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Weekend Bites: Hummus

This week I’m feeling inspired by Hummus recipes! Check out the collections below and you’re sure to find something to enjoy.

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When I started writing up this post and going through your recipes from last week, I had planned to feature some breakfast recipes. After all, it is Mothers Day Weekend. The more I looked, though, the more inspired I was by the variety of Hummus recipes shared. A few years back, and I tried hummus for the first time. I was less than impressed and decided I didn’t need hummus in my life. Fast forward to our move here and my sister in law always has hummus pulled out when we eat together. I’m never one to fully give up on something, so I gave it another try, and what do you know! It has become one of my favorite snack foods. Way better than veggies and ranch.

So the moral of today’s story is to never give up! Whether it be a food you don’t think you like or larger then life dreams. Give it time, and keep on trying. And have some hummus along the way.

Mexican Street Corn Salsa Hummus

from Lemons for LuLu

Easy Healthy Toddler Meals with Hummus

from Fab Working Mom Life

12 Hummus Recipes

from The Super Mommy Club

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May 5, 2016
Weekend Bites Earth Day Recipes

Welcome to Weekend Bites! Enjoy these Earth Day Recipes to reacquaint yourself with the wonderful natural produce our earth creates.

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I couldn’t stick to just 4 features this week! So many delicious recipes featuring natural products from our earth. I like to call these Earth Day Recipes. Whether you grow the produce yourself or buy it from the many convenient stores we have, you can get back in touch with your roots with one of these fabulous recipes.

Home Cooking Memories shows us how to make Peanut Butter at home that rivals the natural peanut butters on store shelves. You can then use that peanut butter in Nepa Mom’s Peanut Butter Granola Apples Bites.

This Corn and Avocado Salsa from Old Home to New House can be made with all fresh ingredients. I could see myself plating this salsa next to this Slow Cooker Quinoa from Dizzy Busy and Hungry. Something about making homemade bread makes me feel in touch with the earth as well. This Molasses Walnut Banana Bread from Busy Being Jennifer is on my list to try this week!

Not all earth day recipes have to be full of grains or veggies though. I think I often forget sweet fruits when thinking of earth-friendly dishes to serve my family. I can’t wait to try this fantastic looking Simple Spinach and Strawberry Salad from A Dish of Daily Life, and Frugal Foodie Mama’s Cara Cara Orange and Vanilla Bean Curd.

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April 21, 2016
Weekend Bites After School Snacks

It may be the weekend, but now is the perfect time to plan after school snacks for the kids!

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A few weeks before Spring Break, I hit that point where the kids were coming home and raiding the pantry because I was too busy trying to keep it all together with work and school, and their schoolwork, and family time, and SLEEP, that I just could not prep an after school snack on top of it all. I sort of felt like I was failing them, but knew it was also OK to not always have something prepped beforehand. Just because my mom did it, didn’t mean I had to.

Now that spring break is behind us, and I was able to recharge family time, and sleep, I feel like I have the time to make them more after school snacks. Browsing Weekend Bites last week led me to these fabulous ideasI know my kids will love. You can’t have a snack without the classic chocolate chip cookie, and these Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies from Love to Be In the Kitchen look fantastic!

Yesterday I was thinking about my sister and one of her favorite snacks were cheese crisps. She’s slice some cheese and toss it in the microwave. It would bubble, and you’d think it was dying, but then it would harden into this awesome cheese crisp. When I saw these Parmesan Cheese Crisps on The Parenting Patch it was like she read my mind.

As a teen, and even now, I love a good chip and dip. My kids have caught me dip handed a number of times and made me share too. There’s just something about that creamy dip with a crunchy chip that is perfect. Sugar, Spice and Family Life made a mouthwatering BLT Dip I know our whole house would gather around after school.

Not every snack has to be a treat, though. Some like this Banana Carrot Muffin from Silver Foodie are better for you, and still taste fantastic.

Do you make After School Snacks?

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April 14, 2016
Weekend Bites Dinner Time

Thanks for joining us on Weekend Bites! After checking out the featured dinner time recipes, don’t forget to share your recipes on the linky below!

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The party was a little slow last week, but we still had some great shared recipes! We’re winding up our spring break. We didn’t go anywhere special, but we made a lot of fun here at home and in the neighborhood. Of course it was a rainy week, so we had to find ways to entertain ourselves indoors. We did manage to get some spring cleaning done, but not as much as I usually do during spring break. I am so ready for the kids to head back to school, and for us all to be back on a routine. 10pm nights, and getting up between 9 and 10am will not work out next week. One thig we have kept routine, however, was dinner time. We may have thrown in a couple extra desserts this week, but we eat at the same time, and everyone still helps clean up.

