We’re soaking up every last second of summer before the kids go back to school. This weekend we crossed off one item on our bucket list – a family date night for frozen yogurt! As an added bonus, we snapped an instagram picture so we could enter the #OREOSummerSweepstakes!

It was our first time trying Just the Creme and Just the Cookie frozen yogurt – and it did not disappoint! Our love of OREO cookies goes back generations. Oreo cookies are my Dad’s favorite treat – he gets them for every Father’s Day, birthday, and Christmas! So you better believe we swirled Just the Creme and Just the Cookie together to make a delicious frozen yogurt Oreo Cookie. For good measure we sprinkled more OREO cookie pieces on top.

Now for the fun part, you have two chances to win today! First, you can enter to win the #OREOSummerSweepstakes by sharing a picture of yourself enjoying an OREO treat at any restaurant. It can be a beverage, ice cream cake – you name it! Be sure to use the hashtag and tag it with @OREO. By doing this you will have a chance to win your choice of one of 7 Wonderfilled Adventures in the OREO Summer of Wonder promotion. Adventure choices include Grand Canyon Tour, New York City Landmarks, Rocky Mountain Ski Trip, California Redwood Tour, Iconic Food Festival, Cruise to Alaska, or Las Vegas Getaway.

The next chance to win is to guess where my family is enjoying our OREO frozen yogurt treats! Enter in the widget below so you can have a chance to win a $25 VISA gift card – think of the OREO treats you can buy with that!

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Which restaurant are you headed to for your OREO treat?

What is left on your summer bucket list?

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It’s the first week of summer and my children are busy creating their summer bucket lists. Lists are filling up with playgrounds, splash pads, and all our favorite Utah places to visit. What is on my list? The yummiest Utah restaurants!

Have you noticed all the dessert restaurants popping up across the Wasatch front? They are calling my name! One that I am excited to try is CrEATe. CrEATe is located in my hometown Sandy, Utah, at 9305 South Village Shop Drive, across from Wal-Mart and Hobby Lobby and neighbors with Cafe Rio. 

Open for less than 6 months, they already have an average 5-star rating on Yelp! Starting in June, they are introducing their Organic Shaved Ice, different from ordinary shaved ice because all the syrups are organic with no chemical additives! I can’t wait to try them!

CrEATe is a design it yourself donut and dessert shop. After all, who knows your tasts more than you? They carry donuts, croissant donuts, crepes, brownies, cookies, cheesecake, gourmet drinking chocolate, pie, gelato, and sorbet. You choose your fresh base dessert and they will fill it, frost it, glaze it, mix it, or top it just the way you want it. If you can dream it, crEATe can build it. Are you drooling yet? 

Gelato and sorbet are made fresh in-house with organic sugar and imported Italian ingredients. They use real cream and fresh milk in their cream fillings, real organic maple in their maple glaze, and real raspberry in their raspberry glaze, and their drinking chocolate is made with real Belgium chocolate!

Are you ready to try it for yourself? I’m hooking you up with a MAJOR giveaway below and a special discount code to use on your next visit. 

Special Discount Code: Mention A GAL NEEDS… at check-out and receive a complimentary drink with your dessert purchase! (Soda, coffee, tea, milk, chocolate milk, or bottled water!)

Giveaway: This is a multi-winner giveaway. Prizes will be awarded in the form of vouchers, to be picked up by selected winners at CrEATe Donuts in Sandy, Utah. They are transferable, thereafter. Must be 18+ to participate. One entrant per household. US Only, and Utah specific.
Hosted by: A GAL NEEDS…
Co-Hosted by: My So-Called Chaos

1st Prize – Monthly Dessert for a family of 4 – ARV $240! Choice of Menu Items include: Design-it-yourself donut, donut sundae, croissant donut, Design-it-yourself cookie or cookie sundae, Design-it-yourself brownie or brownie sundae, topped cheesecake, Design-it-yourself cupcake or cupcake sundae, Design-it-yourself crepe, Organic Shaved Ice, & Hot Drinking Chocolate Float. Must present voucher at time of service.

2nd Prize –  Summer Organic Shaved Ice for a family of 4 – ARV $90! During the months of June, July, and August, a family of 4 will receive Organic Shaved Ice twice each month! Must present voucher at time of service!

3rd Prize – Date Night Vouchers (Dessert For 2) For 3 lucky winners – ARV $10 each! Choice of Menu Items include: Design-it-yourself donut, donut sundae, croissant donut, Design-it-yourself cookie or cookie sundae, Design-it-yourself brownie or brownie sundae, topped cheesecake, Design-it-yourself cupcake or cupcake sundae, Design-it-yourself crepe, Organic Shaved Ice, & Hot Drinking Chocolate Float. Must present voucher at time of service.

Enter to win one of these awesome prizes in the Rafflecopter below. Although all entries are optional, your chances of winning are increased by completing as many as you feel comfortable with!

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A favorite Easter tradition at the Parker house is the baking of  “Resurrection rolls” to tell the story of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection.

Delicious rolls for Easter have been a family tradition since I was a child. My grandmother would wake up at 4 a.m. to start baking for the family. I can still remember the inviting smell. A few years ago when I had three children under the age of 4, I discovered a disappearing marshmallow roll recipe in the Friend Magazine that I knew would be a fun and delicious way to continue the tradition of Easter rolls.

Each step of the recipe is an opportunity to teach part of the Resurrection story. My children always get excited when they discover the crescent roll is empty and the marshmallow has disappeared. It’s a beautiful reminder that the tomb was empty and that Jesus Christ lives.

