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Bumble Bee Recipe from Chef Scott – Tuna Potato Salad

Elizabeth — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:58:45 +0000

As a member of the Bumble Bee “Bee Squad”, I get access to special recipes created by Chef Scott Leibfried, who fans of Hell’s Kitchen might recognize as a sous chef for the show. I get to meet him next month at BlogHer!

Watch this video to see Chef Scott prepare Tuna Potato Salad, an interesting twist on two classic summer salads. Enjoy!

disclosure: I receive product samples and information from Bumble Bee in exchange for writing posts.

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I have a million Healthy Recipes cookbooks. And still don’t know what to make for lunch.

Elizabeth — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:04:09 +0000

I have a serious weakness. I can’t walk by one in a bookstore without stopping to take a peek inside. What is it? Cookbooks. If the title of a cookbook has the words Healthy Recipes in it, and especially if the words “QUICK” or “EASY” are prominently featured, those are my weakness.

But the thing is, although I like to READ cookbooks, I rarely COOK anything in the ones I buy! If a cookbook promises me that it will provide me with recipes that take 30 minutes or less to prepare and are made with non-gourmet ingredients that I think my family will eat, you can bet I will buy it. But it’s like in my head, if I bought the cookbook, I’ve somehow transformed the meals I serve my family into healthier ones. I’m delusional, I know.

And now that it’s summer, I’m thinking about breakfast and lunch for all three kids every day. I want them to eat something else for breakfast besides cold cereal, and something else for lunch besides ham and cheese sandwiches. So, I started flipping through my bazillions of cookbooks, and you know what I didn’t find? Breakfast and lunch! Why can’t someone publish a cookbook with healthy recipes for breakfast and lunch? All the ones on my bookshelves are just appetizers, entrees, side dishes, and desserts. Sure, if I dig deep enough into Taste of Home Quick Cooking, I might find some egg dishes or muffin recipes, but they aren’t all in one convenient place.

So, in the comments, please post your favorite healthy, easy recipes for breakfast and lunches for your kids! Mine will eat pretty much anything, no food allergies or anything, so the sky’s the limit here. I’ll put my favorite ones together in a post on MomCooks, which you can access from the MomCooks link at the top of the page. Think of it as us making our own cookbook!

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Freschetta Pizza Review and $1 Off Coupon Link

Elizabeth — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:40:12 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Freschetta. All opinions are 100% mine.

We eat pizza nearly every Friday night for dinner. Sometimes we have delivery, and sometimes I buy frozen pizza when our budget is tight. I learned of an opportunity through SocialSpark to review Freschetta FlatBread Pizza, said yes to it, and was thrilled when the review kit came in the mail. I love that the box says “Savor. Blog. Repeat.” Inside was a branded pizza cutter, oven mitt and pizza stone.

I headed to Kroger to pick up the pizza (I’m receiving compensation from Freschetta that will cover my purchase), but much to my dismay, couldn’t find Freschetta FlatBread pizza! I even looked behind other boxes to see if it was hiding, but I could not find any. So I crossed my fingers that Freschetta wouldn’t mind a post about another of their pizzas, and picked up Freschetta PizzAmore Pepperoni Duo using the $1.00 off coupon I printed from the Freschetta website. Make sure to click over and print yours!

The amount of toppings on the pizza didn’t exactly match the picture on the box, but I did some pepperoni rearranging to better cover the whole pizza. The round pepperoni pieces were the spicy ones, not too spicy but with a little kick, and the triangles were regular pepperoni. There was an excellent amount of cheese, and, like all frozen pizzas in my opinion, not enough sauce. What I DO like about this pizza is the baking tray it comes on. I don’t have to dirty a pizza pan, and the tray helps the crust brown evenly. Although I didn’t get a photo of the bottom crust, I did check and it was evenly browned as promised.

