This post brought to you by Snack Pack. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Mom Always Finds Out. We're more than halfway through the school year, can you believe it? That means I have made more than 200 school lunches for my kids...only 150 more to go til school lets out for the summer! It's totally normal for me to get into a lunchbox rut, sending the same kinds of sandwiches and snacks for the kids. Luckily, they are ...
Recipes
Copycat Banana Bread Lara bar Recipe
One of my favorite snacks is a Cherry Pie Larabar. It's crazy to me that it is SO good even though it is an unsweetened bar made with just dried cherries, dates and almonds. The natural sweetness of Larabars just works. They are delicious. Talk about a guilt-free, healthy snack! There are around 20 different flavors of Larabars currently available. Every Larabar is made with real food. Bars are made with a simple blend of fruit, nuts and herbs ...
PINK Chocolate & Peppermint Popcorn Recipe
I got seriously addicted to white chocolate drizzled peppermint popcorn over the Christmas holidays. It was one of the best homemade neighbor gifts EVER. I don't even feel guilty about not sharing the bag with the rest of my family. I sneaked a handful here and there until it was gone. There was a moment of panic when I realized I had no idea how to make more. Luckily, my friend was willing to share their chocolate popcorn recipe with ...
50 Delicious Recipes for Ripe Bananas
You never need to throw away a ripe banana. A ripe banana is a banana that is no longer all yellow - it is now covered in brown spots all over. My kids like completely yellow bananas and won't eat a banana if it starts getting those brown spots. So, those bananas sit out on the counter turning browner and browner...which is a good thing - the perfect thing actually - if you are wanting to bake with them. Ripe bananas are exactly what you need to ...
Homemade Cranberry Pancakes with Orange Syrup
I overstocked up on bags of fresh cranberries during the holiday season. They were so cheap, I just had to pick them up and put them in my freezer. Did you know you can just toss bags of fresh cranberries in the freezer until you're ready to use them? Yes! Do it! Anytime you need cranberry sauce, you can take out a bag of frozen cranberries and cook them even without thawing. My friend has a juicer and freezes her cranberries until she's ready to ...
Limited Edition Heinz® Bottle and Contest + Slow Cooker Meatball Recipe
Here's a fun fact: Super Bowl Sunday is the 2nd largest eating day of the year after Thanksgiving. Americans love to gather together and eat - and the Super Bowl is the perfect excuse to down our favorite Game Day foods. What will you be eating on Super Bowl Sunday? Football foods from hotdogs to cheeseburgers and fries pair well with another all-American tradition: Heinz® Tomato Ketchup. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of ...
How to Make Fruit Salad with Yogurt
Whenever I try to think of healthy snacks for kids, this simple fruit salad comes to mind. I have a couple of picky eaters at my house, but luckily they all like to eat most kinds of fruit. And they all love yogurt. I grab whatever fruit we have on hand and cut it into bite-sized pieces. Then mix it up with a spoonful or two of yogurt. Strawberry or plain vanilla yogurt works best for us, but you can use your favorite flavor. Some of our ...
How to make Ice Cream out of Snow
Yes, you can eat snow! (Just don't eat YELLOW snow - that's always a good rule to follow.) My grandmother used to make snow ice cream for us kids on the rare occasions it snowed in Alabama. I honestly don't know how she managed to scrape up enough for a bowl of ice cream -- because even when it snowed, there was barely anything on the ground at all. Grab a bowl and a spoon. And a snow shovel. ...
Easy Christmas Appetizers: “The Grinch” Caprese Kabobs
I am always on the lookout for easy Christmas appetizers during the holiday season. Last week, one of my kids brought home "The Grinch" fruit kabobs (green grape for the head, a banana slice for the Santa hat bottom, and strawberry topped with a mini marshmallow for the top of the hat). It was really cute! And led to the inspiration for today's recipe. It's not really a "recipe" - you can pretty much figure out how to make it by looking at the ...
