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Easy After-School Snack Idea: Banana Chocolate Roll-up

April 9, 2012 By Melanie Edwards Leave a Comment

Easy After-School Snack Idea: Banana Chocolate Roll-up

Do your kids eat an after-school snack when they get home? Every day when my baby girl gets home from school she acts like she hasn’t eaten all day. A snack after school has been a must since the first day of school. Some days she makes her own snack by grabbing something simple from the […]

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Quick & Easy On-the-Go Meal With #Lawrys {Giveaway}

August 15, 2011 By Melanie Edwards 46 Comments

Balsamic Pineapple Salmon

This is a sponsored post. ***Be sure to scroll down for the awesome giveaway!*** I was recently approached by The Motherhood for an opportunity to get together with a few local bloggers as part of the “Fabulous Summer of Flavor” challenge and cook a meal together using Lawry’s products. Unfortunately, as is the life of […]

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Quick & Simple Pasta Dishes for Dinner

April 25, 2011 By Melanie Edwards 4 Comments

Qué Rica Vida Recetario App

Late last year, General Mills launched its first Spanish-language application for the iPad, providing more than 900 Latin-inspired recipes completely in Spanish. The app, Qué Rica Vida Recetario, is free and includes a variety of recipes, from appetizers to desserts. The Qué Rica Vida brand is General Mills’ Hispanic marketing platform, providing a Spanish-language web […]

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Remembering Easter

April 21, 2011 By Melanie Edwards 5 Comments

Easter egg hunt

This is a sponsored post. Growing up in Puerto Rico, I remember Easter being kind of a big deal. We went to mass dressed in our brand new Easter outfits and celebrated amongst family. Though we didn’t have any Easter-specific special dishes for our meal that day, we often did get together with extended family […]

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Recipe for Puerto Rican Carne Guisada Meal

March 30, 2011 By Melanie Edwards 50 Comments

This is a sponsored post. When I think of tasty food, I immediately think of the Puerto Rican food I grew up eating. It equals comfort food for me. Of course, I eat other types of food as well, but the food from Puerto Rico that I know and love is first on my list. […]

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