Homemade Refried Beans Recipe

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We love making homemade bean burritos.  They are favorites of Bryan and the kiddos.   They are super frugal to make and pack a punch of fiber and nutrients, whats not to love? It is easy on days that I am home all day to cook up a large batch of homemade pinto beans and then use those to make our own homemade refried beans.  We can control everything that goes into them and they are not full of preservatives. I {Read More}

Double Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe

Double chocolate Almond biscotti recipe

I haven’t made any biscotti in quite some time.  Today was the perfect day to bake and I decided that I wanted to enjoy the crispness of a biscotti with some hot tea, although the children prefer milk.  This is a recipe I have made several times but tweaked it to make it double chocolate, chocolate anything sounds so good when you are pregnant! Although it seems that there are quite a few steps, this recipe is so simple and {Read More}

Yogurt & Fruit Bar Smoothie Recipes

Fruti Smothies

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias®  and Fruti #cbias #SocialFabric #FreshNFruti With the feel of spring in the air (or at least the feel was in the air a few days ago!) I caught the bug to make fresh fruit smoothies.  Smoothies are an awesome way to give yourself and your kids a great refreshing treat with being able {Read More}

Little Passports: Tortilla Recipe

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We have throughly been enjoying our Little Passports learning adventures each month (more reviews coming soon!) but I wanted to give you a sneak peak into the US Passports.  The California State Journal includes the following recipe: Homemade Tortilla Recipe Little Passports is an amazing way to educate your children about countries around the world through the World Edition or the states with the US Edition.  It is extremly affordable, starting at $13.95 a month!  To see our previous post {Read More}

Homemade Coconut Mounds or Almond Joy Recipe

homemade mound recipe

One of the things my kids have come to love is chocolate and sweets.  Truthfully, so do I!  A friend recently purchased Mounds bars for my kids.  I have always loved them but oh, when you look at the ingredients, I don’t love those so much.  I caught myself thinking, why can’t I take the pure, natural ingredients and make something just as delicious? I started experimenting and we found that we loved what we made right in our kitchen!  {Read More}