The best part about going on vacation, apart from a change in scenery, would have to be the food. Imagine destination-themed dishes you could prepare at home to help you escape. Every now and then, everyone needs a vacation, which, depending on your schedule and budget, is easier said than done. If you’re a person…
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Four Things I Learned Sampling Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil
Four Things I Learned Sampling Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not always conscious when it comes to feeding my family. I grew up in Trinidad, in a small country town with lots of dirt roads. My father had a huge garden with an endless supply of fruits and…
Scratch That!
Scratch That! Making food from scratch can be complicated and time-consuming. Which is tough for us that have busy lives and big families. But some scratch foods are so delicious that they are definitely worth the effort. So read on to find out which ones they are and get a quick and easy guide on…
Take a Break from Figuring Our Dinner with Home Chef #RealHomeChef
Take a Break from Figuring Our Dinner with Home Chef I love being a stay at home wife and mother. It has afforded me the opportunity to stay home with my kids and experience all the memories I didn’t want to miss. As much and I love my family, being a homemaker can be challenging….
Trinidad Coconut Roll Recipe
Baking my mom’s Trinidad Coconut Roll always reminds me of growing up on the beautiful Caribbean island. Growing up in Trinidad we didn’t buy much candies. It just wasn’t in our family’s budget to get expensive candies. One thing I remember growing up there is the number of sweets my mom used to bake for…
Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies
Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies Giant Foods sent me a package of their limited edition peppermint flavored items. Included in my mailer was a package of double filled peppermint sandwich cream cookies, a box of peppermint whoppie pie mix and a pack of peppermint bark. I was so excited about the box of peppermint goodies I…
Get Ready for Tailgating With Rubbermaid Products
Get Ready for Tailgating With Rubbermaid Products Football season is already upon on us. I know this not because I’m a huge football fan but because my husband lives for this time of year. He’s a fan of both college and professional football so anytime the season is coming up he warns us that he’ll…
The Mission to Please: My Mission BBQ Experience
The Mission to Please: My Mission BBQ Experience As a southerner the word barbeque is a phrase that can be associated with other words like air, water, and survival. Born in and raised in Oklahoma and having Alabama, Georgia, and Florida roots BBQ’s are a daily occurrence at home. Some much so that I did…
Bacon Blue Cheese Burger Sliders
Bacon Blue Cheese Burger Sliders Summer is not summer without some grilling. Apartment living can make that challenging at times but we try to get out to the park to grill as much as we can. For the days when we can’t make it outdoors we end up using my T-Fal OptiGrill for all our…
Summer Berries Fruit Salad
Summer Berries Fruit Salad One of my favorites things about summer is the good prices on all the berries. During the summer months you get the best sale prices on Strawberries, Blueberries and other summer season berries. When our family when to the beach for Memorial day and to celebrate two of our son’s birthday’s…
Giant Foods Introduces Limoncello Line of Products
Giant Foods Introduces Limoncello Line of Products Summer always makes me think of lemons and other citrus fruits. It’s usually the time of year I bake up lemon bars, lemon blondies, key-lime pie and tons of other citrus inspired baked goods. This summer Giant Foods has introduced their Limoncello line of products, available for a…
Pizza Night Is A Breeze with Rustic Crust
Pizza Night Is A Breeze with Rustic Crust My six year old son has developed an obsession with pizza thanks to his newly found love of all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He feels like pizza is the only food that should be on the menu at all times. We of course don’t give him…
Safeway Upgrades to USDA Choice Beef
Safeway Upgrades to USDA Choice Beef If you’ve been in a Safeway store in the Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia area you may have noticed that all their Eastern Division stores have upgrades from Rancher’s Reserve to USDA Choice Beef. “The USDA grading system communicates to the consumer a level of confidence in…
Stage a Nugget-vention with KFC Popcorn Nuggets
Stage a Nugget-vention with KFC Popcorn Nuggets There are days I love cooking a huge meal for my family and then there are days when I don’t even want to get in the kitchen. Even when I am not making the meal myself for my family I want to make sure what they eat is…
Trinidad Coconut Milk Fudge
Growing up I took a lot for granted. Now as an adult I cherish my memories and making treats like Trinidad Coconut Milk Fudge. When I was a little girl M& M’s and Snickers were rare treats, the only way to get them was when my grandmother would visit the United States – the States…