My daughter has added singing songs about the Savior to our Easter tradition. Hearing her sweetly sing, ‘Now I am here in a beautiful place, Learning the teachings of Jesus,’ as we bake is the perfect addition to our tradition that began long ago with my grandmother’s rolls.

This year we will be watching new Easter messages from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while the rolls bake. This web-site has more beautiful videos that I can’t wait to share with my family as well. It’s a lovely reminder of why we celebrate Easter presented in a way that is easy for my children to understand.

This post was featured in the Deseret News.

I love that Easter and General Conference are so close together in the Spring. Here are some of the fun ways that we are getting ready!

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Getting my family outside playing together and enjoying the sunshine is a top priority this summer. Our day at the Get Messy Get Clean Festival at Thanksgiving Point fit the bill perfectly.

Whether my children were creating and popping massive bubbles (you’ve got to see the video HERE) or planting an herb garden in pots they decorated themselves, they loved every minute and begged to stay longer. I had Annie’s cheddar bunnies and Justin’s almond butter packets to snack on, so I was happy to oblige!

What I loved most about the festival was the message that as a family you can get messy and get clean in a way that is healthy for your body, the planet, and even your pets!

Target brought together so many of my favorite brands – Mrs. Meyers, Justin’s, Ella’s Kitchen, KIND, Hyland’s, Annie’s, and Yes To – and introduced me to a few new ones as well – Ecoscraps, Paddy’s Bathroom, Freshpet, and Angie’s. All the brands believe products should be #madetomatter and that is something I can get behind as a mom.

Here are a few of the the things that we learned (or relearned!) at the festival that I am excited to make even more of a priority in our home.

1. Get in the garden. The Ecoscraps play tables made from recycled materials were a huge hit with my three year old. He dug in the tables for at least half an hour while his siblings were at the bounce houses.

Kyler is exactly the same way in our garden at home. Whether he is planting or harvesting, this boy loves to be in the dirt. Added bonus if he finds grasshoppers or roly poly bugs! Here’s my secret if you have picky eaters like me, they are much more likely to eat the fruits/veggies if they have grown them themselves! Plus this study is food for thought, playing in the dirt could help children be smarter – check it out.  Gardening is the perfect skill to teach your little ones.

2. Know what you are eating and where it comes from. This goes hand in hand with the gardening. Help your children make the food choices that are best for their bodies. At our house we adore Annie’s macaroni and cheese. It is a staple!

3. Start ’em young. Kids gravitate toward what they are used to. Start when they are young with habits that are good for their bodies and the environment. For example, my daughter loves eating what we call “Mac and Peas.” I make up a box of Annie’s White Shells and Cheddar and add frozen peas in while the noodles are cooking. She will not eat macaroni and cheese any other way now! Score for veggies!

4. Make it fun. Mary Poppins has it right – a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down! My kids loved the Mrs. Meyers hand-washing stations throughout the festival. Lemon Verbena and Lavender were the favorite hand soap scents from our family. When we are washing up, we like to sing the ABCs. It’s an easy way to know that we are washing long enough (and hopefully thoroughly enough, too!) Combining good-for-you products with sustainable habits and fun activities is a win for the whole family!

5. Do it together. My children watch EVERYTHING I do. And that means that they are often repeating the same actions. If I am out in the garden and enjoying the fresh air, my children are most likely right by my side. Whether it is blowing bubbles or visiting the local animal shelter, do it together and make healthy habits as a family! When my daughter was in kindergarten, we declared the school break our “summer of service.” We had a blast picking up litter on hiking trails and collecting pop cans to recycle.

This year was the first Get Messy Get Clean Festival by Target and I hope that there will be many more! Find out more about the Made to Matter brands here. 

This post is sponsored by the #GetMessyGetClean Festival. All opinions and fun are my own! 

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Friends – my camping world has been rocked forever. No more run-of-the-mill crumbly cracker S’mores for this foodie. Take a look at the ooey gooey goodness above and meet the new and improved S’More. The S’MOreo!

I seriously crave these now. This new creation got a big ole thumbs up from everyone in our family. Shhh … we may have had them for breakfast our last day camping at Snow Canyon.

Want to modernize this classic, favorite camping treat? Here’s what you need:

Double Stuf Oreos
Small Hershey Bars (melted from sitting in your car … happy coincidence for us)
Jumbo Marshmallows

Roast your marshmallow to a golden brown. Open up a double stuf Oreo and add the melted chocolate. Sandwich in the perfect marshmallow and voila – campfire dessert perfection! I dare you to eat only one.

What is your favorite camping treat?

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Station Park is Farmington’s hidden gem and I am so excited to give you a little sneak peek into some of my favorite things there. Be sure to enter to win the $300+ prize package from Station Park’s amazing businesses (scroll to the bottom)! If you need a date night with the hubby (hello couples massage!) or you are looking for something fun to do with the kids (ice skating and yummy cobbler!), Station Park is your place.

My first Station Park experience was in November for the dessert restaurant Cobbler Cove’s grand opening. I immediately fell in love with the thousands of twinkle lights, the family friendly activities, and all my dining and entertainment options. I’ve visited several times sense then and it just gets better every time!  I love Station Park so much that I invited 50 Utah bloggers and Instagrammers to experience it for themselves. Here are the top ten reasons to visit Station Park that I shared with them and that I am now excited to share with you!

1. This cobbler! I have to start with this yummy cobbler as that is how we began our evening at Station Park.  Check out the #cobblercove and #stationpark on Instagram to see all the fun we had and their reviews of Cobbler Cove! My favorite is the chocolate cobbler with mixed berries topped with Farr’s vanilla ice cream and an oat crumble. There are 15 flavors to choose from as well as a myriad of tasty toppings and sauces. Next time I am going to try out the pineapple!

