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Celebrate Spring {Recipe: Blackberry Lime Sunshine Cake}

Kristen — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:21:21 +0000

This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winner, Renee Simmons!

I’ve been complaining a lot about the weather lately. I mean, do you blame me? Snow in May? That’s a bunch of craziness! I’m so ready for spring like weather… flip flops, warm sunshine, outdoor patio playing, chalk drawing, driving with the windows down and music blaring… all of that. Having my heater on in May is not my idea of spring!…

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Friday Night Pizza {Recipe: Loaded Bacon Bits Pizza}

Kristen — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:10:32 +0000

I love pizza. If I could alternate Chipotle Chicken Burritos and Pizza, every other day, I’d be an extremely fat and happy camper. Happy being the keyword there… because happy is what matters most, right?

You know what I love even better than pizza? Putting my kids to work making dinner. Nothing better than sitting back, eating bon bon’s, watching the servants I birthed slaving away making dinner. It’s pretty wonderful.

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Recipe: Simple Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Kristen — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:06:36 +0000

I’m so excited for the cookie baking stage of the holidays to begin. Last year, one of my favorite cookie creations were these Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Vanilla Glaze. How can you not love a cookie with a cinnamon roll twist? So good!

When Pillsbury sent a call out to a few bloggers to turn a favorite cookie recipe into one that can be made using their Pillsbury sugar cookie dough, I jumped on board. I love making the cookies from scratch but am also the first to love a good shortcut when it’s available.

These Simple Cinnamon Roll Cookies are so easy… just a few ingredients and quick to make, you’ll want to make sure you make room on your holiday cookie tray for this tasty treat.

Recipe: Simple Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Incredibly simple cinnamon roll cookies

Ingredients

Recipe: Simple Cinnamon Roll Cookies
Cookies:
1 tube Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough
4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Glaze:
2 Tablespoons butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
warm water if needed

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F
In a small bowl, stir together cinnamon and granulated sugar and set aside
Roll out Pillsbury sugar cookie dough onto a lightly floured surface into a 9x6 rectangle
Spread cinnamon and sugar mixture over the surface of the cookie dough, gently pressing into the dough
Carefully roll dough lengthwise, jelly roll style
Sprinkle dough with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture
Slice dough into ¼ inch thick slices. Place 2 inches apart onto parchment lined baking sheets.
Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until edges are slightly golden. Let sit for 2 minutes then remove from the baking sheet and let cool on a wire rack.
In a small bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. If needed, add warm water to thin, 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.
Drizzle glaze over cooled cookies.

Disclosure: I was compensated by Pillsbury for my time and ingredients to create the recipe. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Save the Date for Soup-a-Palooza

Kristen — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:34:26 +0000

Baby, it’s cooooold outside! I think it is high time we celebrate one of our favorite comfort foods.…… SOUP!

Soup is one of those things that everyone can equate back to their childhood. My mom always made the best chicken noodle soup, served on our silver “sick tray” in bed when we were under the weather. When you come in from a cold day of snow fort building, what do you want? Soup!

Soup, stew, chili, chowder…….have all been staples in our diets for centuries and can be the perfect appetizer or a quick and easy meal.

On February 15th Cheryl of Tidy Mom and I would like to invite YOU to share your favorite soup recipes!!

and like every great party……..there will be PRIZES from some fabulous sponsors!!

Bush’s Beans, Hip Hostess, Pillsbury and Westminster Crackers

How to Participate in Soup-a-Palooza

1. Write and post a recipe on your blog featuring a soup, stew, chili, or chowder. You can have up to two soup entries! Each soup entry enters you into the drawing for some great prizes!

2. Include “Come join Soup-a-Palooza at TidyMom and Dine and Dish sponsored by Bush’s Beans, Hip Hostess, Pillsbury and Westminster Crackers” in your blog post. If you use an old soup post for the Soup-a-Palooza, please just go in and add the above phrase to that post.

3. On Feb 15th add your link to your soup post to the widget on either TidyMom or Dine and Dish (we have the same widget code, so only add it on one site). Enter up to 2 soups. Each soup entry makes you eligible to win some of the great prizes from the above sponsors.

