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Celebrate Cinco De Mayo with Hormel #HormelFamily

- brandy3

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel Foods Extended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.

We love to celebrate Cinco De Mayo the best way we can. We sit down for a nice family diner with home made mexican food. My kids love tacos and burritos, but I decided to take it a step further this year.

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In addition to tacos and burritos I made my own tostadas, using Hertz Corn tortillas.

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I just followed a recipe on Hormel foods.
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup refried beans, heated
1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce
1/2 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
4 corn tortillas
Beef or chicken

Cook ground beef or chicken. I like to slow cook the chicken in Chi Chi’s salsa all day and then shred it when done.
In skillet, heat oil. Fry tortillas, 1 at a time, until crisp; drain on paper towels. Place tortillas on baking sheet; keep warm.
Spread warm refried beans on each tortilla; top with chicken or beef, lettuce and cheese. Serve with salsa, sour cream and guacamole, if desired.

To finish off our meal with we of course had chips and salsa, and Guacamole.

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How did you celebrate Cinco De mayo?

Avocados Of Mexico Recipes and Tips For Cinco de Mayo

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Disclosure: A gift card and products were provided for this post. All opinions are my own.

Avocado and Chorizo Enchiladas

Cinco De Mayo is coming up and everyone and you can’t celebrate without having guacamole. I have found that it is the freshest and tastes best if it’s homemade.

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Finding the right Avocado is so simple, Patti Jinich from Patti’s Mexican Table has some tips just for my readers:

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that calls for celebration and entertaining! According to History.com, “Cinco de Mayo is widely interpreted as a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage” and revelers in the United States “mark the occasion with parades, parties, mariachi music, Mexican folk dancing and traditional foods.” If you’re among the millions celebrating this year, but need some inspiration for a crowd pleasing fiesta with true Mexican flare, you’re in luck!

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How are you celebrating Cinco De Mayo? Will you be making Guac, using Avocados from Mexico?



Making Chicken Stir Fry (First Time) #HormelFamily

- brandy3

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel Foods Extended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.

I admit that I get stuck in my ways and make the same things over and over again, but I decided to do something a little different and make chicken stir fry for dinner.

It was something I have never made before and was hoping it would turn out really well. I decided to use House Of Tsang Sweet and Sour Sauce.

House Of Tsang is from the Hormel brand and was designed by well known chef David Tsang to bring the flavors of Asia into your kitchen.

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I thought the stir fry turned out great, I added tons of fresh veggies and added a little extra sweet and sour sauce for flavor.

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We paired it with rice and a few homemade California Rolls and it was so yummy.

Have you ever tried House of Tsang before or stir fry?

This is one dish I will definitely be making again.



Spice Up For National Grilled Cheese Day

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Today is National Grilled Cheese day, perfect day to make your favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Instead of making a regular grilled cheese sandwich plain spice it up with Hormel Pepperoni or bacon. Another option is add guacamole or salsa. There are so many possibilities.

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My kids were really pleased with the grilled cheese and pepperoni sandwiches. They were asking for more, and loved it.

We even did Ham and grilled cheese, with the leftover Hormel Cure81 Ham we have from Easter. My son just loved that. He said it gives it extra flavor.

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Are you having grilled cheese today? What are you doing to spice it up?  There are so many ways you can spice up your Grilled Cheese on National Grilled Cheese Day.  My mom would warm us up on a cold day with grilled cheese and tomato soup and we would dip the grilled cheese in the soup.

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel FoodsExtended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.



Celebrate Easter With Hormel Ham #HormelFamily

- brandy3

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel Foods Extended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.

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Every Easter We celebrate with a nice dinner and eat together as a family. It’s hard during school and work to actually be able to eat at the same time, so we make it a point to on Holidays. This year my kids decided to go with a ham for dinner, but knowing them they won’t eat very much. We ended up with a really big Hormel Cure 81 ham, that was on sale for a good price.

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Cooking it was a cinch and everyone loved it for dinner, pairing it with pineapple, mashed potatoes and veggies and salad.

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We were left with tons of leftovers, and my kids complained that we were eating ham for days. There are so many things you can have ham with so we made the best of it.

What was on the table for Easter at your house? Do you prefer ham for special occasions?



