January FOOD CHALLENGE

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It’s been a while I know but the food challenge is back!  When I did a recent survey, much of the feedback had requested that I bring the food challenge back into play.  It was a lot of fun but at the time, I had a lot going on personally but am excited to get… [Continue Reading]

Game Time! Quick and Easy Food for Football

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My guys depend on me to have their snacks & food ready for game time. I really dislike cooking on game days because I’m a huge football fan and would prefer to sit on the couch and watch with the rest of them. But the fact is, I am in charge of bringing the food… [Continue Reading]

Food and Wine with QVC — Cookbook Set with Kitchenaid Hand Mixer Giveaway

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Attention all foodies! QVC is scheduled to broadcast live from the VERY prestigious FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, CO Friday, June 18 at 3 PM (ET) and Saturday, June 19 at 2 PM (ET). During the broadcasts, QVC will not only give viewers an exclusive inside look at one of the most elite culinary… [Continue Reading]

Wilton Cake Decorating-Flowers

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I shared some of the basic techniques in my last Wilton post and today I’m sharing flowers and my cake.  At the end of the day, we were able to decorate our own cake any way we wanted which was a blast!  The first flowers are Star-Drop flowers.  These were my faves and mine actually… [Continue Reading]

My Wilton Cupcake Cake

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If you don’t already know, I had the most wonderful opportunity to attend an event with Wilton.  It was three days of pure fun, not to mention a wonderful learning experience and I can’t thank them enough for inviting me.  I know you’ve seen those cakes, those creative masterpieces and what I learned while at… [Continue Reading]

2010 Pillsbury Bake-Off Million Dollar Winner, Oprah Announces

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The million dollar winner of the Pillsbury Bake-Off has been announced live on the Oprah show.  I had the pleasure of watching 100 finalists compete in Orlando for the million dollar prize and out of those, it was narrowed down to these 4 finalists; (see my previous wrap up of the event) Breakfast & Brunches… [Continue Reading]

2010 Pillsbury Bake-Off Wrap Up!

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No, I wasn’t IN the Pillsbury Bake-Off but I did get the awesome opportunity of watching all 100 finalists compete for a million dollars and even eat some of their tasty creations.   The bake-off was held in Orlando, Florida at a beautiful Waldorf=Astoria Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek hotel. While riding from the airport… [Continue Reading]

Me, Marisa Tomei, Dan Cortese, and Rocco Dispirito

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If you’ve been a reader of mine since 2008, then you’ll recall the time I hung out with Rocco Dispirito. It was glorious to watch him cook and charm us gals to no end.   Since then, I’ve had several encounters with various celebrities including the lovely Paula Deen but this time around, I’m getting to… [Continue Reading]

100 Recipes, 1-Million Dollar Winner

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I absolutely love challenges, cook-offs, and bake-offs which is why I’m constantly watching shows like Challenge, Chopped, and Iron Chef but have you ever considered entering a food challenge (<–which btw, the winner will be announced soon)?  As much as I love challenges, I don’t know if I’d enter.  I’m just not that creative but… [Continue Reading]

Oh, I Wish I Was an Oscar Mayer Wiener

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I just came back from an Oscar Mayer event Wisconsin and while the discussion was sandwiches and “brown bagging it” (more on that later), it was Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile that captured my heart.  You’ve seen it on TV and it’s been around for years and years so being able to step inside a piece of… [Continue Reading]

Brown Baggin’ it with Oscar Mayer

I’m sitting at the Dallas/Ft.Worth airport waiting to depart to Wisconsin for a fun Oscar Mayer event!  All who were invited had to create a sandwich using the Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Meat.  My family had a blast taste testing all the different ones I created and I can’t wait to see what the others came… [Continue Reading]

Let’s Fix Dinner and Bring Families Together!

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Last week, I had the chance to attend a Stouffer’s event  in Ohio.  The goal was to learn more about bringing families together at the dinner table and engaging in conversation with our kids. Did you know that families who sit at the table to eat, have teens that are less likely to do drugs? … [Continue Reading]