I’m seriously loving the dinner time ideas Simplify Life with Mrs R shared with us. Her Steak Oscar looks divine! Since that’s probabl more an adult dinner (at least my kids wouldn’t appreciate it), she also shared these Marvelous, Moist, Meaty Meatballs. I’d put these on a hoagie for lunch, or with a side of pasta. Meatballs are one of my favorite dishes!

Since the kids have been enjoying more dessert this week, I figured any good dinner meal ends with a dessert. If you’re looking for something a little healthier try the Pumpkin Pound Cake Cookies from A Healthy Helper. A bonus they are are vegan and grain free! If you want to indulge in the sweeter not as healthy side of dessert check out these Butterfinger Rice Krispie Treats from Sugar Spice and Family life.

How was your spring break?

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April 7, 2016
Weekend Bites Bread

Share your recipes with the tastiest weekend food party. This week featuring Homemade Bread and a delicious Sandwich.

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I love homemade bread. It’s something my Mom was always baking when I was a kid. That smell of fresh bread out of the oven always floods back the memories. I love making it myself, and my kids get just as excited as I remember being when Mom said it was a bread making day.

Last week we had a fair amount of bread recipes, and a sandwich..that uses bread, so I knew immediately what I’d be featuring. I hope you enjoy these and can make your own memories.

Features

Twisted Chorizo Breadsticks

from This Silly Girls Life

Molasses Wheat Germ Bread

from Silver Foodie

Irish Soda Bread

from Margarets Morsels

Copycat Panera Bread Sierra Turkey Sandwich

from Healthy Helper

I know, it’s not bread, but it makes a delicious sandwich!

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February 25, 2016
Weekend Bites Snacks

Share your recipes with the hottest weekend food party. This week featuring Snacks from last weeks party!

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Where did you all go? I was having a pretty crazy week myself, but from last week’s turn-out, I’d say we all must have been pretty busy. I get it, though. In fact, just earlier this week I wrote about how hard it is to balance life when we have so much on our plates to do. If you’re feeling as overwhelmed as me, may I suggest to take a few deep breaths. Then grab yourself one of these snacks and dive back in.

SNACK FEATURES

Easy Baked Brie Dip

from Family Focus Blog

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

from Sweet Discord

Carrot Cake Donuts

from Healthy Helper

as well as 19 NUT-Rageous Snack Recipes

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February 12, 2016
Weekend Bites 1/14

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FEATURES

Easy Cupid Crinkles

from Creative Southern Home

Soft Buttermilk Sugar Cookies

from Butter with a Side of Bread

Easy Protein Ice Cream

from Healthy Helper

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January 14, 2016
Weekend Bites 2016

Welcome to Weekend Bites 2016!

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How was everyone’s first week of 2016!! It’s been fairly tame around here. The kids went back to school Monday, and little Prince and I are getting back into a daily routine. He’s missing his sisters, but also seems more content to play by himself in the quiet. Today I tried packing him a lunch at the same time I did the girls, in hopes he’d forgo spending the day looking for snacks. It was only semi successful. We’ll keep trying though, and see if I put more in he likes if he’ll stick with it better. This week I’m looking for lunch recipes – for me and the kids! Share with me what you have.

FEATURES

Pot Roast with Coffee Gravy

from A Dish of Daily Life

Guava Pinwheels

from Silver Foodie

Chocolate Meyer Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

from Healthy Helper

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January 8, 2016
Weekend Bites #63 Sweets

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I decided to limit sugar this month. I don’t know what I was thinking! Everywhere I turn there’s some sweet baked goods calling my name. This week for example looking through all your recipes. These breads and cakes were just calling to me! I’ll probably try them once a week throughout the rest of the month, because oh yum! Enjoy

FEATURES

Honey Vanilla Almond Bread with Dates and Goat Cheese

from Healthy Helper

Cranberry Upside Down Cake

from Serendipity and Spice

Pumpkin Pecan French Toast for One

from Frugal Foodie Mama

Cranberry Coffee Cake

from The Crafting Foodie

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December 11, 2015
Weekend Bites #62 Fudge

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December is probably my favorite month to hang out in the kitchen. Baking goods for my family, and for neighbors. It’s a great way, especially when you move as much as we have, to get to know the neighbors. Make a home baked treat, and do a little Christmas caroling. I love these Fudge recipes shared at last week’s party, and know they’re the perfect treat for all my new neighbors! What’s your favorite fudge?

FEATURES

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Fudge

from Sweet C’s Designs

Orange Cranberry & Pistachio White Chocolate Fudge

from Growing Up Gabel

Peppermint Mocha Fudge

from Home Cooking Memories

Christmas Candy Cookie Dough Fudge

ALSO from Sweet C’s Designs

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December 3, 2015