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Home Made Meals- Quick and Easy Tips

November 23, 2012 by Samantha 7 Comments

There’s nothing more important than preparing meals that are loaded with nutritional value in order to keep your family happy and healthy. Indeed, the importance of nutrition cannot be overemphasized, as proper eating can help to lower the chances of heart disease, high blood pressure and other issues. Making nutritious meals can be extremely time-consuming, however, which can be discouraging for parents who are exceptionally busy and simply don’t have the time to put into the cooking process.

By taking the right steps, you can still make high-quality meals without having to sacrifice a great deal of time in doing so. Consider the following tips, each of which can make it easier for you to prepare a meal quickly.

Prep Ingredients Ahead of Time

Making quick meals is all about having each and every ingredient you need for a particular dish on hand when it comes to actually start preparing things. Getting all of your ingredients in line is something that can take quite a bit of time, however, which can delay how long it takes to make dinner. One way to keep this issue at bay is to prep all of your ingredients ahead of time, keeping them in small [Read more…]

Ted Reader- Cooking with this Canadian! #Interview

November 16, 2012 by Samantha 1 Comment

Coffee With Sam: Chef Ted Reader Speaks On Grilling

I recently had the opportunity to have a virtual cup of coffee and chat with Ted Reader, chef, barbecue guru, and cookbook author extraordinaire. Ted has set the world record for the largest hamburger ever grilled and is the celebrity spokesperson for food companies like McCain and TGI [Read more…]

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Whats for Supper? A New Southern Living CookBook

September 5, 2012 by Samantha 3 Comments

Making dinner can be both one of the most rewarding and at the same time the most tedious parts of the day. Reason being, a good meal on a Tuesday brings smiles to everyone’s face. But an ok one is simply ok, nothing special, just another meal. And we all get stuck in ruts from time to time, right?

For those of us who deal with this not so unique situation, there is a solution in the form of a new book by Southern Living- Whats for Supper: 30-Minute Meals Everyone Will Love. This book is written by Vanessa McNeil Rocchio, and is based upon the popular column in Southern Living magazine. It is packed with over 250 recipes which are all quick, easy, and home made. The recipes are broken up into various categories: from know [Read more…]

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Beerlicious- A Fun New Cook Book

September 4, 2012 by Samantha 7 Comments

There are very few things that go as well together as grilling, summer, and beer. There is a great new cook book by the grill master Ted Reader called Beerlicious Volume 1. This fun book teachers readers not only how to grill like one of the best, but how to grill with beer as one of the ingredients. Yay, this was a hit with daddy! Sometimes as a marinade, sauce, or even an ingredient in a grilled cake.

Double chocolate stout German chocolate cake is one of the most interesting dessert recipes. I have to be honest in my house we love the grill and nothing beats a nice barbecue on a warm summer night. But we have never had cake on the grill and this book opens up [Read more…]

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Vegetable Bake Recipe

August 28, 2012 by Samantha 8 Comments

Here’s a great summer veggie dish-

Vegetable Bake

This vegetable bake is fast and easy. Use any soup mix you’d like or simply season it to your liking and change things up. I didn’t use soup mix this time and just tossed basil, Parmesan cheese some pepper and garlic on it. Great summer dish!

Ingredients

1 envelope soup mix (onion, garlic mushroom, even ranch dip would work just don’t use full package)

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 medium sized eggplant peeled and sliced

1 medium zucchini sliced

1 medium yellow squash sliced

1 large tomato

2 tablespoons butter

Oven 375F

In a small bowl mix up the soup mix and cheese. Spray a baking dish [Read more…]

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Oatmeal Bread Recipe

August 10, 2012 by Samantha 5 Comments

This is a wonderful bread, my kids eat this up just for a snack! Those that don’t or won’t go through the hassle to knead bread this bread is for you!

Ingredients

1 cup boiling water

1cup rolled oats

1/3 cup shortening, softened

1/3 cup honey

1/2 tablespoon salt

4 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

1 cup warm water (this will be the water your dissolving yeast into)

1 egg

4 1/2 – 5 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

Dissolve yeast into the 1 cup warm water. Make sure it’s about 110F . Set it aside. You want to boil the other cup of water and pour oats, shortening , honey and salt in there. Stir till everything mixes together. Set this aside to cool. About lukewarm.

Pour [Read more…]

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Mashtini- Fun Food from @BobEvansFarms GIVEAWAY

August 9, 2012 by Samantha 34 Comments

August 19th is National Potato Day, and our friends at Bob Evans have some fun recipes for you to try out. So cute- Martini’s with mashed potatoes instead of alcohol. We even did a “kiddie” version, my son loved it. Instead of the harsh alcohol with syrup-y sweet flavors why not try some awesome Bob Evans mashed potato recipes like, Sweet Swirl Mashtini, Mediterranean mashed, and the incredible Bob Evans Wildfire Mashtini (which is the one we did).

With the right ingredients and some Bob Evans mashed potatoes, anything is possible. Carbonara mashed potatoes, or a Club Mashtini both with crispy bacon- and what’s not better with bacon, I ask you?

Here are a few of the fun recipes:

Club Mashtini
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4 mashtinis

INGREDIENTS:
1 package (24 oz.) Bob Evans Original Mashed Potatoes
1/4 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
1/4cup ham, diced
1/4cup Bob Evans oven-roasted diced turkey (from Bob Evans Restaurant) or 1/4 cup of any diced, cooked turkey
1/4 cup cooked bacon pieces, crumbled
1/4 cup ranch dressing
4 mini gherkin pickles (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
1.Prepare Bob Evans Original Mashed Potatoes by following the recommended microwave instructions on the package.
2.Place about 1/3 cup (1/8 package) of mashed potatoes in a martini glass.
3.Sprinkle 1 Tbsp. diced ham on top of potatoes.
4.Place another 1/3 cup (1/8 package) of mashed potatoes on top of diced ham.
5.Sprinkle 1 Tbsp. of each on top of mashed potatoes: Swiss cheese, turkey and crumbled bacon pieces.
6.Lightly drizzle ranch dressing over toppings.
7.Garnish with toothpick and sweet gherkin.

MEDITERRANEAN MASHTINI
Prep time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Serves: 4 mashtinis

INGREDIENTS:
1 package (24 oz.) Bob Evans Original Mashed Potatoes
1/4 cup pepperonata
1/4 cup marinated artichokes, chopped
4 oz. grilled marinated chicken, sliced
1/4 cup prepared pesto sauce
Parmesan crisps

DIRECTIONS:
1.Prepare Bob Evans Original Mashed Potatoes by following the recommended microwave instructions on the package.
2.Place 3/4 cup (1/4 package) of mashed potatoes in a martini glass.
3.Sprinkle 1 Tbsp. each [Read more…]

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Roasted Vegetable Burritos Recipe

May 28, 2012 by Samantha 4 Comments

There’s a funny story behind this recipe as the two people who inspired me to try Tofu a few months back happen to be Sam (the one and only), and Grace over at Blessed Elements. They bombarded my facebook wall (happily greeted by myself) and I honestly don’t remember how tofu even came up in discussion. They intrigued me, so it started the hunt for recipes. Since then I have tried several recipes with the not so favorite ingredient and happen to really enjoy it. This recipe is made with Sam and Grace in mind because if it weren’t for their conversation I never would have even tried tofu! Big thanks to them for bringing a new ingredient into my kitchen experiments!