Tomato Basil Pasta & Baked Goat Cheese: Bring Tuscany to Your Table!

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Do you have plans for this summer? I love having our kids home from school, the fresh air outside, and the sunshine bringing friends and family together all season long. We have a wonderful backyard for hosting parties during the summer so I’m always looking for recipes that are not only delicious, but are quick and easy for feeding a lot of people!

Pasta is always a safe bet and meal prep is easier with Bertolli®. To help celebrate Bertolli’s 150th year of bringing Tuscany to

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Breakfast for Dinner, FTW! 14 recipes

I looooove breakfast foods, but I am sooooo not a morning person. I’m lucky to just get my cup of coffee made and throw some cereal at the children.

So? BREAKFAST FOR DINNER. And I don’t mean cereal (but… sometimes…). I love eggs, all kinds, and hashbrowns and BACON and cheese and sausage and yummm. When you have the time to cook dinner, you can make some pretty amazing breakfast creations.

Check out Breakfast for Dinner

by Emily Dickey at Foodie.com

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Effortless Meals for Moms

~Written in partnership with Coca-Cola. Any opinions are my own.

In the summertime we like to be outside—going for walks, playing at the park, or running through the sprinkler in the backyard. During the school year, I play Taxi and feel like I might as well live in my car. No matter the season, life is busy, right? MOMS are busy.

But every night there has to be dinner on the table… I HATE cooking. I thank my mom for that trait 😉 but unfortunately my kids (and husband) need to eat. My husband

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21 campfire cooking recipes

Welcome to camping season! I’m an outdoorsy girl and love to camp. Back in those pre-kid days, we used to go every summer! And I mean camping—in a tent, in the woods, with a fire pit. One of my favorite memories is camping in the mountains of Colorado while visiting my brother and waking up to a light snowfall! We survived that trip on a giant can of beans, haha. Campfire cooking is the best. Plan your meals, fill your cooler, and start the fire! Here are some great campfire cooking recipes to get

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15 Gluten-Free Sunday Night Dinners

I recently talked about our family attempting to go gluten-free. No, we don’t have any gluten intolerance or even much sensitivity to it (that we know of), but we think it’s a healthier decision for our family. We started slow as we figured out things to avoid and what to buy. We are still learning where to find everything we need in the grocery store (or in the multiple stores we need to visit as a result). Recreating recipes has been the hardest part as we completely change the way we’re used to doing

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Lasagna Cupcakes recipe

Mmmmmmmmm… lasagna in cupcake form! I saw this on Pinterest (duh) and got the recipe from Lauren’s Latest. I changed it a little bit, mainly based on what I had on hand (or, more so, what I didn’t.)

If you have your own awesome lasagna recipe (because I think most people do), you can totally just use that… instead of your typical 9×13 pan, you use a muffin tin and get fancy looking (and delicious tasting) lasagna cups!

SAUCE:

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chicken pesto pasta: #GrilledEssentials

Hillshire Farm has come out with a brand new product, Grilled Essentials. They’re packs of 2 grilled chicken breasts that come in different flavors. I used to be a vegetarian so let’s just say I hate cooking raw meat. Sometimes I cook it for my family to eat, but I won’t eat any of it. Buying something like this that’s pre-cooked and ready to go? Totally awesome.

AND it saves so.much.time. Another huge plus for all you busy mamas. When I made this dinner, Steve

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