Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Now that the kids are home all day, we're planning a lot of various activities - some for fun and some out of necessity. More often than not I'm taking them along with me now while doing our regular day to day stuff like shopping and donating. So when I found out that in the month of August Tyson and ... continue reading...
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2 Ingredient Brownies, with Candy on Top!
Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Today is officially the first day of summer, but it's been "summertime" for almost a month in my house. The kids have been out of school for about three weeks now, and I'm exhausted! Don't get me wrong, I love having my kids home for the summer, but between the older ones wanting to stay up late because ... continue reading...
How ACUVUE® Saved My Eyes & My Self-Esteem
Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in an Influencer campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. and received a promotional item from Mom Central to thank me for participating. Something you may not know about me... I've worn glasses since I was 2 years old. Not just any old glasses, either. Nope, those bad boys were those thick coke bottle glasses and they were round and brown and totally not fun. Of course, I really needed ... continue reading...
Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken
With a family as big as mine, I often feel like I'm making the same dishes all too often. Baked chicken, spaghetti, lasagna, casseroles.. etc. We always have chicken on hand because it's not only affordable but you can really do so much with it. Last week I wanted to try something different, and since there's so many boys and men in my home I thought this would appeal to their tastes. An easy bacon wrapped stuffed chicken recipe - the perfect man food! It's really a very simple recipe, I had ... continue reading...
Spicy Cheeseburger Grilled Pizza
I was provided with product from Pillsbury to develop this recipe. All thoughts are my own. Ah, Summertime.. the time for fun in the sun, travel, vacations and doing what we can to bask in the sun and also escape the heat. This is a time that many of us love to throw entire meals on the grill, whether it's breakfast,lunch or dinner - hot dogs, veggies, seafood, burgers, and even pizza. I know that grilling pizza is something new to a lot of folks, but I've seen some amazing pizzas come off ... continue reading...
TWIX Cookie Cups with Sweet Filling Options
Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for #CollectiveBias and its advertiser. #EatMoreBites Last Thursday RiRi and D-Man both had graduation ceremonies. RiRi graduated 8th grade, and D-Man graduated preschool. We decided to keep D-Man home for the summer so he could enjoy the break with the rest of the kids, that way we could plan our days around summertime fun and activities. One ... continue reading...
Father’s Day Gift Ideas for the Greatest Dad at Best Buy
Wow, it's June already! Every year around this time I try to look for unique ideas for the special man in my life. Father's Day is just around the corner, but what do you get for the guy who doesn't ask for much? Well, Best Buy makes it easy for you with their amazing Gift Guides! I love how they create different personas that the men in our lives may identify with, and then show products that suit the tastes of that personality. For the Father's Day Gift Guide at Best Buy, they've come up ... continue reading...
Banana Bread Dessert Panini {GIVEAWAY CLOSED}
Question - do your bananas go bad as quickly as mine do? You'd think with a houseful with as many people as mine, I'd never have anything that spoils, but unfortunately that's not the case. For some reason our bananas begin to brown very quickly. Maybe I just buy too many, because it's inevitable that RoRo will try to grab three of them the very day I bring them home, and the Boobie and Big G will always cut one up with their cereal. So I typically buy about 5 pounds of bananas at every ... continue reading...
Sweet Shaved Brussel Sprouts Salad with Orange & Honey Vinaigrette
Did you know that May was National Salad and Vinegar Month? Earlier this month I was in Miami attending BlogHer Food, an annual conference for food bloggers, when I got up close and personal with Pompeian and I got to create my very own vinaigrette right there at their booth. They even bottled it up and printed a label out for me, if you follow me on Instagram you may have seen it. Since I'm also a Pompeian Pantry Insider, I created a salad and another vinaigrette right here at home in ... continue reading...
My Review of the Sprint HTC One (M8) Harman/Kardon Edition
“I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Sprint. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and to thank me for participating." Hey, do you remember a few weeks ago when I told you about my partnership with Sprint in the #SprintMom Program (and held a giveaway for an HTC One Max)? Well, shortly after I received a similar phone to review and share my thoughts with you about it. During that time I was actually out of town travelling for a few weeks, ... continue reading...
