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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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1. Link up your any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.
4. By linking up you give me permission to feature your photos on Home Maid Simple (always linking back to you of course!)

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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: Easter Eggs

It’s Easter Weekend! Thanks for joining us on Weekend Bites. Check out the featured recipes for eggs below. Share your favorites in the comments.

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I love Easter Weekend. It’s one holiday that I don’t really stress over too much. Growing up, it was always huge. My aunt usually hosted a church egg hunt for the kids, and a scavenger hunt for the teens. It was quite a crowd in our home that weekend, and plenty of candy was to be had. We would spend the Monday night before dyeing all the eggs – and let me tell you, that was a lot of eggs! See we didn’t just hide plastic eggs, lots of real hard boiled eggs were included. After the egg hunt was over I’d go around trying to see who got the eggs I colored. You know you’ve always got at least one egg you feel especially proud of. If I could locate it, I’d try and finagle a trade – usually for one of the plastic eggs with candy inside.

With all those memories, and realizing I didn’t have to color any eggs this week, I started feeling a bit nostalgic. As always, you all came through for me, and shared a nice variety of egg dishes to feature.

Egg Features

Chocolate Confetti Easter Eggs

from Clean and Scentsible

why yes, I am starting off with a chocolate egg. What a brilliant idea! I can already see it sitting in the kids Easter Baskets.

Eggs to Dye for

from Margarets Morsels

I love how bright these colors are! You’ll have to click over to see what she used.

Hard Boiled Eggs Benedict

from Home Cooking Memories

I love eggs benedict, I never thought to use hard boiled eggs! This is a great way to use all those colored eggs next week.

Greek Egg Benedict

from Lemons for Lulu

In case you want a greek flavor, try egg benedict with a bit of lamb and pita! This is on my try ASAP list.

Sourdough and Sausage Tuscan Egg Bake

from Growing Up Gabel

If you want something easy and flavorful Easter morning, I’d give this a try!

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March 24, 2016
Weekend Bites: Menu Plan

Welcome to Weekend Bites! The hippest weekend food party around – or so she says. If you struggle planning meals each week, browse the link ups and I promise you’ll find something to fill your Menu Plan from breakfast to dessert.

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I have this friend, Jessica. We chat on Facebook every day, and we always end up back at the same question – What’s for dinner? She and I are both working from home – me here on Home Maid Simple, her over at The Beare Canvas. Today while we were chatting about the food we might make our kids, she pauses then types “You didn’t menu plan this week did you?”

Nope. I sure didn’t. It’s becoming habit for me. No menu plans. In fast I count so much on her asking me what’s for dinner, and then giving me some great inspiration that I don’t see much need to menu plan. Oh wait. Nope. Most of her inspiration would require a quick run to the store, because when you don’t plan a menu, you rarely have exactly everything you need for a meal. She saved my bacon tonight, and helped walk me through turning a leftover casserole into a delicious soup – more on that another time.

You know what? You don’t have to be like me! I don’t even have to be like me! Because we’re awesome and most of our menu planning has been done for us every Thursday night right here! This week, I grabbed this days menu straight from all of you. It took me 5 minutes to click on the links and decide if it was something my kids would eat. The answer is a mostly yes, but hey I like to make them try new things.

Menu Plan Features

Breakfast

Gluten Free Breakfast Muffins

from The Kids Are Grown, Now What?

Lunch

Sweet Potato Black Bean Quesadillas

from Silver Foodie

Dinner

Cremay Chicken Fra Diavolo

from This Silly Girl’s Kitchen

Dessert

Meyer Lemon Upside Down Cake with White Chocolate Sauce

from Sweet Meets Bake Shop

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March 10, 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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New to Weekend Bites? Here’s the run down

Visit my co-host Debi at Practical Parenting Ideas

1. Link up your any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.
4. By linking up you give me permission to feature your photos on Home Maid Simple (always linking back to you of course!)

5. Each month I send out a newsletter with the most popular links from that month – you may be featured!! This is a once a month newsletter, every first Friday of the month, no spam involved!

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 Cake and Ice Cream

Share your recipes with the hottest weekend food party. This week featuring Cake and Ice Cream

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New to Weekend Bites? Here’s the run down

Visit my co-host Debi at Practical Parenting Ideas

1. Link up your any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.
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5. Each month I send out a newsletter with the most popular links from that month – you may be featured!! This is a once a month newsletter, every first Friday of the month, no spam involved!

