Peanut Butter Lovers Unite

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Peanut butter recipes for National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day!

For peanut butter lovers around the nation tomorrow marks the biggest holiday of the year - National Peanut Butter Lover's Day. Yes, there is a whole day dedicated to peanut butter and the lovers of this treat. I will admit I am a peanut butter lover. At any given moment you will find 4-5 jars of peanut butter in our cupboard. If you want to join in the National Peanut Butter Lover's Day celebrations, you will need some peanut butter recipes. Fear not, I am here to help. Here are my top ... Continue Reading

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Car Trip Tips for Families

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Tips and tricks for car trip travel this holiday season.

Being a military family means that we don't live close to our families. At all. We travel at least every other month. Traveling can be stressful enough, but when you add three children? You have yourself one fun filled day of driving, crying children, bathroom stops and stress out the roof for the last hour or two of your trip. Within the past few years I have learned what works for my family--and what doesn't. Here are five tips you can hopefully use as you travel for the Thanksgiving or ... Continue Reading

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3 Recipes to Keep Your Thanksgiving Leftovers from Going to Waste

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Move beyond turkey sandwiches with your Thanksgiving Leftovers.

When it comes to saving money, one thing we can all do is make sure food doesn’t go to waste.  The day after Thanksgiving is one my family looks forward to almost as much as Thanksgiving itself.  We are all sandwich lovers and we each have our own version of the perfect Thanksgiving leftover sandwich.  But eating turkey sandwich can get tiring. If you’d like to move beyond basic turkey sandwiches and are looking for new ways to use your Thanksgiving leftovers, try these recipes; your ... Continue Reading