's Day
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Luckily my friend and guest blogger, Holly Clegg, has a couple terrific ideas for mom’s special day from Mexican Breakfast Casserole for breakfast in bed to a brown sugar scrub that can easily be made by the kids as a lovely homemade gift for mom. Find more of [...]
Posted on May 6, 2013 in Breakfast,Featured,Gluten Free,Recipes and tagged as Holly Clegg, Mother's Day
This month I have two selections from Hugh Acheson’s cookbook, A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen (affiliate code) – Grilled Fish with Hot Sauce Buerre Blanc and Saffron Braised Celery. My husband, Paul, came back from a fishing trip in Mexico with nearly two coolers worth of California yellowtail [...]
Posted on May 2, 2013 in Cookbooks,Featured,Fish,Recipes,Veggies and tagged as A New Turn in the South, Hugh Acheson, Southern cooking
Last week, the folks from Microsoft took us Windows Champion bloggers to Pikes Place Market in Seattle to take pictures with the Samsung ATIV Odyssey™ (Verizon) Windows® Phone. The Pikes Place Market is just as wonderful as everyone says it is. I could have spent the whole day there eating, touring the food stalls, shopping, [...]
Posted on May 1, 2013 in Featured,Travel,Wordless Wednesday and tagged as Seattle, Washington
Join me and several of the other Udi’s Gluten Free Community leaders for a LIVE CHAT celebrating Mother’s Day TODAY on Monday, April 29th at 2PM EST! We’ll be chatting about how to stay celebrate Mother’s Day gluten free, whether we’re dining out with our families or being cooked for at home. We’ll also be [...]
Posted on April 29, 2013 in Featured,Gluten Free and tagged as Udis Community
When SheSpeaks originally sent me an offer to read Haylie Pomroy’s book, The Fast Metabolism Diet: Eat More Food and Lose More Weight and try the diet for a month, I was really gung ho. Rather than counting calories or carbs, The Fast Metabolism Diet teaches you to rotate the foods you eat each week [...]
Posted on April 28, 2013 in Books,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips,Featured
April’s Food ‘N Flix movie is Practical Magic (affiliate link), hosted by Glennis at Can’t Believe We Ate. (Read her announcement here.) It’s a late-90s romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and a red-haired Nicole Kidman as the Owens sisters, Sally and Gillian, raised by two aunts played by Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest. They’re all [...]
Posted on April 27, 2013 in Boozing It Up!,Featured,Gluten Free,Movies,Recipes and tagged as Food N Flix, Mother's Day, party food
One of the benefits of being a food blogger is that I get to try out – and fall in love with – products I wouldn’t normally have the chance to try. That’s certainly the case with Holland House cooking wines! That’s why I’m giving away a starter kit of three bottles of Holland House [...]
Posted on April 26, 2013 in Contests and Giveaways,Featured and tagged as Holland House, Mizkan
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