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Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Butternut Squash

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The Ultimate Thanksgiving Side Dish

Who doesn’t love mashed potatoes? It’s that creamy, comforting side dish that always seems to hit the spot! Well, what if I told you that you could make mashed potatoes with sweet potatoes? And you can add even more vegetables into it without tasting it???

Welcome to the world of Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Butternut Squash! My mother-in-law, Sandra, invented this recipe and really my only role in this recipe is to season it, taste it and season it again. So major kudos goes to Sandra! Thank you for letting me share this recipe!

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Superfood Asian Chicken Soup

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Comfort Food in a Bowl

The weather is getting cooler which means it’s the perfect time for soup! And, when the weather is getting cooler that also means it’s the perfect time for people to have colds and to get other people sick! Yay! ….. Just kidding! But really, what is better than a big bowl of comforting chicken soup of a cool Fall night? I decided to put a little twist on the traditional chicken soup and add more of an Asian flavor profile and lots of superfood ingredients to fight off those pesky germs.

Superfood Asian Chicken Soup

Superfood Showdown

The great thing about this soup are all the different superfoods that pack a nutritional and immune boosting punch, plus lots of great flavor.

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Harry Potter-Inspired Lunch Box

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It’s Almost Halloween!

Can you believe Halloween is next week? I don’t know about you, but my kids are incredibly excited about Halloween. They have been talking about it for weeks! Literally!

This year, the kids are going to dress up as characters from Harry Potter. They recently watched the movies and are a little obsessed with “casting spells”. I’ve been turned into a frog, a dog and I think once they were talking about turning me into a “booty butt”! Where do they get these ideas from???

Halloween Lunch

As a special surprise for my daughter, I made her a Harry Potter Inspired lunch box. I thought it would be fun to have a themed lunch to celebrate Halloween. She was so excited to see her lunch when she packed her bag this morning!

When I dropped her off at school today, I asked my daughter to let me know what she thought of her lunch today. This afternoon, when I picked her up from school she said, “Mommy, I ate every bit of my lunch and I thought it was so delicious!”. Now that’s the best compliment a mom can get! She also asked to have exactly the same thing tomorrow for lunch!

Harry Potter Inspired Lunch Box

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