Mixed Up Munchies Recipe

Mixed Up Munchies Recipe

We are always traveling. Whether on a 30 minute drive out to gymnastics class, a 3 hour road trip to visit relatives in Michigan, a weekend getaway, or an extended family vacation, we have become experts at food on-the-go. When I recently came across the recipe for Mixed Up Munchies by Hormel Foods, I knew [...]

Irresistible Fruit Salsa & Crispy Cinnamon Chips Recipe

Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips

Whenever we have a family get together in the Summer one of my mom’s favorite dishes to bring is Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips. She chops all the fruit and makes the cinnamon chips by hand. It’s such an amazing dish that it’s usually gone within minutes. We enjoy it so much I thought I’d [...]

Taste of Home Flag Cake & The USO

Taste of Home Flag Cake

4th of July is only a couple of weeks away and to celebrate Taste of Home Magazine has partnered with The USO in a creative way to say “Thank You” to the military and their families. For each unique visitor to their new Flag Cake Recipe, Taste of Home will donate 10¢ which equals 2 [...]

Fantastic Father’s Day Recipes

Peanut Butter S'Mores

I enjoyed putting together the collection of Mother’s Day recipes so much that I decided to compile a group of my favorite Father’s Day recipes too. Well, I shouldn’t call them “my” favorite! These are all recipes I think Tired Dad Dave would love and the kids and I would have fun making for him. [...]

Memorial Day Recipes

Memorial Day Cupcakes

We’re hoping the rain holds off this Memorial Day weekend and we are able to get outside, do some yard work, relax, and enjoy some great food. I’ve search the web looking for some fantastic Memorial Day Recipes and here are my 5 favorites. Sweet Tea What better way to celebrate the upcoming arrival of [...]

Homemade Granola Balls

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Last summer I made homemade granola bars and they were delicious. However, I also found that if I didn’t make the recipe exactly right they would crumble which often made them difficult to eat. So I started experimenting and decided to turn the granola bars into balls. It’s so much easier, faster, and just as [...]

Easy Meatloaf Recipe & Stove Top Stuffing Prize Pack Giveaway – CLOSED

Mini Meatloaf Recipe

On a cold, snowy day there’s nothing like sitting down to warm, hearty meatloaf and since we’ve been having such chilly and dreary weather here in Cleveland lately (42 degrees for the high today!), I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try out a popular recipe I found on the Kraft Foods site [...]

Spring Hummingbird Cupcakes Recipe

Hummingbird Cupcakes

Spring has finally arrived in Cleveland! We’ve had a string of gorgeous days with weather in the 70′s and low 80′s. It’s been wonderful seeing the sunshine, blue sky, and the flowers in bloom. Springtime always gets me in the mood to try fun new recipes and when I came across this recipe from Kraft, [...]

Strawberry Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Strawberries

Strawberries aren’t currently in season here in Ohio, but surprisingly Tired Dad Dave ran across a couple of wonderful boxes of strawberries at the grocery store the other day. Since it was a rainy day yesterday, Kora, Logan, and I thought it was the perfect excuse to use up some of the strawberries and make [...]

My Favorite Tomato Recipe Fights Heart Disease

Tomato

One of my favorite things about summer is our vegetable garden. Tired Dad Dave loves to grow tomatoes and the past couple of years we’ve actually been overrun with them. So on a search to find any and all tomato recipes, I may have stumbled upon the perfect one – Double-Tomato Bruschetta. It’s such a [...]

Betty Crocker Giveaway and a Mashed Potato & Chili Recipe – CLOSED

Betty Crocker Potato Buds

This giveaway is now closed. And the Winner Is… Congratulations Lisa B.! Thank you to all who entered and good luck next time! ************************************************************** One of my favorite warm winter dishes is a simple mashed potato bowl. With the help of Potato Buds from Betty Crocker, a can of chili, and some frozen corn, a [...]

Quesadillas, George Foreman Evolve Grill, & Oneida Tranquility Blue

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The other night Tired Dad Dave and I were in the mood to grill quesadillas. We decided it was a great opportunity to try out our new George Foreman Evolve Grill. The grill is an updated version of the old classic, with a few fancy new features including: a variety of removable dishwasher safe plates, [...]