In autumn, or any time of the year, nothing beats a home-cooked dish made with fresh ingredients and a dash of love! For me, trying new recipes is always exciting and I find great joy in the kitchen creating new meals for my family to enjoy. Whatever your motivation is, I hope you find these […]
Did you know the coffee we drink each morning and the trail mix bar we snack on in the afternoon are reliant upon bees? In fact, according to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC,) one out of every three mouthfuls of food in the American diet is, in some way, a product of honeybee pollination. […]
Have you been Boo’d this Halloween? I’m about to Boo our neighbors! Boo’ing is a good-spirited and fast-growing tradition of surprising someone with a bundle of Halloween goodies and treats and then encouraging them to Boo-It-Forward. Thanks to our partnership with Walmart and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we’re sharing some quick and easy ideas to help […]
Recently, I had the amazing opportunity to get a sneak peek behind-the-scenes of the development of Disney’s new animated movie MOANA and I am thoroughly convinced this is soon to become one of my family’s all-time favorites! Each year we select a movie to see at Thanksgiving time and MOANA is already our top choice. […]
Do you love pumpkin stencils as much as I do? When the kids were smaller, it was great to be able to quickly carve some triangle eyes and teeth into our Jack O’ Lantern. It was so much fun that it didn’t really matter how it looked at the end. As they’ve gotten older, though, […]
Have you ever been to a peanut farm? I have to tell you, when I was invited by the National Peanut Board to view peanut harvest time at Hope & Harmony Farms, this farm girl was very excited to learn the process! As we don’t have ideal soil or growing conditions for peanut farming in […]
Halloween is by far, my favorite of the holidays to create party foods for. There’s so many themes to choose from when creating a Halloween punch recipe, the ideas are truly endless! I tend to like the magical, mystical, traditional and eerie side of the festivities, which this Witch’s Brew Halloween Punch recipe captures well. […]
You can never drink too much water, and kudos to those of you who get your daily intake in! I’m constantly working on it. Drinking enough water is much easier to do when it’s convenient, but the convenience factor of bottled water isn’t so good for the environment. Here are some crazy statistics (from Ban […]
We’re fans of all things building blocks around here, and thanks to our partnership with PLAYMOBIL, the PLAYMOBIL Furnished Children’s Hospital Playset is the newest on the latest list of favorites… Hospitals are a part of many children’s lives, for all sorts of reasons. Often younger siblings are born there, grandparents are there a time or […]