How did you all know we were heading into birthday season here? So many of you shared delicious looking cakes, cupcakes, and ice cream I had a hard time choosing this weeks features. We kicked off our birthday season with Princess C’s 8th birthday this week. It’s sort of a week long celebration since her birthday was Tuesday, and she’ll be getting baptized on Saturday, so family has slowly been trickling in to see us and celebrate. Next week is my brothers birthday, and then the week after is Mark’s and his nephews. I can’t wait to put all of these recipes to good use in the coming weeks.

Cake Features

Easy Strawberry Refrigerator Cake

from Crystal and Co

No Bake Mini Mint Oreo Cheesecake

from Sugar, Spice and Family Life

Red Velvet Cake

from The Jenny Evolution

and of course you can’t have cake without ice cream!

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

from Hello Nature

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February 18, 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: Sneaky Veggies

Share your recipes with the hottest weekend food party. This week featuring recipes kids will love with sneaky veggies!

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I did it. I sat down Sunday afternoon and made an actual menu plan for the week again. It’s been so long since I’ve really planned out our meals. I couldn’t tell you what we’ve been eating lately because most days I whip something together that night and hope the kids will eat it. Most of January I’ve been working on tidying up the house, and making our home a place that I can truly work from home better in. So most of everything else, including bringing you awesome content, has been pushed to the side while I get back on track.

I feel like I was finally back to a mostly clean house, and so when Sunday came I had time to actually sit back and really relax! What better way to relax then flipping through my stack of recipe magazines and planning a menu? The kids weren’t too thrilled with my activity until they started flipping through too. Venice was the most helpful in finding recipes she’d like to try, but all the kids contributed at least one recipe to our menu this week – and surprisingly they are not all desserts!

It had me thinking how I need to sneak some more veggies into our meals. So while browsing weekend bites, I found these fantastic recipes that I know my kids would love. Do you have to sneak veggies into your kids diet?

Sneaky Veggies Features

Slow cooker Chicken Taco Lettuce Wraps

from Honey & Birch

My kids LOVE tacos. When served in a lettuce shell, they rarely complain about this veggie they usually avoid in a salad.

Taco Dippes

from Nap-Time Creations

Speaking of Tacos. Give kids anything to dip, that they can hold in their little hands, and we usually have a winner. You can sneak all kinds of veggies in these.

Cheesy Zucchini Spinach Quesadillas

from Dizzy Busy & Hungry

Quesadillas, similar to tacos rarely bring complaints from kids. While perhaps not as sneaky putting veggies in a quesadilla, the kids will usually sitll try it.

Butternut Squash Gnocchi

from Healthy Helper

I love squash, but as a kid I didn’t. My mom always came up with ways to hide the squash, and I can easily see myself trying this one soon!

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January 28, 2016
Weekend Bites Football Food

Share your recipes with the hottest food party! This week featuring recipes perfect for your football party!

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I feel the need to apologize for the shortness of last week’s party. I had caught some bug that had me unable to concentrate on anything for longer than a few seconds. I’m feeling so much better this week, thankfully. Not much has been posted through the week, but I’ve got some fun posts in the works. Instead, we had a week spending more time with each other, getting back into the swing of school without the in-laws here, and tidying up the house.

Who is ready for some FOOTBALL! I hear the big game is in 2 weeks. To be honest, I’ve not really kept up with any of the teams this year, but will randomly root for my Patriots on Facebook when I see someone posting about them. My favorite part of football is the food and company. I think these recipes from last week will be a hit at any game day gathering.

FOOTBALL FEATURES

Crab Fries

from Just Us Four

Honey & Balsamic Pulled Pork

from Simply Darrling

Oreo Cookie Balls in Team Colors

from Growing Up Gabel

Big Game Treats

from Julie is Coco and Cocoa

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January 21, 2016
Weekend Bites 1/14

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1. Link up your any food related post below

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3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.
4. By linking up you give me permission to feature your photos on Home Maid Simple (always linking back to you of course!)

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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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New to Weekend Bites? Here’s the run down

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1. Link up your any food related post below

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3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.
4. By linking up you give me permission to feature your photos on Home Maid Simple (always linking back to you of course!)

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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