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This post is sponsored by Good Cook but my opinions are 100% my own! If you cook then you probably have some favorite tools in your kitchen that you use most often. I sure do and so does my husband. It's funny because our favorite tools aren't all the same. But then again, we both have things we cook all the time and those aren't the same either. If one of my favorite tools isn't available to use, I don't feel comfortable cooking. Funny how we get into a grove with certain things. That being said, I'm always open to trying new items, and sometimes find more favorite tools!  This is good because Good Cook sent me 5 items that they feel are essential in every kitchen. They asked me to make a...

  This post is Sponsored by Good Cook but my opinions are 100% my own! When you're a mom, you need to find fun ways to make kids want to eat certain foods.   But if you only do it with the foods they don't want to eat, they will eventually catch on.  So why not make even the foods they like to eat fun!  Okay so where am I going with all of this? Sweet Creations by Good Cook has this great pan called a Bake-A-Bowl that you can use for so many things - for sweets, treats or meals the sky is the limit.  It's a pan that can essentially turn anything into a baked bowl!    It's two pieces - a top and a bottom.  You spray the bottom with cooking spray then pour or press your 'batter' to make the...

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Hood. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating. It's been really cold here on the East Coast and I'm counting the days until Summer.  We all need to get out of the house more and moving!  During the winter months we all tend to snack more on the food we shouldn't be eating and by this time of the year we all start feeling it.   The first thing my kids do when they walk in the door after school is ask for a snack!  If the weather was nicer outside, then they'd be playing out there instead of snacking. So when Hood asked me to use Hood Sour Cream in a comfort...

This post is Sponsored by Good Cook but my opinions are 100% my own!  As part of the Good Cook Kitchen Expert team,  they send me some products to play with and this month I received a really fun item that I know I will use over and over again.  It's a Popcorn Baller and it makes really good, really fun and really easy popcorn balls.   My first thought was that it was going to be way more complicated than I like to do things but when I actually started making the balls, I had so much fun! If you have no idea what a popcorn baller is check it out below... Making tasty popcorn ball treats can be fun, but also messy to roll. Our popcorn baller solves the problem. Scoop the mixture in, press...

This post is Sponsored by Thomas' but my opinions are 100% my own! Thomas' has some great products to help with the crazy back to school time!  I've been a fan of Thomas' ever since I was a kid.  There may be other brands out there that are good, but in my book Thomas' really are the best.  I was very happy when they introduced bagels a long time ago, and I love how they keep mixing things up with new flavors and varieties. The girls enjoy bagels for breakfast a few times a week so I like to keep them in the freezer.   When they are frozen, I pop them in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds which is just enough to be able to pull the two slices a part, and then I put them in the toaster. ...