Key Lime-Banana Smoothie from Betty Crocker

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Since today is St. Patrick’s Day, I knew I wanted to post something green. This smoothie from BettyCrocker.com looks refreshing and delicious plus it’s green!

INGREDIENTS:

1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free Key lime pie yogurt 1 ripe banana, sliced 1/2 cup milk 1 tablespoon lime juice 1/4 teaspoon dry lemon [...]

Holiday Entertaining Tips and Recipes from Jimmy Dean

Thanks to Jimmy Dean, I’ve got some tips for saving time in the kitchen and some holiday entertaining shortcuts from Lifestyle Expert Sissy Biggers to share with MomCooks readers!

Holiday Entertaining Tips

With the holidays comes the busiest cooking days of the year and the best hosts are those who are able to settle in [...]

Kid-Friendly Thanksgiving Foods from TLC

Reprinted from TLC Cooking

Families come together at Thanksgiving to celebrate, catch up and feast. While you may be looking forward to seeing your favorite relatives and eating Aunt Caroline’s famous pumpkin pie, the crush of people and unfamiliar foods can overwhelm children. Bring the holiday down to their size with a kid’s table supplied [...]

Savory Grilled Steak

My husband requested steak for Father’s Day, so this is the recipe I’m using:

1/2 cup A.1. Original Steak Sauce 1/2 cup KRAFT Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing 2 small cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. dried oregano leaves 2 beef rib-eye steaks (1 lb.)

MIX all ingredients except steaks; reserve 1/4 cup. Pour remaining steak sauce mixture [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Recipe-Lamb Stew

Luck of the Irish Potato Stew

2 pounds lamb cut into chunks 2 pounds white potatoes cut into 1/2 inch chunks 2 onions, chopped 3 to 4 cups water Parsley Salt and pepper to taste

Layer half of the potatoes in the bottom of a Dutch oven. Next add half of the onions. Place all [...]

Four Foods on Friday 55

Here are this week’s four questions. The theme this week is Thanksgiving.

#1. Stuffing. Boxed or from scratch? #2. If you were served the perfect Thanksgiving dinner what would it be? #3. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving leftover? #4. Share a recipe using turkey.

#1- Boxed. I like Stove Top Cornbread stuffing, but if the store [...]

Halloween Party Recipes Kids Will Love

Throw some candy corn into a dish and set out a bowl of apples and you’re all set for a Halloween party. Right? It could be that easy, but why not add some creativity this Halloween with the following fun kids Halloween recipes.

Halloween parties are a great excuse to be creative and make [...]

Marshmallow Mummies

This cute Halloween treat is a Pillsbury recipe:

18 large marshmallows 6 thin pretzel sticks (2 3/4 inch) 1 box (4.5 oz) chewy fruit snacks in three-foot rolls (any flavor) Black decorating gel (from 0.68-oz tube)

1. Thread 3 marshmallows onto each pretzel stick to make 6 “bodies.” 2. Unwrap fruit snack rolls (do [...]

Simple Thanksgiving dinner

It was actually pretty nice just having a quiet dinner at home this year. There’s a lot more pressure when you are cooking for a large group. For example, when I completely ruined the mashed potatoes (turned them into glue, oh yes I did), I knew I had a box of Betty Crocker Roasted Garlic [...]

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Mimi asked how to best make toasted pumpkin seeds. YUM. There are lots of recipes that call for different seasonings, but I just like them crispy and salty. Again, YUM! photo source: http://homecooking.about.com

INGREDIENTS:

Pumpkin seeds Vegetable or olive oil, or melted butter, or cooking spray Salt, garlic powder, chili powder, onion powder, or the [...]