If you're looking for a breakfast that the whole family will love, look no further than these easy Stuffed French Toast Roll-Ups. This Cinnamon French Toast recipe comes with a sweet topping and is one that you'll want to make again and again! Just because Christmas is over doesn't mean the baking and cooking has to be. Winter time is one of my favorite times of the year to cook - I guess it's because the cool weather has us inside more and I don't mind heating up the house by cooking in the kitchen like I do in the warmer months. And one of my favorite meals to cook is breakfast. I love to get up before the rest of the house and enjoy a cup of coffee, sometimes while I'm cooking breakfast and sometimes before. It's the one meal of the day that the whole family almost always agrees on - because who doesn't love breakfast … [Read more...]

This Gingerbread Smoothie is the perfect way to celebrate the Holidays - with classic gingerbread taste and a ginger snap cookie crunchy topping! This post was created in partnership with Ninja® Intelli-Sense™ Kitchen System with Auto-Spiralizer™. I received complimentary products and compensation to facilitate my review, but all opinions within are my own.   Christmas is in the air... can you feel it?! We went out this weekend and bought a real tree for our family room and have been busy baking Christmas goodies too. I think one of my favorite things about Christmas is definitely the smells of the Holiday. What comes to mind when you think of Christmas scents? I always think of fresh pine, sweet cookies baking, and cinnamon and gingerbread! I recently got a major upgrade in my kitchen to help with preparing all … [Read more...]

When it comes to feeding my family during the week, I look for meals that are easy, delicious, and come together fast. Meatballs subs are a family favorite for all three reasons! It seems like every week of the year just gets busier. Soccer season is winding down, but that means Girl Scouts and school programs are starting to get more frequent. Days are getting shorter and cooler, which means less play time outside and more time trying to keep the kids from making a mess with all that energy that needs to escape! During the few hours after school we have to make time for those ball games, school events, homework, and somewhere in the middle - dinner prep! That's why you'll most often find easy, quick dinners on our weekday menu. One of my family's favorites is a fun and easy take on an Italian classic. While I would love to … [Read more...]

Have a Ninja Coffee Bar then you need these Ninja Coffee Bar Recipes! Get ready to make the most delicious coffee drinks, lattes, and cappuccinos all at home with these amazing and easy Ninja recipes. I received the Ninja Coffee Bar at no cost to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. It's one of the season's most popular drinks, and one of my favorite Ninja Coffee Bar recipes, and you can find it on the menu at just about every coffee shop in town. But what happens when you'd like a Pumpkin Spice Latte sometime in the year when it's not October? Or when you just want to enjoy a PSL in your yoga pants at home! You become your own barista with this amazing new brewer from Ninja... the Ninja Coffee Bar. When my husband saw another coffee brewer on our counter the morning after the Ninja Coffee Brewer showed up on our … [Read more...]

Love pumpkin? Love Nutella? These recipe for easy pumpkin muffins will satisfy both of those cravings in one! A delicious pumpkin muffins with swirls of Nutella is a perfect breakfast or snack for any time of the year. We're in the midst of pumpkin season. I have to admit, I fall right for everything pumpkin. Put orange letters on a product with a bit of cinnamon and spice and I'll buy it. I think it's the warm feelings have for the cool season as the leaves start falling. Fall carries a bit of a romantic feeling for me! So these easy pumpkin muffins shouldn't be a surprise at all. I've been making Pumpkin Spice French Toast in the mornings on the weekend and I've been looking for something a little more school morning friendly. These muffins are perfect to make and serve for a few days after. They even freeze well too! The … [Read more...]

If you're on the pumpkin everything train this Fall, or anytime of the year, these Pumpkin Spice French Toast Roll-Ups will become a morning [and afternoon and evening] treat that the whole family will love! My family loves Saturday and Sunday mornings. It's the 2 days of the week that I always get up and actually make a breakfast. Sure, I sometimes serve eggs on weekdays, but on the weekends, I like to go all out! French Toast is one of our favorites and this Dairy Free Almond Milk French Toast recipe is a staple that we have at least once or twice a month. But with the Fall and the idea of #pumpkineverything, I just HAD to put a pumpkin spin on our favorite!   So I can't take total credit for these ah-mazingly delicious Pumpkin Spice French Toast Roll-ups. Hubby cooks, rarely, but it does happen on occasion and when it does... … [Read more...]

Does the busy times of Back-to-School have you fretting about dinner plans? Fret no more thanks to this delicious Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Peaches recipe. It's ready in less than 30 minutes! Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Smithfield® Marinated Fresh Pork. The opinions and text are mine. With Back-to-School time approaching fast, it’s time to get serious about meal planning. It seems like when school starts everything gets crazy busy and the last thing I want to be stressing about is dinner plans. I do so much better about cooking when I meal plan. If I don’t have a plan, 4:00 pm springs on me and I start grabbing whatever I can find in the cabinet. If you do meal plan, I bet you’re the same way. If you don’t, you really should try it. I find tons of great, easy kid-friendly meals on Pinterest and sometimes, I get a … [Read more...]

Looking for a light lunch or dinner the whole family will love? These Ground Turkey Lettuce Wraps are perfect for any time of the day. My husband loves to get creative in the kitchen. But because he works so much, he doesn't often get to as much as he'd like. But when he does, oh you better look out. Not only does he usually come up with something really tasty, he usually has a pile of dishes to show just how it all came together too! I will say, though, when it comes out as good as this recipe for Ground Turkey Lettuce Wraps did, I'll gladly clean up the mess. He got inspiration for this light and delicious meal from a dish that he had at a restaurant while traveling for work. He came home raving about the simplicity of lettuce wraps and how we just had to try to make some ourselves. Little did I know how easy they really are … [Read more...]

This post was sponsored by Eat Smart as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. One of my best secrets is to use bagged salad kits in my meal planning and you might just be surprised why! Meal planning is the one weekly activity that I both love and sometimes loathe. It saves us a ton of money in our grocery budget, it saves me a ton of time from standing in front of the refrigerator at 4pm wondering "what am I going to fix for dinner", but it also sometimes causes me a bit of anxiety to try to come up with different meal options. Luckily you can find a ton of help with that last bit by browsing Pinterest and other sites and sometimes you can find help right in your grocery store aisles. That's exactly what happened with one of my favorite current side dishes … [Read more...]