Cobbler Cove is brand new to Station Park and has the coziest dining room complete with a couch in front of a fireplace as well as seating that faces out to the beautiful surroundings of Station Park. One of my favorite things about Cobbler Cove is that they try to use local fruit as much as possible – go local! Be sure to check it out on your next visit to Station Park!

2. The fountains. Think Bellagio in Vegas and Disney fountain shows – just as amazing! You can see them anytime, but there are amazing shows on the hour to the music of Van Halen and Adele. Check out this night-time instagram video of the fountains by Like Mother Like Daughter. You need to see the fountains at day and night for the full effect!

3. The family-friendly amenities. With upscale retail, dining and entertainment, a children’s play area, an outdoor winter skating rink, and a world-class show fountain – there is definitely something for everyone. Station Park expertly combines luxe surroundings with family-friendly amenities. Did you know that there are darling wooden toys for children to play with in the lululemon dressing room? That scores them major mommy points in my book! My daughter gets so bored while I am trying on clothes and I love that lululemon came up with a solution! I am sure that my kids will be making full use of the playground this summer while my husband and I trade off shopping, too.

Photo courtesy of Station Park

4. The restaurants. Station Park boasts over 20 restaurants from casual to fine-dining. One that I am excited to try is ParkStone and they are included in our giveaway! Love the location by the fountains and the beautiful indoor/outdoor seating areas. ParkStone, like Cobbler Cove, likes to spotlight local and fresh ingredients. Looking forward to trying their asparagus fries and the spicy egg and bacon burger – yum! For a review of Parkstone check out The Morrell Tale. The pictures look scrumptious!

Photo courtesy of Station Park

5. The community activities. From free Family First Mondays to free exercise classes at lululemon every Saturday morning, there is something going on at Station Park every week. Family First Mondays are filled with activities, entertainment, and discounts that your kids are going to love. For special event dates, be sure to check out the schedule on Station Park’s web-site.

I love that the classes at lululemon are taught by local exercise experts from places like Dance Factory, Crossfit, and Centered City Yoga. Stop by this Saturday at 8 am and check them out for yourself. You can even get a sneak peak of the classes from the videos on their facebook page.

6. The shopping. With over 45 stores, Station Park is a shopper’s dream! One of my favorite stores there is DownEast Basics. Remember all the darling finds I made with Alicia from Chic on a Shoe String? I love this purse and these pants that I discovered Saturday night. I am excited to go back since their new line launched TODAY! Check out their online and in-store specials!

7. The convenience. You will want to shop, stay, and play at this beautiful shopping and entertainment destination right off of I-15 with easy access to Front Runner. Literally five minutes off the freeway. I live in Utah County and I have already been up to Station Park three times since Thanksgiving – worth the drive! Station Park has their own hotel in the works – it is going to make the perfect staycation! Putting it on my bucket list.

Photo courtesy of Station Park

8. The luxe. I love that Station Park is the complete package – a movie theater, a gym, restaurants, shops, and outdoor entertainment. The beauty of Station Park is that they didn’t stop at convenience, location, and selection. Station Park takes it up a notch to provide you with a luxe shopping experience. One of my new favorite places to walk through at Station Park is the concierge area. Isn’t it beautiful?

And the luxe carries over to the stores. I went gaga over these light fixtures at lululemon and Sanctuary Aveda.

9.  The spa. Speaking of luxe, a trip to Station Park wouldn’t be complete without stopping by Sanctuary Aveda. Can I describe you to my dream day? Shop til I drop in the morning with a lunch at ParkStone (remember that amazing hamburger and appetizer!!!). Next, a deep-tissue massage at Sanctuary Aveda followed by a movie at the Cinemark. Top it off with chocolate raspberry cobbler by the fire and I am set!

One feature of the spa that a fellow blogger and I were loving is the membership service. Typically with a membership service you get a monthly massage. At Sanctuary Aveda, you can select from several services including a facial or pedicure. Fun to mix it up a little!

10. The date nights. Doesn’t every thing I mention sound perfect for date nights? Hello Valentines! Spoil your kids with ice staking and a movie in the early afternoon and then come back for a massage and cobbler by the fire at night. One date night that is on my list this year are the cooking classes at Harmon’s. Love the variety that they offer!

Now, for what you have been waiting for! The giveaway!

Whether you are checking out the latest in fashion at DownEast Basics, dining at the ParkStone wood-fire grill, grabbing groceries at Harmon’s, working out with lululemon on Saturday morning, or having a spa day at Sanctuary Aveda, you are going to want to cap off your fun with fresh-baked cobbler from Station Park’s newest dessert restaurant Cobbler Cove! You are going to want to cozy up by their fireplace and enjoy America’s favorite dessert.

One lucky reader is going to be spoiled with some of our favorite things from Station Park!

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I organized an event for bloggers and instagrammers for this post. We received complimentary cobbler and hot chocolate to review. Thank you Station Park and Cobbler Cove!

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We are a group of bloggers who love to blog about food!  Each month we decide on an all-famous National Monthly Food Holiday to will base our recipes around. This month’s the ingredient is oatmeal.  Yes, January is National Oatmeal Month along with a whole array of other delightful things!! Get excited!

We hope you all enjoy our delicious oatmeal treats this month and come back to see what we bring for you next month.  If you are a blogger and would like to join our group and blog along with us, come join our Facebook page Foodie Extravaganza.  We would love to have you! If you’re a spectator looking for delicious tid-bits check out our Foodie Extravaganza Pinterest Board! Looking for our previous parties? Check them out HERE. Be sure to enter the rafflecopter giveaway below for the fabulous Oatrageous Oatmeal cookbook by Kathy Hester!