Multicultural Books for our Tween & Teenage Sons
I don't know about you, but summer is just around the corner in the Harris household. I know technically summer won't be here for a few more weeks, but I define summer as the part of the year where my kids are out of school and at home. In the past, keeping the older kids busy during the summer has been a task in itself. Teenagers naturally want to stay up all night watching TV or playing video games, or having endless amount of sleepovers with their friends, and sleeping the better half of the ... continue reading...
Key Lime Pie
*Taps mic* Is anyone here? Are you still reading? It's been a while since we've spoken here, but I've been travelling and I'm too disorganized to plan my posts in advance when I know I'll be away. I really need to get better with that! With that said, I must fill you in! I've shared a lot lately on Instagram and Twitter, so be sure to follow me there to keep up. If you didn't know, I was in Arkansas the week after my birthday, I returned home on Mother's Day and two days later I was ... continue reading...
Say Cheers with a Moscato Berry Sangria!
Hey guys, guess what? Today is my birthday!! Yes, Happy Birthday to me! Since my husband and I have birthdays within just days of each other, we often combine our days and have a big celebration for us both. We decided to do that this year, so this past Saturday night we invited friends and family over for food and drinks while we had the fight on one tv and the basketball game on the other. There was much fun to be had, and it was super easy easy since I purchased a lot of our party food ... continue reading...
The Greatest Mother’s Day Gifts for the Foodie Mom from Best Buy
Mother's Day is just around the corner and for those of you that have waited until the last minute to shop for the special Moms in your life, I've got you covered with some great gift options from Best Buy. Best Buy has a wonderful gift guide to make Mother's Day super simple to shop for. They've developed a Gift Center with a master gift guide, separating gifting options based on different personas that the Greatest Mom in your life may identify with. Based on this list, I definitely would ... continue reading...
New Partnership with Sprint PLUS an HTC One Max {Giveaway CLOSED}
“I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Sprint. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and to thank me for participating." Ever since I began this journey of food blogging I've realized there's so much more to it than just cooking recipes. Many times I'm either connected on my laptop or desktop computers, but even when I'm not writing a blog post or editing photos I'm connected on my smartphone or tablet. Yes, being a food ... continue reading...
Lemon Chicken with Capers in Foil Packets
I remember about ten years ago I was working in Marketing at this little software company. It was a start up company and my boss telecommuted. Every week she would come in to see us, check on how we were doing and she'd take us to lunch. One of my favorite places that we'd go was this tiny little Italian restaurant. It wasn't a chain restaurant and I'd never even remember where it was located, but it was the tiniest little treasure. The food was absolutely amazing and I'd always order this ... continue reading...
Ad: Bargain Market Party Planning {Giveaway CLOSED}
This time of year is extremely busy for us. After the busy holiday season is over, our lives get crazy and hectic again immediately after the New Year. We have 4 kids with birthdays from January through April, in addition to my dad as well as my son's girlfriend. Add to that Valentine's Day, our wedding anniversary, and Easter and by the end of April we are dragging our feet. Just when we've had enough cake and ice cream, my husband and I both celebrate our birthdays in the beginning of ... continue reading...
Ad: Easy Party Food! Tyson “Kicked-Up” Grillin’ Wings with Creamy Citrus Honey Dip
This past weekend we had a celebration for RiRi's 14th birthday. It was low key and mostly for our extended family and her friends to join us in a day of fun, since we had already had a small dinner celebration on the day of her birthday before Easter. She didn't want any decorations, just a simple cake and ice cream, and she requested a jumpy house. Easiest party ever! Because of the simplicity of her requests, we just went with pizza and sodas for the majority of the food and drinks. We ... continue reading...
5 Steps to Potty Training Success! #StartPottyTraining #MC
Disclosure: I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Pull-Ups. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating. All opinions are my own. This past week has been a busy one in our house. At the end of last week we celebrated RiRi's 14th birthday, and then we celebrated Easter this past weekend. Saturday I had a laundry list of things to do, from grocery shopping to dying eggs, to creating my usual ... continue reading...
Berry Overload Bundt Cake with Vanilla Bean Glaze
Recently my friends over at Driscoll's sent me a few product coupons to see what I could come up with using their delicious berries. I was overjoyed, because I know that theirs are the most succulent and ripe berries around. In fact, I always look for their packaging while grocery shopping - and they even have organic berries in their product line up as well! Since the next big holidays that are coming up are Easter and Mother's Day (oh, and we can't forget my birthday!), I decided to create a ... continue reading...
