*This post contains Amazon.com affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, you’ll help support Mom Home Guide (at no extra cost to you) and you’ll end up with some really great baking supplies! My daughters head off to middle school in the fall – time has flown by so quickly! I have been trying to savor every moment with them this summer. So this week, that meant baking an easy Dr. Pepper chocolate cake recipe together with chocolate buttercream icing! I found Kirsten Oliphant’s Dr. Pepper cake recipe on Pinterest, so I had to try it. My kids and I all love Dr. Pepper, so Continue reading...
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Chipwich Recipe
Editor's Note: With my kids' elementary school graduation and dance and piano recitals coming up, this week is going to be busy! So today, I am re-sharing a favorite recipe of mine -- semi-homemade chocolate chip cookie chipwiches! (I say semi-homemade because the ice cream is store bought.) I served these last year for my daughters' 10th birthday, and the chipwiches were a hit! My twin daughters recently celebrated their birthday. For their birthday, I've done almost every kind of cake for them so far, so when I invited their grandfather and aunt over the other day for a mini birthday Continue reading...
Fresh Brummel & Brown Herb Spread
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Brummel & Brown. I was recently offered the opportunity to try out Brummel & Brown spread, a creamy buttery spread made with non-fat yogurt. I was happy to give the spread a try, since I am always looking for healthy snack options for my kids -- now that my daughters are entering their tween years, they are hungry when they get home from school! My daughters love to snack on crackers and bread with fruit, so the Brummel & Brown spread is a good option for us. Healthy & Tasty Spread What I like about the Brummel Continue reading...
Snickers Bars
Several of my blogger friends and I will be posting recipes this week for treats and desserts that we made with ingredients available at the dollar store. My local dollar store always has lots of Oreo cookies and Snickers candy bars on hand, so I decided to try out a Snickers and Oreo cheesecake recipe from Domestic Superhero from that I found on Pinterest. The rest of the recipe includes ingredients that I normally have stored in my fridge or my pantry. I just made one alteration to the recipe -- instead of topping my Snickers cheesecake bars with chocolate chips, Continue reading...
Four Popcorn Recipes — National Popcorn Day
My kids and I just LOVE popcorn, so we just had to make sure that we celebrate today -- National Popcorn Day! In honor of the holiday, Mom Home Guide is sharing four tasty and unique popcorn recipes that you can pop up at home in just minutes. I know my children and I will be sharing a bowl or two of homemade popcorn today ... we will just have to figure out which movie to watch together tonight! Sweet and Salty Kettle Corn My daughters and I usually make batches of pre-seasoned kettle corn, but I've learned that making homemade kettle corn is very easy ... and yummy! Continue reading...
Holiday Baking Learn and Conserve Challenge #2
As you might know, I am participating in the Learn and Conserve Challenge friendly competition with several other local bloggers. My first post for this series was on winterizing the home to save energy – and cash – over the winter months. Thanks to NRG Residential Solutions, I’ve learned that winterizing the home doesn’t have to be difficult or cost a lot of money! Now that NRG’s Ambassadors are on our second challenge, we have the task of cooking without our ovens and microwaves as much as we can for the next two weeks. This is a tough challenge, as it falls right in the holiday baking Continue reading...
Caramel Macchiato Tea
I am loving fall this year! The colors and the warmer than usual temperatures have been perfect this season. One thing I love to do in the fall is enjoy a warm beverage when I take in the fall scenery, whether it is during a hike through the woods or while sitting in my home's bay window enjoying a good book. So, when Coffee-Mate offered the opportunity to try out their new seasonal flavors, I jumped at the chance! Among Coffee Mates new seasonal flavors are Dark Chocolate Fudge, Peppermint Mocha and Eggnog Latte. Yum! I can't wait to try those out! Fall Tea Break This morning, I had Continue reading...
Delicious Fall Cookie Recipes
This has been such a fun week so far, since I am co-hosting the Moonlight & Mason Jars Linky Party! I love all the great projects and ideas that have been shared. Some of my favorites are all the great fall cookie recipes that have been linked up! Now that the school year has started, I've been looking for delicious cookie recipes that I can use so I can pack yummy treats for my kids in their school lunches! The cookie recipes that were shared in the Moonlight & Mason Jars Linky Party will be perfect for the job. I know my kids will love the Take4 Chocolate Continue reading...
Moonlight & Mason Jars Link Party #22
Welcome to week #22 of the Moonlight & Mason Jars Link Party! Party with us every week on Wednesday at 5:00 CST. You can read more about our party and our party rules here. First & foremost let's announce our FIVE featured blogs who linked up last week. Here's our five party picks from bloggers who linked up last week: Whole Wheat Pumpkin Applesauce Muffins {TriedAndTasty} Beeswax Candle & Wood Burned Bowl {Eat.Sleep.Make.} Put A Bow On It {Falafel and the Bee} Framed & Stenciled Cork Board {uncommon designs} Pumpkin Spice Popcorn {A Blossoming Life} We have Continue reading...
Homemade Chipwich Recipe
My twin daughters recently celebrated their birthday. For their birthday, I've done almost every kind of cake for them so far, so when I invited their grandfather and aunt over the other day for a mini birthday celebration, I decided to do something different -- "homemade" chipwiches! (You'll see why I put "homemade" in quotes later!) My semi homemade chipwich recipe is super easy! To make the chipwiches, I purchased M&M chocolate chip cookies from my local grocery store's bakery -- they are quite good! Normally, I would make my own cookies, but I was running short on time Continue reading...