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These Delicious Recipes Using Chickpeas are flavorful, creative, and so easy to make! Enjoy using this pantry staple in your meals today.
Chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo Beans, is a pantry staple that is great in everything from a side dish, salad, soup, and even dessert!
…The Jacksonville MOSH is a wonderful museum that will keep you busy for hours learning everything from creatures in the ocean to deep space.
My family visited the MOSH and had a wonderful time wandering the cool exhibits. There is something for all ages to keep you engaged, learning, and having fun.
…The Crayola Experience in Orlando is a wonderful place to visit and to be creative with a lot colorful fun and educational activities.
If you are looking for an activity to do with your family in the Orlando area, the Crayola Experience is the perfect place to let the whole family enjoy coloring, crafting, dancing, and having tons of colorful fun.
…Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Pasta is a wonderful comfort food dish that you can whip up really easily in the Instant Pot. A great meal that is low maintenance and easy clean up.
Making Creamy Chicken Pasta in an Instant Pot pressure cooker is a great way to make a pasta dinner. You add all the ingredients and then just set the pressure cooker. There is no draining and the clean up is a breeze too!
…Visiting Bok Tower Gardens is a great activity to enjoy in Central Florida that the whole family can enjoy. Enjoy the beautiful gardens!
Bok Tower Gardens is a beautiful estate that is nestled in the citrus hills between Orlando and Tampa. It’s a gem in Central Florida that has seen millions of visitors.
…These Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Brownies are rich, fudgy brownies that are studded with mini peanut butter cups and a delicious swirl of peanut butter. Yum!
Peanut butter and chocolate are the perfect pair! These brownies are bascailly addicting because of the yummy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in the brownies.
…These Thin Mint Gooey Cake Bars are a simple way to be creative with a classic Girl Scout Cookie. Loaded with chocolate and mint- yum!
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I think that Girl Scout cookie season is the best time of the year. It basically ranks right up there with Christmas. The cookies are great and buying them helps support the Girl Scouts. Win Win!
Making these Thin Mint Gooey Cake Bars will have you loving the classic Girl Scout cookie even more than you already do!
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Hey!!!!!! We are just 2 weeks out from Mother’s Day!!!!!
Ladies, share this round up for great gift ideas!!! Hint Hint Hint!!! Guys, pay attention!
I think that a lot of mom’s approach Mother’s Day differently. Some want to spend the day with their kids doing a fun activity. , while others want to get far, far away so they can read a book in peace while they have a mani pedi. Or maybe you kick your family out of your house so you can lay in bed all day.
Whatever you end up doing, just remember it’s you special day.
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I grew up going apple picking, so when I moved to Florida 2 years ago, I was a bit worried that I wouldn’t get to experience the joys of getting to pick fresh fruit while living here.
But, Florida has providing me with plenty of great opportunities to get out and pick fresh fruits and vegetables, just not apples. While I miss getting to pick apples, I have enjoyed picking tomatoes, blueberries, and strawberries. Now I can add picking oranges to the list.
We recently went to Dooley Groves, about a 20 minute drive from our house.
Dooley Groves is a family owned grove that was started in the 1960’s. They offer a wide variety of citrus that is available from November to April.
Beside their shop and their you-pick groves, you can order their citrus for home delivery.
I had heard such good things about Dooley Grove from friends that we knew that we needed to check it out. Plus, getting bunches of oranges is so yummy and fun.
We went to pick Honeybell Oranges, which are a hybrid of Duncan Grapefruit and Dancy Tangerines. They are bright in color and densely packed with really sweet juicy meat. Honeybells are in season for a short period of time, which makes them in high demand.
While Hunter was just along for the ride for our picking adventure, he did enjoy the Honeybells when we got home. Man, he loves oranges!!!
Watching this bee buzz around all different flowers was so cool. His legs were packed full of pollen. Off to the hive buddy!
Autumn had a blast at the grove.
She was eager in selecting which Honeybells to pick and to help load them up in our bag. Can’t beat getting to run around in rainboots on a sunny day while picking fruit. Gotta love when 4 year olds dress themselves.
This behemoth is a Ponderosa Lemon. So cool.
Once our bag was full, we headed back to the shop to pay for our Honeybells
 
Besides selling freshly picked citrus, they sell delicious juice, jams & jellies, and fun Florida centric gifts.
I’m looking forward to going back to pick some Ortaniques. yum!
1651 Stephens Rd
Ruskin, FL 33570
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A sinfully rich dessert that pairs chocolate and peanut butter together in delicious layers. This Buckeye Brownie Cheesecake is the ultimate indulgent treat. Perfect if you love chocolate and peanut butter together.
Did you know that March is Peanut Month?Â
I swear there is a day/week/month for everything. EVERYTHING.
But I see absolutely no problem with that as you can have a lot of fun celebrating things this month like No Pants Day (May 4th), Meatball Day (March 9th), and International Fragrance Day (March 21st) . Today is Awkward Moments Day.
The only awkward moment you would have related to this awesome Buckeye Cheesecake is that you are going to be caught in the middle of the night, sneaking a bite. So awkward!
I am a sucker for peanut butter desserts so I knew that I needed to make this Buckeye Cheesecake when I saw it in my new copy of Secret Layer Cakes cookbook.
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March 2018
Dear Hunter,
Can I just say that you are amazing!?
Would that be extremely bias? Probably. But I don’t care.
Dad has been home with us the past few weeks, which certainly wasn’t planned, but has been really enjoyable anyway.
It’s wonderful getting to see the 2 of you together. So happy playing around, being silly, learning. I love seeing how happy you are with Daddy. And I know that he is happy getting to spend this time with you. He loves when you reach up to him for him to pick you up. It’s adorable!
Every since you pulled yourself up on me on Christmas, everyone has been teasing that you would be walking by now. Thankfully, that is not the case, you are happily just crawling around and scooting around by pulling yourself along the sofa and on the cabinets in the kitchen. I’m sure that once you are steady, you will be on the go, so I am enjoying this time a bit more.
In the mean time, we are just loving life. Life with you on our walks, in the pool, at the splash pad, at the library, in the park… we are on the go! You are really great with going with the flow. Even at GG’s while she was recovering from her surgery. You didn’t sleep well at night, but were great during the day, so it all worked out. It always does.
While I am really enjoying this moment in time with you, I am always looking forward to the next month as every day is so great with you.
Love,
Mommy
 
 
Valentine’s Day is just 1 week away!!
Are you celebrating with someone you love?
Or are you single and ready to mingle?
Or do you fall in between like me and my husband… certainly not single but not really doing anything? Hello… it’s a Wednesday night and we have 2 kids. Too much to juggle.
But, no juggling required when it comes to these cake pops.
Baking a box mix cake is pretty dang easy, so it mixing in the frosting, and then forming the balls. The most complicated part is dipping them into the Candiquick, which is a confectionery coating, or melted chocolate that sets pretty quickly. And, even then, the only hard part about that is the messy drips. That’s a silly complication. Like a #firstworldproblem issue. ha!
 
 
While they have cake pop molds for you to bake the cake in, then coat. We decided to get our hands messy and dive right into rolling the cake with the frosting to create the cake balls for the pops.
Autumn loved helping out. She scooped out the cake and rolled the balls, proudly placing them on the tray as she went. We then brought some over to a friend’s party and she told EVERYONE that she made them. So cute.
They are very easy to make- even a 4 year old can make them!
Be sure to enjoy these with someone that you love. Or eat them all. Whatever works for ya. ha!!
Makes 30 Cake Pops
Ingredients
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