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3 Easy Kid-Friendly Fourth of July Food Ideas {Recipe}

June 24, 2021 By Melanie Edwards 1 Comment

Kid Friendly Fourth of July Foods

Fourth of July is right around the corner and I’m sure you’re thinking of ways to spend the holiday with your family and celebrate Independence Day! I know a fun way to honor July 4th (particularly for kids) is to do everything red, white, and blue – especially food! My kids love all things themed, […]

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Filed Under: Kids, Recipes Tagged With: 4th of july, fourth of july, july 4th, july fourth, kid-friendly fourth of july food, red white and blue foods

13 Meatless Recipes for Lent: Seafood or Vegetarian Recipes for the Lenten Season

February 26, 2020 By Melanie Edwards Leave a Comment

13 Meatless Recipes for Lent: Seafood or Vegetarian Recipes for the Lenten Season

Today is Ash Wednesday and marks the beginning of this year’s Lenten season. For those of us that celebrate, we know Ash Wednesday to be a day of fasting and abstinence from meat. It begins a 40-day period which includes 7 meatless Fridays, where again, we abstain from eating meat, though seafood is allowed. If […]

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Easy Meals & Homemade Taste with Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes

February 27, 2019 By Melanie Edwards Leave a Comment

Family Meals and Easy Homemade Taste with Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes

Thank you Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes for sponsoring this post. Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes are real potatoes, real easy, delivering homemade taste on demand. Sitting down to eat dinner together as a family each night is truly important to me; this is probably because it’s what I experienced growing up. I enjoy sharing our meal, conversing as […]

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Simple Summer Eating with FOOD NETWORK KITCHEN™ Inspirations Meal Kits!

July 13, 2018 By Melanie Edwards 4 Comments

FOOD NETWORK KITCHEN™ Inspirations Meal Kits Shrimp Scampi

Try new FOOD NETWORK KITCHEN™ Inspirations Meal Kits for a quick weeknight meal this summer! This is a sponsored post. All views are my own. As my girl reaches her teen years, I’m working on teaching her to expand her kitchen skills and she’s now starting to explore cooking full meals. She’s already got quite […]

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Pollo Guisado Recipe (Puerto Rican Style Stewed Chicken)

November 15, 2017 By Melanie Edwards 2 Comments

Pollo Guisado Recipe (Puerto Rican Stewed Chicken)

There’s a lot I love about the Puerto Rican food I grew up eating – from the rich flavors to the nostalgic feeling that comes with cooking and sharing the dishes with my own family. But, another thing I love about our Puerto Rican recipes is how simple so many of them are to cook! […]

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