Without further adieu, here is my twist on oats!

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. So many yummy possibilities. This Blueberry Oatmeal Super Smoothie is fun way to get some extra nutrients into my kiddos before school. Oats are a staple at our house and so I loved discovering that they make a great smoothie ingredient. The blender chops up the oats very finely so you get the nutrition of oatmeal – in a smoothie!

Blueberry Oatmeal Super Smoothie
Yields 4 cups

1/2 cup ice cubes
2 very ripe frozen bananas
4 ounces fresh or frozen blackberries (or substitute with berries of choice!)
2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup coconut water

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blitz on high speed for a few minutes. Serve with optional garnish of banana slices and a drizzle of honey.

As you can see – this smoothie was a success at our house and is an old family favorite. Using frozen bananas and berries vs. fresh definitely gives it more of the smoothie texture. I love that the smoothie contains so many ingredients that I can feel good about giving my children. The oats and peanut butter fill their tummies and the fruits load them up with vitamins and minerals for the day. There aren’t huge amounts of each of the ingredients in the smoothie, but it sure beats a bowl of sugary cereal! Plus they think they are getting a treat for breakfast – can’t beat that.

Here are some of the benefits:

Calcium, from the milk

Vitamin D

Fiber, from the banana, blackberries, and oats

Protein, from the milk and peanut butter

Vitamin C, from the blackberries

In addition, you get all the health benefits from coconut water, too! Coconut water raises your metabolism, boosts your immune system, fights viruses, and aids in digestion!

Another of my favorite oatmeal breakfast recipes is my super easy Overnight Baked Oatmeal. I love that it uses fruit as a natural sweetener instead of a lot of extra sugar.And if you are looking for more berry recipes – the Quinoa Blueberry Breakfast is uber healthy! You can indulge and still be healthy with my Healthier Blueberry Crepes, too.

Be sure to check out these other yummy oatmeal recipes and enter the giveaway below!

Mushroom Ginger Congee / Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies / Making Miracles
Southwestern Oatmeal Cakes / A Day in the Life on the Farm
Oatmeal Pancakes / Sew You Think You Can Cook
Savory Ginger Lemon Oat Porridge / The Joyful Foodie
Chickpea Veggie Soup / Food Lust People Love
Salted Vanilla Oatmeal Cookies / Baking in Pyjamas
Berry Oatmeal Super Smoothie / Keep Moving Forward With Me
Bacon Whole Grain Granola Bars / Pantry Friendly Cooking
Apple Pie Overnight Oats / Wallflour Girl
Homemade Cranberry Almond Granola / Rhubarb and Honey
Mango Poppyseed Oat Muffins / The Sweet {Tooth} Life
Brown Sugar Barbecue Meatballs / Fearlessly Creative Mammas
Oat Cinnamon Rolls / Passion Kneaded
Peanut Butter Oat Snack Balls / Mrs. Penguin
Mini Oatmeal Meatballs / The Freshman Cook
Monster Cookie Granola / From Gate to Plate

The oat-guru Kathy Hester has been so generous in donating one of her books to one of our lucky Foodie Extravaganza readers. With her book OATrageous Oatmeals: Delicious & Surprising Plant-Based Dishes From This Humble, Heart-Healthy Grain (affiliate link), you will learn how to use heart-healthy oatmeal in new and exciting ways! You can find recipes such as Steel-cut Oat Sausage Crumbles, Chickpea Veggie Soup, and Blackberry Mojito Overnight Oats. Now go enter this awesome giveaway because I’m super jealous that I can’t enter! If you don’t win, feel free to grab the link from above to purchase your own! 

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Terms & Conditions: This giveaway is open to residents of the United States and Canada only, age 18 and older. The OATragous Oatmeals Cookbook giveaway runs from Wednesday, January 7, 2015 12:00am ET through Thursday, January 15, 2015 12:00am ET. Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on January 16, 2015. Winners will also be contacted by email and will have 24 hours to respond to the email. If a winner does not respond in that time a new winner will be chosen. 

What is your favorite oat recipe?

What breakfast disappears fastest at your house?

Did you make a healthy resolution this year?

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This post is sponsored by Intermountain LiVe Well. All opinions are my own. 

My Lily loves to pack and take her own lunch to school. Plus I have two preschoolers at home so healthy and fun lunches are a pretty big deal around here. Last week I had the chance to sit down with dietician Mindy Probst from Intermountain Healthcare and brainstorm healthy school lunch ideas as well as ways to help make sure our children are eating them AND enjoying them. As part of the event we tested out Rubbermaid’s popular Lunchbloxes and built our own healthy lunches.

Let me tell you, since I have been home – that Lunchblox is a hit! My husband and all three of my children want to use it for their lunches! They love the Bento style and that it has a cooling component that will keep their food safe and fresh during the day. Intermountain LiVe Well is giving away 8 of these parent and kid-approved Lunchbloxes on  their facebook page this month. I’ll be talking about that more later, but first let’s check out some fun lunch ideas!

The first step to fun and healthy school lunches is all about the planning! I know my daughter will be much more likely to eat her lunch if she has had a hand in planning it and making it. We made these simple ham and cream cheese roll-ups this week and they were a hit! Lily could easily make them herself and I knew that she would devour them. Hooray for knowing she is getting some protein in at school!

 Intermountain LiVe Well has put together some great printables to help you and your child plan out their lunches. Sometimes it helps them to see that they need a fruit, a vegetable, a protein, etc. It also helps if your little planner to see what is on the menu that week! (Am I the only with a child who likes to know EXACTLY what is going on each week?!?) You can download these printables here. 