4. Don’t have a blog? no problem…..leave your recipe in the comments on the day of the Soup-a-Palooza party (Feb 15, 2011)

5. If you want, help spread the word about Soup-a-palooza through social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.

Sample Tweet: Join @DineandDish & @TidyMom for #Soupapalooza. Share your recipes (and WIN) here: http://tidymom.net or https://www.dineanddish.net Pls RT

6. Button for your sidebars or posts – just use the supplied coding below if you want a button in your posts or on your blog sidebar.The button1 is 150×206. If you need a smaller size, feel free to download the image, adjust the size and provide your own coding.

7. Have fun and enjoy! Thanks for participating and we look forward to warming up during Soup-a-Palooza!

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Basic Quiche Recipe

Kristen — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:58:37 +0000

I know a lot of people who are stressing out about all they need to do before Christmas arrives. I have never been one to get too worked up about things. I plan ahead, but admittedly am a last minute doer. Still, I try not to let things like hosting big dinner parties or having the family Christmas celebration at my house stress me out. Maybe that is because I know that the people I invite will love me no matter what. There is no need to get all worked up worrying about everything being “just right”….

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Kid Friendly

Kristen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:02:54 +0000

I got a couple of emails after I posted my “kid friendly” menu on Monday. I guess I should have clarified. I know that my definition of kid friendly and other parents definition of kid friendly can be completely different things. I have been very blessed in the fact that my kids are not picky. They eat just about anything I put in front of them, but part of that is because I don’t cater to their tastes. I cook the recipes I want to cook, and they know that they at least have to try everything on their plate. I don’t make something different for them if they don’t like what we are having for dinner. I do always have fruit and vegetable options available that I know they will eat (so they don’t “starve”), but for the most part, they generally like our meals and eat what is put in front of them. I know I’d better count my blessings because my good fortune with picky eaters is sure to change when they get older. We will cross that bridge when we come to it, but for now I’ll continue cooking the way I do.

Lunch time is when we go for the all out kids fare at our house. Chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, PB&J… they get to have the limelight at lunch time. One very kid friendly recipe that my kids go crazy for are Extra Cheesy Crescent Mozzarella Wedges. I love it too because it is so easy to put together and really tastes great.

The ingenious people over at Pillsbury have created a product to make this recipe (and ones like it) even more simple. Crescent Recipe Creations… a product just like the Pillsbury crescent rolls, but with out the perferated seams. Isn’t that brilliant? This will make making the Extra Cheesy Crescent Mozzarella Wedges, Grandma Doyle’s Breakfast Pizza, and more recipes like that so much easier!

The folks at Pillsbury sent me some other great products to try out. Stay tuned for what is new at Pillsbury!

Extra Cheesy Crescent Mozzarella Wedges

22 min | 5 min prep

SERVES 8

1 (8 ounce) package Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/4-1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 Tbs Italian Seasoning
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Place dough out on a lightly sprayed cookie sheet.
Press dough onto the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
Brush with butter; sprinkle with garlic powder, Italian Seasoning and cheese.
Bake at 375 degree oven for 15-17 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is lightly browned.
Cut into wedges and serve warm.

Searching for more kid friendly recipes? These food bloggers have some great ideas:

Val’s Kid Friendly Broiled Zucchini Rounds with Cheese from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Turkey Meatballs with Cilantro from Family Style Food
Homemade Chicken Nuggets from Taste and Tell
Pigs in a Blanket from Cast Sugar

The winner of the Cabaret Brewed Chocolate is…. Chuck from The Knead for Bread Blog! Congratulations Chuck and thank you to all who participated. More giveaways coming up, so stay tuned!
We will be saying goodbye to one last friend today. Read about it here.
Adopt a Blogger participants… you should have heard from your match by now. If that hasn’t happened, please contact me to let me know!
I recently wrote an article for The Daily Tiffin on ways to get your kids involved in the kitchen. Read it here.

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