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Fall Charcuterie Board & Snack Tray

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to Tasty Tuesday, a new feature on Mom Home Guide. On Tuesdays, I am sharing some of my favorite recipes. Today I am featuring a fall charcuterie board and snack tray. This charcuterie board is perfect for when you are hosting a small get together, or for an afternoon of movies at home with the family. My family and I enjoyed this charcuterie board one day recently while watching movies together. You might be wondering: What is a charcuterie board? Charcuterie is word that refers to cold cooked or delicatessen meats, but a charcuterie Continue reading...

Cheddar Biscuits with Bacon & Chives

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Welcome to the Taste Creations blog hop! On the first Monday of the Month, my blogging friends and I get together to share recipes along a specific theme. Our theme this month is bacon! For my bacon recipe, I chose to make cheddar biscuits with bacon and chives. Yummy! Cheddar Biscuits with Bacon & Chives Recipe (If you'd like to skip to the recipe at the end of this post, scroll down to the recipe card.) For my recipe, I chose to use the Bacon Cheddar Chive Biscuits recipe by Damn Delicious. I wanted to make cheddar and bacon biscuits, but I didn't have a recipe of my own. So I Continue reading...

Pasta Salad with Roasted Peppers and Mozzarella

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to Tasty Tuesday, a new feature on Mom Home Guide. On Tuesdays, I am sharing some of my favorite recipes. Today I am sharing pasta salad. I often made pasta salad for my kids when they were small -- they loved it. (It was a lunchbox favorite.) Today's recipe is an improvement on our family favorite -- this recipe includes freshly roasted red peppers, fresh mozzarella pearls and homemade Italian dressing. This cold pasta salad is an easy and delicious meal to put together when you don't want to expend too much effort in the kitchen! This Continue reading...

How to Make Boba & Bubble Tea (Tasty Tuesday)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Last Tuesday, I shared my family's easy and delicious raspberry thumbprint shortbread cookies recipe as part of my new weekly feature, Tasty Tuesday. Today I am back with another extra yummy (and easy) recipe. I'm sharing how to make boba and bubble teas! My family and I make two kinds of bubble tea: Thai bubble tea (my fave) and matcha green tea bubble tea (my daughters' favorite). Before I get started, I would like to thank my beautiful and talented daughters for the awesome photos and video in this post! Bubble tea, also called boba Continue reading...

Raspberry Thumbprint Shortbread Cookies (Tasty Tuesday)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links for your shopping convenience. Last Tuesday, I shared my family's easy and delicious chocolate chip cookies recipe as part of my new weekly feature, Tasty Tuesday. Today I am back with another extra yummy (and easy) cookie recipe -- raspberry thumbprint shortbread cookies! My raspberry shortbread cookies have a delicious shortbread base with a dollop of raspberry jam as their centers. My family loves them! These cookies are not difficult to make - you can mix up the dough for these cookies in a food processor or in a stand mixer. After Continue reading...

Asbury Park beach at sunset

Healthy Tips for Amazing Family Travel and Summer Fun with Your Kids

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This post contains affiliate links. If your family is like mine, you’ve been spending a lot of time at home lately because of the coronavirus. It’s quite possible you may be experiencing cabin fever. These are some ways you have fun close to home while staying safe. Hit the Great Outdoors Since the coronavirus hit my state, my family and I have been sticking close to home. (We usually travel to somewhere fun over the summer via road trip - check out our family road trips to Vermont and Niagara Falls.) One way we have been having fun and doing some traveling is by going on Continue reading...

chocolate chip cookies on a baking rack

How to Bake the Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies (Tasty Tuesday)

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Today I am sharing an AMAZING chocolate chip recipe as part of a new series, Tasty Tuesday, on Mom Home Guide. On Tuesdays, I will be sharing recipes for some of my favorite meals and treats. This post contains Amazon affiliate links for your shopping convenience. These links cost you nothing, but I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase. My absolute favorite cookies are chocolate chip cookies. When my daughters and I make chocolate chip cookies, there is one recipe that we use. It's a recipe for "The Very Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever." The recipe is in the Continue reading...

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Shopping Delivery Services to Make Stay-Home Life Easier

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Stuck at home because of Covid and a local shutdown? Life can still be fun. Try these delivery services to eat better, dress better and enjoy life more at home. (Use my referral coupon links to save!) This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. Ever since the coronavirus has hit where I live, my family and I have been sheltering at home. It can be hard to keep life interesting when you are at home nearly 24/7. One way I have found to make life better for my family and myself while we are stuck at home is to use shopping delivery services. Hello Fresh Meal Continue reading...

easy homemade mason jar ice cream with strawberries in a blue chevron cup

No Churn Homemade Mason Jar Ice Cream

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(No special machine or equipment required.) Mom Home Guide participates in the Amazon Associates affiliate program. The shopping links in this post are for your shopping convenience and cost you nothing. These links help sustain Mom Home Guide. Thanks for your support! Today my blogging friends and I are participating in the Taste Creations Blog Hop! Consider it a virtual party - today we will be sharing recipes for frozen treats! For this party, I made a simple strawberry mason jar ice cream. You only need a handful of ingredients for this recipe and no fancy equipment. To make the Continue reading...

a mason jar glass of Bloody Mary with shrimp, carrot and celery

V8® Bloody Mary – A Delicious Breakfast or Brunch Cocktail (Plus Summer Cocktail Recipes)

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Mom Home Guide is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.com. Welcome to the Taste Creations blog hop! Once a month my blogging friends and I get together to share recipes along a shared theme. Today's theme is summer cocktails! I decided to make a cocktail that's easy to put together with ingredients you might already have at home. So I went with  V8® Bloody Mary's. This recipe is by the glass, so if you just want one glassful or are sharing a Continue reading...