Another huge aspect of making sure that your child is eating and enjoying lunches is to make it fun! These Princess Sandwiches and Fruit Cars always disappear in a hurry when we have little friends over. You can find the princess cutter on Amazon.com and they are perfect for cookies, too!

Some of the bloggers I attended the event with have been sharing their fun lunch ideas as well. How darling are these Halloween Mini Pizzas from Just Between Friends?

I also love this healthier version of a Lunchable Bento Style by Mountain Mom and Tots. She will be listing more lunch ideas this week as well! Be sure to check them out!

I hope some of these ideas have inspired you to get creative and healthy with your back to school lunches! Now you just need the perfect container! Intermountain LiVe Well is giving away 8 Rubbermaid Lunchblox containers this month on their facebook page. . Head on over to win! They also have oodles of healthy lunch ideas on their Pinterest board!

You can also check out more healthy lunch ideas on Intermountain LiVeWell’s Pinterest Board

Do your children pack a lunch from home?

What lunches are favorites at your house?

What is one lunch food your family could not live without?

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Where did the summer go? This month we are wrapping up our summer adventures with one last trip to Bear Lake (pictured above!) and getting Lily ready to start second grade at her new charter school. With so many exciting things going on, I need fast, healthy, and easy snacks to keep me and the kiddos going! Apples and grapes are always a hit at our house so my littles couldn’t wait to dive into this yummy package from Chiquita Snacking.

As a busy mom, I love that Chiquita Bites are:

• Washed and ready to eat
• 30–80 calories
• A half-cup of fruit or vegetables per serving
• A great source of nutrition

They come in  single-serve bags, multipacks, and family packs – whatever size suits your family best! They are perfect for grabbing from the fridge when you are on your way to a dance lesson or – better yet – when it is your time to bring team treats for sports!

My family enjoyed eating them as is, but it was fun searching the Chiquita site for yummy and creative recipes! My little ones love it when their snacks are fun! We made these simple fruit cars for a birthday get together with cousins. They were a hit!

Apple Cars – healthy, easy and fun snacks!

We served the apple cars along with princess wands made from the grapes! Pair that with crown-shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and you have happy kiddos!

To go along with the apple cars, I made our favorite fruit dip! Every time I serve it to company, I always get asked multiple times for the recipe. People are shocked when I tell them it is only two easy ingredients – honey greek yogurt and peanut butter! You can substitute any nut butter as well as different flavors of greek yogurt to change the taste. It is a protein-packed snack dip that I can feel good about my kids indulging in. Perfect to serve with the apple and grapes!

I am excited to try a few more of the recipes from the Chiquita web-site for our after school snacks! Don’t these look delicious?

Love that back to school snacks just got a little easier and healthier at our house! The Chiquita Snacking company loves making life easier for moms! T

What is a favorite after school snack at your house?

How do you get ready to go back to school?

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My weekend in Austin, Texas converted me to all things barbeque. The tastes, the smells, the experience – I loved it. Since I returned to Utah, I’ve been looking for similar barbeque restaurants to satisfy my craving. Just my luck, Five Star BBQ is a quick drive from my home and I was so excited to try it out with my blogger friends earlier this year.

When I try a new place, I am so unsure of what I want to get! I am loyal to my favorite dishes at my regular restaurants. My blogger buddies and I decided to share a burly sampler and I am so glad we did. Love trying a little bit of everything. From the ribs to the creamed corn to the coleslaw, I definitely filled my BBQ craving.

The star of the night – crisp, fresh coleslaw. Growing up I hated coleslaw – could not stand it. I’ve learned to accept it as an adult. I tried the coleslaw simply because the other bloggers ordered it, but then I wanted it ALL TO MYSELF! I’ve been back to 5 Star BBQ since and the coleslaw is the first thing I order – it is that good! The selection of meats were tasty as well -I was just won over by the coleslaw!

One of my favorite things about 5 Star BBQ is this little fridge of sauces. In my opinion, the sauce can make or break the meat. The wide selection of sauces ensured that I was able to find just the right one for my ribs.

Now, Utah County BBQ fans are in luck because 5 Star BBQ has added evening hours on the weekends. Since I first visited 5 Star BBQ, I have already been back plus directed several of my out-of-town and local friends there. You will definitely want to try it out if you are a BBQ fan!

Connect with them on Facebook to make sure you don’t miss out on any of their specials!

What are your favorite BBQ foods?

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I recently had the chance to learn more about the Weigh to Health Program from Intermountain Healthcare. I spent the evening with a nutritionist and trainer getting excited about small changes that will make a big difference in my family’s health and wellness.

The nutritionist spoiled us with a fast and easy meal that even children will love. We went over the Weigh to Health Program step by step to see how easily it can fit into our day to day lives.

I am excited to be offering four entries to the program to four lucky readers!

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Just wrapped an incredibly inspiring weekend at a blog conference in Salt Lake City. I stayed at my mom’s house to lessen the commute and got to enjoy some great breakfast chats with her over this yummy dish – Breakfast Quinoa with Blueberries. We are both a few weeks into the The Fast Metabolism Diet (see how I lost 5 lbs in a week!). During Phase 1 grains and fruits are important – making this breakfast the perfect way to start your day! Quinoa definitely makes an appearance in our dinner and snack menu plans. Quinoa and Parmesan Cheese-Stuffed Tomatoes – yes, please! But I have yet to try quinoa for breakfast so I was intrigued when my mom shared this dish with me.

The dish is so simple to make!

Arrowhead Mills Organic Gluten-Free Quinoa Rice & Shine Hot Cereal

1 cup of rinsed blueberries
Stevia
Cinnamon

Prepare according to the box instructions. Just add water – it’s super simple! Mix with fresh blueberries and top with sprinkles of cinnamon and Stevia. Enjoy!