I like my pizza to have “well done” cheese so I bake it for the maximum time and then a few minutes more if necessary until the cheese is nice and brown, so in these photos, keep that in mind. Here’s before and after:

My kids were the very willing taste-testers, and I heard lots of “yums” and “can I have another piece”. Ryan was the photo model this time:

I still want to try the FlatBread pizza, especially the Zesty Italian with pepperoni, sausage, genoa salami and a zesty red sauce. Yum! Grab the coupon from the link posted above and try it for yourself!

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Baked Penne and my husband’s smiling face

Elizabeth — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:57:46 +0000

Even though Chris is managing a super-stressful project at work, and often has hours more work to do on his computer when he gets home (which is an hour or more commute depending on traffic), he takes care of me and the kids without any sort of complaint. He often stops on the way home for dinner stuff, helps Nathan with homework, gives Kaitlyn a bath and gets her in bed, and did I mention the laundry? Chris designated himself the Chief laundry-doer, and at least twice a week, stays up late after everyone else is in bed to fold baskets of laundry. He sorts it all out by family member and leaves it in neat piles for me to put away in the morning. I might be the stay at home Mom, but it’s really him who keeps things running smoothly around here.

Which is why it makes me so happy when something I do puts a smile on his face. The other night for dinner, I made the Baked Penne recipe from The Stocked Kitchen, a cookbook/cooking system I picked up at the Home & Housewares Show in Chicago. The recipe is very similar to what my Mom called goulash – ground beef cooked with onions, garlic and diced tomatoes (this recipe uses fresh basil as well), mixed with cooked penne (my Mom used macaroni). Then, it gets topped with a whole lot of mozzarella cheese and baked in the oven until it’s ooey gooey (yes, that’s an official cooking term!)

It smelled so good that while he was helping me pour the meat/pasta mixture into a baking dish, Chris grabbed a small bowl and scooped some in, then sprinkled some shredded mozzarella on it and popped it in the microwave to melt. This is what the bowl he microwaved looked like:

And this was the look on his face while he was eating:

For all the times he has a scowl on his face when he comes home from work, for all evenings when the exhaustion of working nonstop on this project is clearly showing on his face when he sits down at the dinner table, all the times he tells me he hasn’t had time to eat lunch at work for DAYS – this made me feel like I was helping. It felt good to put a meal in front of him that he really liked and that made him smile.

I love you, sweetie.

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Giveaway – $20 Gift Card to Cinnabon, Two Winners

Elizabeth — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:36:27 +0000

Cinnabon celebrates 25 years with a sweet new addition to its bakeries’ lineup: CUPCAKES! After 25 years of making the ooiest, gooiest cinnamon rolls, Cinnabon is kicking off the next 25 years by introducing the world’s best cupcake! They brought back the creator of the famous Classic Cinnamon Roll to develop the new cupcake product line. And, after testing 556 different recipes, each one containing the same secret ingredient, Cinnabon has created a high quality cupcake worthy of the Cinnabon name. Baked fresh daily, they’re perfect for parties, gifts or any time you need to put a little frosting on your day. If you haven’t seen Cinnabon Cupcakes just yet, they should be near you soon. So, contact your local bakeries to find out when you can treat your loved ones and yourself to baked cupcake deliciousness!

When I got the email about hosting this giveaway, I was offered a $20 Cinnabon gift card so I could try the new cupcakes. Sadly for me, the closest Cinnabon is 58 miles away, so I asked if I could give away two gift cards instead. Which means, I’m not getting any compensation at all for hosting this giveaway, just so you know. I’m hosting this giveaway because I am POSITIVE that I have readers who want to win a $20 gift card to Cinnabon! Now, feast your eyes and try not to drool on your keyboards, here’s an image from the Cinnabon site of the new cupcakes with a photo and description of each….

Hungry now??? Find a Cinnabon near you using their Location Finder, then enter this giveaway!

WIN IT: Enter to win a $20 gift card to Cinnabon. For your main entry, leave a comment on this post telling me which Cinnabon Cupcake you most want to taste! This must be done before any additional entries will be counted. Two winners will be chosen from all eligible entries using random.org, and emailed for their mailing address. U.S. addresses only, please.

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