Our family loves fun mocktail recipes. With the New Year upon us, and Dry January* coming up - I think it's great to share a few fun recipes. The first three are from a new book, The I Love Trader Joe's Cocktail Book, which has mocktails in it as well. Excerpted from The I Love Trader Joe’s® Cocktail Book by Greg McBoat. Copyright © 2024 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved. Dirty Ginger (Mocktail) Warm your senses with this … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Fry Bread with Dark Chocolate Sauce
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Hershey Company for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Growing up on a Native American reservation and now raising my kids on the same reservation - we've eaten plenty of fry bread. Fry bread is a flat dough fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard. (In our family we've always just used vegetable oil.) My favorite way to eat it has always been warm with butter and jam. Though, eating it with taco fixings (Indian Taco) is also a … [Read more...]
25 Christmas Cookies Everyone Will Love
Who makes cookies during the holidays? We always make Christmas cookies. We've already decorated gingerbread ornaments. Next up is sugar cookie decorating. We LOVE sugar cookies in our family. Now the Isabella is getting older, she especially likes to take charge of baking in the kitchen. She's often making cookies for the neighbors, family parties, and even church potluck. 25 Christmas Cookie Recipes I've round up 25 great cookie recipes just for you that everyone is sure to love. Give the … [Read more...]
Brownie Batter Muddy Buddies Recipe
Christmas is a great time of year to make sweet treats for family, friends, and neighbors. A very simple and popular treat at Christmas time is muddy buddies. Have you made these easy treats before? They'd also be great for Valentine's Day gifts. I LOVE muddy buddies. Sometimes they are also called puppy chow. This muddy buddy recipe has a bit of twist. You add a brownie mix to this recipe for a fun and tasty muddy buddy recipe! Brownie Batter Muddy Buddies Recipe Ingredients: 5 cups Rice Chex … [Read more...]
50+ Must Have Christmas Cookie Supplies For You
Do you like to bake each year at Christmas? We love baking cookies here at the Long house. You can find a large variety of baking supplies on Amazon.com. 50+ Must Have Christmas Cookie Supplies Wilton Cookie Pro Ultra II Cookie Press Old River Road Elf's Stocking Shape Cookie Cutter Sweet Creations 3D Gift Tag Cookie Cutter Fox Run Gingerbread House Cookie Cutter Set Wilton Gingerbread House Comfort Grip Cookie Cutter Wilton 3-Piece Christmas Polar Metal Cookie Cutter … [Read more...]
Mini Vegetarian Pizza (5 WW PP Value)
I was sponsored to write this post on behalf of Weight Watchers®. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SmarterTreats #CollectiveBias Our extended family and friends all love game day. It's a great time to come together each week to celebrate and root for the home team. But, as you know, it is also a day for eating fun snack foods. When you're keeping track of your food like me, you are always finding smarter options for … [Read more...]
27 Mouthwatering Potato Recipes
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Marie Callender's. The opinions and text are all mine. My love affair with potatoes began when I was very young. Living four doors down to my grandparents on our reservation, I spent more time there than at home. They ate potatoes every single day. My grandpa still does, I am sure. When I think about my childhood, and growing up on our reservation, home feels comfortable and smells like boiled or fried potatoes. I still get that … [Read more...]