I love recipes like this for Phase 1 of Haylie Pomeroy’s Fast Metabolism Diet. The quinoa adds a slightly nutty taste and the protein keeps you full for much longer.

You can find the Quinoa Rice and Shine at Harmon’s or also on Amazon.com at the link below. Love free shipping and you get 5 percent off when you add it to your subscribe and save order!

I am still loving this book and the results I am seeing from it! I took a mini-break while I was at the blogging conference, but now I am back on board!

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What are your favorite healthy breakfast recipes?

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It’s no secret that we are working on living healthier. From clean eating to more family fitness, we are doing all we can to move forward and give our family a healthy new start.

This month has been particularly busy with house hunting, a blogging conference coming up this weekend (SNAP! Yay!), and planning for our trip to Disney World next month. When a family member mentioned a book that was working wonders for them and their weight loss, I cheered for them, but left it at that.

A month later, they had reached awesome weight loss goals and I decided I better give this book a second look! The book is The Fast Metabolism Diet: Eat More Food and Lose More Weight.

Let’s be honest, I am wary of the word “diet” and having to eat a certain meal plan every day. I know the importance of clean eating and avoiding processed foods, but have such a hard time on a limited diet. I was immediately impressed by the variety of foods you can eat on the plan.

When I started reading The Fast Metabolism Diet, the first thing I loved was that you switch up your meal plan every few days. I get so bored of eating the same thing or same types of things every day so this was perfect for me. I also liked that the plan provides you with easy, tried and true recipes. Every single one we have tried, we have liked! I’ve posted several of the pictures on my Instgram feed and my friends have been drooling over them.

The first week was an adjustment for me – our fridge was OVERFLOWING with fruits and vegetables. But by the end of the week, that produce was completely eaten and my husband and I both had more energy. It was also nice not to have to count calories or be hungry – I still got many of the foods I loved and my body got better fuel to burn off fat. I lost 5 pounds and my husband lost 8! Along with the recommended meal plan, we drank lots of water and did one day of cardio, one day of weight lighting, and one day of stretching/yoga.

For the most part, we stuck with the recipes in the book, but during the second week, my husband came up with one of his own. We added Tropical Oatmeal into our Phase 3 meal rotation.

The recipe is simple!

Tropical Oatmeal
Serves 1
1/4 cup steel-cut oats
1/2 cup fresh berries
1/2 cup fresh pineapple
Stevia
Ground Cinnamon

Bring 1 cup coconut milk to a boil on high and add the steel cut outs. Remove from heat and let soak-in for 5-7 minutes. Add the fresh berries, pineapple, stevia, and cinnamon to the top an enjoy! So simple! You can also soak the steel-cut oats overnight and try baking it in the oven – I am going to try that next week!

But back to the Fast Metabolism diet and the yummy recipes in the book!

The Fast Metabolism Diet divides the week into three phases:

PHASE ONE (Monday-Tuesday): Lots of carbs and fruits

This is such a yummy phase! The Strawberry French Toast recipe is one of my favorites.

PHASE TWO (Wednesday-Thursday): Lots of proteins and veggies

Phase two was the trickiest for us with so much protein and veggies, but snacks like this Stuffed Mushroom saved us!

PHASE THREE (Friday-Saturday-Sunday): All of the above, plus healthy fats and oils

This Three Egg Salad was my favorite recipe from Phase 3. So simple to make! You can find all of these recipes in The Fast Metabolism Diet book as well as the Cook Book!

Just a little disclosure, this is not a sponsored post. I bought the book on my own to try and I have loved it! The only affiliate links in this post are the ones from Amazon.com (thanks for supporting me!)

My husband and I are working on a few of our own recipes that work with each of the phases! And I was so happy to see that the author, Haylie Pomeroy, has more recipes online. You can see many of them on my Pinterest boards.

What are your favorite healthy foods to eat?

What are your favorite healthy family activities?

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The Quinoa Chips from Simply 7 Snacks did not disappoint! They made an appearance at our Sunday family dinner with extended family and disappeared quickly – especially the barbeque chips! Since that night my four-year-old son has begged me to buy more of his favorite chips. Quite a compliment coming from my somewhat selective little eater. He even went so far as to save the bag and give it to me so that I knew what kind to get. That little man, who is now the biggest fan of barbeque quinoa chips, is in the middle of the picture below.

Those three little people are so important to me and as a mom I want to know what what I am giving them is healthy. We definitely love our sweets, too, but I feel so much better knowing what is going into their tummies. What I love about the Simply 7 Quinoa Chips is that they are:

Gluten Free Certified
Non-GMO Project Verified  
No Trans Fat
No Artificial Colors or Flavors
No Preservatives
Vegetarian
Vegan
Kosher

All the fun and crunchiness of chips without the preservatives! Plus I love that they are getting more quinoa into their diet. We are adding these chips to our summer staples for all of our barbeques and family gatherings. The quinoa chips come in all my favorite flavors – barbeque, sea salt, cheddar, and sour cream with onion.

Be sure to check Simply 7 Snacks out at their web-site and social media sites!

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As a mom I am always on the lookout for simple recipes that I know my kids/husband will love. One of our favorites is oh so easy peasy and completely customizeable to what is in your pantry. Drum roll please … Baked Spaghetti featuring Newman’s Own Marinara Sauce!

