Heart-Shaped Brownies, Free Movies, Cheerios Heart Month! {Giveaway}

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We are a day and a few moments away from Valentine’s Day, though it feels as though we’ve been gearing up for the celebration of love and friendship in my household for a couple of weeks now. One of the many amazing things about having kids, is that each moment or holiday is ever so [...]

Easiest Guacamole Recipe Ever

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My husband and I tend to eat guacamole at least once a week. It’s so good! And easy! And sometimes the kids will even eat it! I used to spend a lot of time fussing over my guacamole. I turned my nose up at recipes that seemed too simple because I equated simple with deficient [...]

Chocolate Chip Applesauce Muffin Recipe: Plus Special Red Velvet Cupcakes for Valentine’s

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February is only a couple of days away. Not only is February the month for love, it’s also Heart Month which is a great time to think about living in a heart healthy way. Just in time for Heart Month, Cheerios has launched their new website filled with helpful information about how to live healthy. Did [...]

McDonald’s Real Fruit Smoothie Experience

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The first time I had a McDonald’s McCafe Real Fruit Smoothie it was handed to me as a sample from the McDonald’s booth at the San Diego BlogHer convention in August 2011. I. Loved. It. Seriously. It was the only sample that I loved so much, I actually went out of my way each day [...]

Oatmeal Blueberry (or Cranberry) Muffin Recipe

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Yesterday marked the first day that I felt well enough to walk my kids the five minute walk to school and actually make some food in the kitchen. As it turns out, the walk, while short, was much too ambitious for lungs that haven’t fully recovered, but the baking was a success. Like most people, [...]