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Peanut Butter Chocolate Mint Cookies

Crazy about Jif Peanut Butter Chocolate Mint Whips!  Received a sample from the J.M. Smucker company and excited to share this recipe I created.  Peanut butter cookies never last long in our home.  The kids hover around the oven when I’m baking them and I have to act quickly if I want to secure a […]

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Home and Hearth

Backyard Cleanup Made Easy with RYOBI 2-Cycle Backback Blower

Thanks to RYOBI’s incredible innovations, we are fully enjoying leaf removal this fall with the RYOBI 2-Cycle Gas Backpack Blower.  We received this product for review but all thoughts and opinions are that of Rural Mom. Gorgeous hues of red, yellow and orange lining the path, crunching under your feet as you skip through festive […]

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NOURISH

Move over Cast Iron, Wilton Armetale Grillware Griddle is Baking My Bread Now

Thanks to Wilton Armetale we have a new bread-baker in our Rural Mom kitchen… one that’s certainly giving our cast iron pans a run for the dough! If you’ve followed Rural Mom for any length of time, you know I’m a huge fan of cast iron.  From biscuits to pizza to fresh bread, I can […]

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Books

Does Your Thinking Stink? | Stinkn’ Thinkn’ Stinks

Negative thoughts are a bit like roller coaster rides.  The entire time you are standing around thinking about them, they make you anxious and fearful.  Once you jump on and commit to the ride, you experience a series of terrifying, out-of-control twists and turns, jaw-dropping plumets and dizzying heights that seem to never want to […]

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Animals SUSTAIN

If You Give a Pig a Shot | A Conversation About Antibiotic Usage

I participated in this program on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council. All opinions are that of Rural Mom. Twenty years ago, when I first ventured to raise a litter of pigs, like many new farmers, I had little idea these hearty animals could contract a range of health problems including respiratory illnesses, (similar […]

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ENRICH

How Do You Raise a Giant? | Green Giant Anti-Bullying Campaign

I was the tallest girl in grammar school, but inside, I felt like the smallest when I was constantly picked on about my height.  Bullying is a gigantic problem that sadly continues to prevail in our society. It’s up to us to stand up and help our children stand up to raise awareness and stop […]

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CREATE

Along the Yellow Brick Craft Road

It’s beginning to look a whole lot like Oz on our Rural Mom farm thanks to the complimentary box of Darice Crafts we received.  I’d tell you we were off to see the wizard, but the Emerald City already arrived on our doorstep in a box chock full of delightful Wizard of Oz-inspired crafts from Darice. […]

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Recipes

Blood Orange Bloody Mary and Vampire Delight #Halloween Drinks

When Halloween rolls around, it’s fun to get in on all of the festivities with some fun seasonally-themed spirits that are both spooky and delicious!  Thanks to our friends at Smirnoff, we have some delightfully ghoulish cocktail recipes to share. The Vampire Delight’s utilizes one of Smirnoff’s newest flavors, SMIRNOFF Wild Honey Flavored Vodka, and […]

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GIVEAWAYS

When You Wish Upon a Star, You Get the Disney Classics Box Set #Giveaway #DisneyClassicsBox

It’s beginning to sound a lot like Disney this holiday season thanks to this sponsored post from One2One Network and Walt Disney World Records.  All opinions expressed about this fabulous box set are that of Rural Mom. When I was 7-years-old, I likely drove my grandparents nuts singing verses from “It’s a Small World,” “Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah,” […]

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