Spaghetti on its own is a hit, but when I have the ingredients on hand I like to spice it up a bit. Here’s what we like to do:

Ingredients: 

Spaghetti Noodles

Newman’s Own Marinara Sauce

Sauteed Veggies – whatever you have on hand! Tonight I used kale and onion. Other nights I have tossed in grated carrot, zucchini, peppers, spinach, whatever you love at your house

Meat – sometimes we go meatless, but we had lean organic ground beef in the freezer for tonight’s meal. Other yummy options are sausage, ground turkey, or shredded chicken

Cheese – again, feel free to go cheeseless, but I’ve got a house of cheese lovers! We love Parmesan, but we have also used Mozzarella

Optional:

2 cups Cottage Cheese

2 eggs

Directions:

Cook your spaghetti noodles according to the package directions. Cook ground beef. Saute veggies. Once everything is prepared, I mix the noodles, ground beef, veggies, cheese, cottage cheese, and eggs, all together in a 9×13 pan. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes at 325. How simple is that?

Baked Spaghetti is one of our staples and one of my favorite ways to make sure my kiddos are getting enough veggies. Newman’s Own Mariana sauce is the perfect starting place for my recipe and I love how many different variations we have been able to make with it.

One of the reasons I like to buy Newman’s Own is that I know that I am also supporting a charity with my purchase – the Newman’s Own Foundation. Another company that supports the Newman’s Own Foundation is Newman’s Own Organics. Newman’s Own Organics was started with Paul Newman’s blessing and a loan from Newman’s Own. They have a yummy new snack line that some of my blogger friends with The Pitch List have been reviewing.

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These lovely ladies and I have teamed up to give one lucky reader over $150 in Newman’s Own Organics sweets and snacks! Oh so yummy!

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One of my favorite places to visit is the Oregon coast. Whenever we go, we always stop at quaint restaurants and enjoy the local seafood. It is to-die-for scrumptious. For some reason, I never thought I could recreate the same mouth-watering tastes at home. Too hard to do in a land-locked state like Utah! That is until I discovered Gorton’s Seafood.

To my surprise, Wal-mart had an entire freezer dedicated to Gorton’s. I was seriously wowed by my choices! I snapped up some fish sticks for my kiddos, but checked out the grilled selections for myself.

P.S. Every member of my family devoured the fish sticks. That has not happened at a meal in way to long. Mommy & Gorton’s Seafood for the win!

I selected the Roasted Garlic and Butter Grilled Tilapia for my delicious salad (recipe below!). Usually, I am a breaded gal when it comes to fish, but Gorton’s makes grilled look easy so I thought I would give it a try! Here are the other yummy ingredients I picked up for the salad:

 The salad was so easy to whip up with my husband! While my husband chopped the onions and apples, I tossed the tilapia in the oven. It came out just a little bit later looking like this. Hello Gorgeous!

The tilapia was perfectly seasoned and incredibly flakey – just how I like it! The best part is – I just had to put it in the oven and then put it on top my salad! Love it! Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

Gorton’s Roasted Garlic & Butter Grilled Tilapia
Baby Kale Blend with Garden Veggiees (or your favorite greens!)
Dried Mixed Berries
Chopped Walnuts
Feta Cheese
2 small Apples
Lemon Juice
Red Onion
2 slices of bacon
Poppyseed Dressing

Instructions

Prepare Gorton’s Roasted Garlic & Butter Grilled Tilapia as directed.
Cook 2 slices of bacon and crumble them.
Core and chop apples into bite sized pieces. Sprinkle with lemon juice to keep from turning brown
Chop red onion into your size of preference

Now comes the easy part! Load your plate with the yummy kale blend and then layer all of the ingredients on top. So yummy!

I love that this salad contains so many super foods! From the Omega-3s in the tilapia to the antioxidants in the berries. Everything I need to end my day right.

Now my readers are in luck because Gorton’s has a $1 coupon that you can print and one of my lucky readers will win a Gorton’s prize pack of their own to try! Enter on the Rafflecopter below.

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Gorton’s also has some delicious recipes on their web-site. We have the Grilled Tilapia Tacos on our menu plan for next week. And the Gorton’s Wicked Good Fish and Chips is going to make an appearance on our Super Bowl menu. So yummy – I cannot wait!

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Welcome to my first Taste Test Tuesday! My husband and I like to think of ourselves as foodies and we are always on the look out for new recipes and products to try. Sometimes they are healthy …. sometimes not. This week’s just so happen to be healthy. Here are two of our favorite food finds:

Whenever I receive a package of food to review, some of it always seems to make its way into my husband’s hands. Last week, John took some of my KIND Bars as a snack for his day hike. Here is what he thought:

“The Pomegranate Blueberry Pistachio KIND Bar had the perfect mix of nuts and fruits.  The flavor of the nuts mingled with the fruit in a way that it wasn’t too sweet. Just how I like it. Even though the bar was in my pocket during the three-hour hike up Y Mountain, it didn’t crumble. It held it’s shape; yet, it was not hard to bite into. After eating the bar, I had just the energy I needed to finish the hike. It makes a great trail bar and it’s easier to pack than a bag of granola.”

I managed to take back a KIND Bar of my own to sample. After a treadmill workout today, I had the Madagascar Vanilla Almond Bar as my snack. With 7 grams of protein it was the perfect pick me up. I love that the bars are all natural and GMO free. One of KIND’s mottos is that if you can’t pronounce it, it shouldn’t go in your body. Amen to that!

As you may have noticed, I like to support companies who have a cause and who are working to make a difference. This month KIND Healthy Snacks has teamed up with Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, radiation oncologist and founder of BFFL Co to offer a limited-edition BreastBFFL Bag for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The limited edition Breast BFFLBag contains all the essential items a women needs during the first days following breast cancer surgery including KIND bars, a toiletries kit, amusement pack, skinceuticals, comfort pillow, drainage pack, collapsible water bottle, and expandable folder for important paperwork. I purchased a similar (but not nearly as nice!) comfort bag for my grandmother when she was fighting cancer and she loved it.

