A Few Fries Short

If you have been following me long enough, it’s no secret I’m a pasta junkie. I love to make spaghetti gravy and cream based sauces but, sometimes I want the meal without the mess or time spent preparing them. I mean, after a long day, preparing a delicious home-cooked meal can be quite a challenge, and getting started is often the hardest part. While there is nothing that can take the place of Mom’s cooking from scratch, new Progresso Recipe Starters cooking sauces give you a head start to a home cooked meal!  Maybe you are not the from scratch type of cook, and that’s ok!
Progresso Recipe Starters sauces will be available in five flavorful varieties that can each be used as a starter to create numerous home-cooked meals. Inspired by the five “Mother” Sauces that form the basis of classical French cooking, including Béchamel, Velouté, Tomato, Espagnole and Hollandaise, Recipe Starters use a variety of ingredients and the best techniques to make sure your family has endless solutions to the weeknight dinner dilemma. The five varieties are: Read the rest of this entry »

Back to school and back to lunch packing. I will admit that packing lunch for two this year has proven to be a bit overwhelming. It’s not that it is a difficult task in itself but, making sure the boys have a healthy variety is important to me. I don’t want them to get sick of eating the same old things. I have made enough peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the past 8 years to make me sick of making them.

Since Spencer started school this year, I wanted to make his lunch time as easy and fun as possible. I wanted his lunchbox to be not only healthy but organized. I am a big fan of Rubbermaid products so when I was asked if I would like to review the Rubbermaid LunchBlox, I couldn’t turn it down.  Here is a little bit of information on them.
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When I was younger, it became a tradition to go to Hershey Park each year on my birthday. Sadly that tradition ended about 10 years ago but it was always so much fun!  Hmmm…. yes… most of us can not turn down chocolate so how can you not love a day spend smelling it? I can’t forget tasting it through out the day either. Hershey’s is an amazing company that has so many different products out there. Unless you are a complete chocolate scrooge, you are bound to find something you will love. The Hershey Company is the largest producer of quality chocolate in North America!

Chocolate lovers have a reason to celebrate!  Hershey’s Simple Pleasures Chocolates is a new delicious line of chocolates with 30 percent less fat compared to the average of the leading milk chocolates.  They are individually wrapped for easy portion control, making them the perfect afternoon sweet snack.

This new line is available in 3 varieties which includes, Milk Chocolate with Chocolate Crème, Dark Chocolate with Chocolate Crème and Milk Chocolate with Vanilla Crème.  These are a very smooth and creamy chocolate. I am not a big fan of Dark Chocolate so all I can really say about these is, it’s not the worst I have ever tasted. The boys liked them as their second choice. The Milk Chocolate with the Chocolate center was my favorite. It’s not a rich chocolate where you eat one and can’t tolerate another. I actually found myself going back for more on more than one occasion. The Milk Chocolate with the Vanilla center, none of us liked this one. It seemed to leave a film in our mouths. The center flavor wasn’t very appetizing.

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How do you pick what kind of cereal you buy each chopping trip? Do you tell the kids what they are going to eat or do you let them pick? I generally let them pick, but, it is from a selection. I refuse to let them just grab whatever they want. Biggest reason being the amount of sugar lot of the ones they want contain. I also think it is insane to pay $4+ for a box of cereal that lasts 2 days. I am picky about my cereal. I only eat mainly Cheerios, Chex etc.

Ready to go nuts over fiber? Introducing the newest flavor in the Fiber One cereal line-up, Fiber One Nutty Clusters & Almonds! With the perfect combination of crunch and sweetness, this new cereal is a great (and tasty!) way to help get fiber you need. It contains 11 grams of fiber (43% of the Daily Value), 23 grams of whole grain (at least 48 recommended daily), and 180 calories per serving. Not to mention, chock full of delicious crunchy nut clusters, real sliced almonds and whole grain flakes! Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans don’t get enough fiber in their diet?
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