A date book and pen on a date book with the text, 5 Ways to Improve Your Life (While Sheltering at Home)

5 Ways You Can Improve Your Life While Sheltering at Home

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My family and I have been sheltering at home together for about 3 months now. Time at home can seem slow and monotonous at times. But with the right attitude, being at home can be beneficial. You can get things done that you might not have the time to do once life returns back to a new "normal." So today I am sharing 5 things you can do to improve your life while sheltering at home. Eat Well There are so many things we can't do right now, but one thing we can do is eat "well." Ideally, eating "well" will mean eating healthy for food, but Continue reading...

Great Wines for Pizza Night, Mom’s Night & Other Celebrations

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Thanks to Theme Night Wines for sponsoring this post. I received free bottles of wine and other products in exchange for my honest review. I recently received a fun wine kit from Theme Night Wines. Being shut in at home these past three months, good food and drink is what helps keep me going! (Besides my fantastic husband, daughters and puppy, of course!) I really have been enjoying the wines and love the concept behind Theme Night Wines. Founded by owner Mario Asaro, Theme Night Wines is a delicious collection of wines made in the Valpolicella wine-making region of Italy. The Continue reading...

A New Diet & Recipes to Suit My Lifestyle

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This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. You may know that I have been following the diet plan outlined in the book, “Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight” by Joel Marion. I got a late start on implementing the essential dieting guidelines I’ve learned in his book, but I am happy to report that I have already lost some weight!  Bestselling author Joel Marion is a fitness expert and Continue reading...

Healthy fruit tarts

The Secrets of the Revolutionary After 7 Diet Plan

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This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. I’ve never been one to diet – it just never seemed like something that could work for me. Most diets I’ve known have so many restrictions and so many rules to follow. It can be so disheartening and confusing! But I’ve been reading “Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight” by Joel Marion, and his rule-breaking diet seems like something I can Continue reading...

Easy Biscuit Recipe

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Today my blogging friends and are getting together to share recipes for Father's Day breakfast as part of the Taste Creations Blog Hop! I decided to make an easy biscuits recipe! These buttery biscuits don't require a lot of ingredients (for those of you who are sheltering at home) and are quick to put together. You can be eating biscuits in about 30 minutes! Biscuits are considering a "quick bread" - these don't need yeast or eggs. Baking powder is what makes the biscuits rise in this easy biscuits recipe. The Taste Creations blog hop takes place the first Monday of each month - in July, Continue reading...

Making delicious homemade pizza at home is super easy with a bread machine.

Incredibly Good & Easy Homemade Pizza (with Bread Machine Pizza Dough)

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This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.  It's been several weeks now that my family and I have been staying home together. One thing I've been doing to help keep morale up is by cooking new treats for my family. One Friday, I made homemade pizzas, complete with fresh pizza dough! I was surprised at how simple it was to make the pizzas and loved how INSANELY DELICIOUS homemade pizza is! I made pizza again for my family the past two Fridays! I am sharing my recipe for homemade pizzas and homemade bread machine Continue reading...

Easter Bunny Paw Print Snickerdoodle Cookies

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. These links cost you nothing, but may earn a small commission that helps to support this blog. Thanks! Welcome to the Taste Creations blog hop! Today my blogging friends and I are getting together to share recipes for Easter treats! My blogging friends and I share recipes together on the first Monday of every month. It's a dependable and fun tradition when everything else has been so unpredictable. For my recipe, I am sharing cute bunny paw print snickerdoodle cookies! I thought at first that I wouldn't be able to participate in today's blog Continue reading...

I love this quick and easy recipe for key lime pie made with Jello, Cool Whip and Lime yogurt. It also has an easy graham cracker crust.

St. Patrick’s Day Key Lime Pie

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Today is the first Monday of the Month, so that means it's time for the Taste Creations Blog Hop! My blogging friends and I get together the first Monday of every month to share recipes. Today we are sharing recipes for St. Patrick's Day treats! I am sharing a recipe for a quick and easy St. Patrick's Day Key Lime pie. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see my friends' recipes! St. Patrick's Day Key Lime Pie Recipe (Recipe from Taste of Home) Ingredients 1/4 cup boiling water1 package (0.3 ounce) lime gelatin (the original recipe calls for sugar-free gelatin)2 cartons (6 Continue reading...

I love this easy and delicious recipe for mushroom udon soup with a cheesy Swiss cheese sauce and a soy egg.

Cheesy Mushroom Swiss Udon with Soy-Marinated Egg

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I was provided with Fortune Udon Noodles in exchange for my participation in the Fortune Udon Noodle Soup Recipe Challenge. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. #fortunenudonoodles, #cheftyaki #udonsoups My family and I love going out together to get delicious bowls of udon soup. Japanese udon soup is a savory soup filled with thick noodles. My daughters and I usually choose a flavorful veggie udon soup when we have lunch together. When we go out, our udon soup is sometimes topped with a delicious soft boiled egg that is flavored with soy sauce. I love soy eggs! They are so Continue reading...

I love this easy and cute recipe for heart-shaped Rice Krispies treats for Valentine's Day!

Pretty Heart Rice Krispie Treats — Plus Other Valentine’s Day Sweets

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I love celebrating Valentine's Day with my husband and daughters. February can be a cold and blah month. It's nice to have a sweet little holiday to brighten up the month! I love finding ways to show my family how much I care! My daughters and I love Rice Krispie treats. So I figure making heart-shaped heart Rice Krispie treats is a sweet thing I can do for them this month! I am sharing my recipe for heart-shaped Rice Krispie treats as part of the Taste Creations blog hop. Each month we get together to share recipes based on a theme or ingredient. This month's theme is sweet treats for Continue reading...

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