Here is how you can get involved:

• ·         For every bag sold in October, KIND will donate an extra $5 to Friends Fighting Breast Cancer. You can purchase the bag for a woman in your life who is recovering from breast cancer or “Do the KIND Thing” by purchasing one to be donated to an anonymous, deserving patient.

• ·         Within each of the donated bags, KIND will be including words of encouragement. Submit your note to one of these brave women by emailing bfflco@kindsnacks.com and KIND will be sure it makes its way to a deserving patient. You can also leave a note on KIND’s Facebook wall.

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Moving on from snacks to meals! My favorite meal by far this week was Apple Chicken Hash by Clean Simple Foodie. If you are not following Clean Simple Foodie on Instagram, you are missing out. This meal was the perfect fall dish with sweet potatoes, onions, apples, and chicken sausage. I varied slightly from the recipe and used Simply Balanced Spinach & Garlic Chicken Sausage from Target. It made for a flavorful and delicious substitution.

My husband and children enjoyed it as well – especially my two year old! It didn’t take too long to make and it is definitely being put on the meal rotation.

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What are your favorite snacks?

What is your favorite fall dish?

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This sassy little cutie has been begging to take her own lunch since the start of the school year. At first I thought it had to do with her friend’s cute characterized lunch boxes (which she also begged me to buy). I could see that she was also intrigued by how her car pool friends could bring their leftovers home and have snacks in the car.  She very adamantly told me that the lunch ladies would not let her save her food for later. What is a girl to do?

If you are my six year old – the answer is obvious. If mom won’t pack a lunch, pack your own! When my husband asked Lily to get her homework out one night, a plastic bag with wrappers fell out as well. After my husband inquired what was in the bag, Lily nonchalantly replied, “That’s the wrappers from the lunch I took to school today.”

When this information was relayed to me, I was slightly mortified. What could my daughter have possibly packed on her own and what did the school think I was sending her to school with? Her lunch that day included a GoGoSqueez, a Nature’s Bakery Fig Bar, Stretch Island Fruit Leather, and a granola bar raided from the snack cupboard and packaged up nicely in a Ziploc bag. Glad I had some healthy snacks on hand, but I’m thinking some protein would have been good, too!

Lily and I came to an agreement that she can pack and take her own lunches as long as she shows them to me before she takes them. She hasn’t decided to take her own since then, but I’ve decided I better have good lunch supplies on hand just in case! I love that someone shared this infographic with me just in time for new ideas. The shopping list saves me time and I am already printing off coupons from Coupons.com at least once a week. My next month worth of lunches is going to be pretty easy! These meal ideas will be perfect for my little boys at home as well.

If you like what you see, check out the full post at Coupons.com and download the printer-optimized PDF version.

What are your children’s favorite lunch meals and snacks?

Still need more back to school inspiration? Check out these fun ideas!

Healthy and Easy Back to School Snacks

Healthy School Lunch Ideas

Back to School – Outdoor Reading Games

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Fall is my favorite time of year. Back to school, leaves changing colors, boots and sweaters – love it! On Saturday I posted the Back to School Disney Princess Giveaway (be sure to enter!), but now it’s time to spoil the mamas! Every mama needs a little bit of bling, a sweet treat, and, did I mention, a whole lot of cash to start of the school year.

Here’s the 411:

Welcome to this years kick off to Fall with a Classic Giveaway!! Your hostesses Janette from The Johanson Journey and Connie from Measured by the Heart are teamed up with 15 stellar Co-hosts – including yours truly – to bring you an amazing giveaway to get this season started right! You can learn more about each sponsor in our giveaway by checking HERE & HERE.
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Vivienne from The Vspot Blog
Mariah from Giggles Galore
Autumn from Stay Gold, Autumn
Kimberly from A Night Owl
Abbie from Lovin’ Our Chaos

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Heather from Setting for Four
Gail from My Repurposed Life
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Nicole from Life’s a Beach

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Call me crazy, the brussel sprout is one of my favorite vegetables. Not just any brussel sprouts, brussel sprouts roasted in coconut oil and sea salt. I pop these yummy morsels in my mouth like candy. I seriously hesitate to share with my children and my husband’s fingers better move fast if he wants any.

When I was asked to try out Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil, I just knew it was perfect for my favorite brussel sprouts recipe. The Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is certified organic and traditionally made. The taste is pure and delicious!

Ready to try out the infamous brussel sprouts? They are beyond easy to make. Most of the time, I guesstimate my ingredients for this recipe according to taste, but I’ve written out some estimations just for you. My sister in law shared this recipe with me and I’ve been a fan ever since!

Roasted Coconut Brussel Sprouts

Ingredients:

Brussell Sprouts – a bowlful

Sea Salt – 1/2 teaspoon

Tropical Traditions Organic Virgin Coconut Oil – 2 tablespoons

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet or pan with foil (all about avoiding messes!) Cut the stem off of each brussel sprout and then cut in half vertically. Gently rinse brussel sprouts. Place brussel sprouts with melted coconut oil and sea salt in a sealed plastic bag and shake. Pour onto baking sheet. Roast approximately 30-45 minutes. Be sure to check on them often during the last minutes to make sure they don’t burn! I love mine with just a little crisp!

Tropical Traditions has kindly agreed to give one of my readers their own 1 quart jar of Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil. I hope you love it as much as I do. You can find out more about the product in this video or at this link:

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My family has been using coconut oil for about three years. It’s a fantastic addition to our pantry and has so many uses! You can check out more ways to use coconut oil here.

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