Join Hormel For A Easter Twitter Chat #HFEasterChat #HormelFamily

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Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel FoodsExtended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.

Join Hormel this Tuesday March 31, for a Easter Chat. Hormel will be on hand to answer all your Easter Dinner questions and concerns.

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Tweet them your favorite recipe or any questions you have to @Hormelfoods using #HFEasterChat.

Hormel Easter Twitter Chat will take place
March 31, 2015
2PM EST

You can also use the hashtag #HFRecipeHunt for a chance to win.

Happy St. Patricks Day #HormelFamily

- brandy3

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel FoodsExtended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.

Happy St. Patricks Day! A day where you can wear green and eat all the corn beef and cabbage you want. Actually thats more of a American tradition, but still fun to participate in.

This year we went all out and actually made Corn Beef and Cabbage with Hash.
I made the Corn Beef in the slow cooker and it came out very tender and juicy. Just season and put in slow cooker for 5-6 hours on high. Add in cabbage at the end, and it’s delicious.

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We paired it with Hash of course and mash potatoes with skin.
The hash we made on the stove and added in with our meal, it was the perfect touch. We used Can Hormel Mary Kitchen Hash, and have plenty left over for breakfast dishes.

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What did you make for St. Patricks Day dinner?

IHops New Criss Croissants are Delicious

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Dsclosure: A gift card was received to facilitate this review.

Ihop is introducing another great addition to their breakfast Menu. IHops New Criss Croissants. Breakfast lovers the world over have long enjoyed the unique taste and texture of the classic French croissant—that delicate, buttery flaky pastry that practically melts in your mouth. Now, IHOP restaurants will introduce guests to a brand new way to savor that treat—by taking that distinctive dough and baking it in a waffle iron so that you have the luscious taste of a croissant with the distinctive criss-crossing of the waffle iron pattern, and voila! Criss-Croissants!

Criss Croissants are available in these flavors:

Blackberry Lemonade: A warm waffled croissant filled with refreshing lemonade cream and topped with sweet blackberries.

Strawberry Rhubarb: A warm waffled croissant filled with perfectly sweetened cream cheese, and crowned with a strawberry rhubarb topping.

I was able to try the Strawberry Rhubarb and pleasantly surprised at how sweet it is. It’s very delicious, my daughter also ordered it and it was the fastest I have ever seen her eat at a restaurant. She said it’s a bent waffle with cream and strawberries. Every girls perfect breakfast. She was literally trying to lick the plate clean.

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You can order Criss Croissants by themselves or with a variety of sides all starting at $6.99

You can start ordering Criss Croissants at IHOP now.

Bearitos New Wholesome Snack

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Disclosure: No formal compensation was received for this post. A Product was provided by the company.

I love being able to find sweet things that my son and husband can eat. It can be so hard though as they have a lactose allergy and most foods have dairy in them, specially sweet foods.

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Bearitos new Cinnamon Sugar and Fair Trade Cocoa Pita chips are the perfect Wholesome snack. Made with non-GMO ingredients and available exclusively at Whole Foods, you’ll feel good about enjoying these treats with your special someone as you get all the sweet & crunch in one bite.

They are both Dairy Free which is a plus to us. My husband and son loved them. I introduce them to my family and then left for a appt. Came back and the bag was gone. I only got one out of the whole bag and didn’t even get to take a picture of the actual chips.

We only tried the Cinnamon Sugar Pita chips but they were very sweet and my son said they kind of tasted like a cereal he loves.

Bearitos Limited edition Cinnamon Sugar and Fair Trade Cocoa Pita chips are available only at Whole Foods.

Have you seen these in stores?

National Cold Cuts Day #HormelFamily

- brandy3

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel Foods Extended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.

Today March 3 is National Cold Cuts Day, a perfect day to go out and have a picnic with your favorite sandwich.

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Now that it’s getting warmer I am planning on tons of picnics and park play dates. Along with the planning of course comes planning the lunches for them. Every year we plan a big picnic and my kids love to make their favorite sandwiches with turkey or ham.

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Hormel’s Natural Choice deli meats are gluten free and zero preservatives. With so many varieties to choose from your taste buds will always be satisfied.

What is your favorite cold cuts?

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