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Ultimate Party Meatballs Recipe

Disclosure: I received Heinz®, Johnsonville® and Ocean Spray® products in exchange for sharing this recipe. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Hi, my name is Meagan, and I like to party. {Anyone else get the Hot Rod movie reference? :)} But seriously. I love to entertain, and will take any excuse to throw a party – holidays, birthdays, Tuesdays…. During the summer we always have a full house, since we’re the only house in our group of friends and family that has a pool. And we’re coming into my other favorite time of year – the winter holidays! So, needless to say, I’m always looking for new party-friendly recipes to add to my collection.

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on October 24, 2013 Filed Under: Food, Featured Recipe | 1 Comment

10 Minute Italian Meatloaf Recipe

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Every mom knows how important dinnertime is – a chance to connect as a family, hear about everyone’s day, and slow down from the hectic frenzy of our busy days. And we all also know that meals cooked at home are more affordable and healthy. But homemade doesn’t have to mean time consuming! McCormick recently did a study using search data from Google to find the top 10 most searched-for family recipes – and put together some super simple versions using their spices, to give busy moms some quick dinner options they can feel good about serving.

Italian Meatloaf Recipe

Since I haven’t made meatloaf before – ever – I decided to give this one a shot. I love anything Italian, and this sounded like a great twist on a family classic. I had Mike help me prepare it – since he’s the real pro in my kitchen. It was seriously so crazy-easy, took about 10 minutes of prep time – and an hour later we had a totally delicious dinner with hardly any clean up. Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about. [Read more…]

Posted by Meagan Paullin on October 11, 2013 Filed Under: Food, Featured Recipe | 71 Comments

Deep Fried Waffles with Strawberries and Cream

Deep fried is one of my favorite flavors…. Lol – it’s true. And yes, that’s why I’m working so hard to live healthier and eat better, so that I can lose the weight I need before we open the pool for the summer. But, even though I’m working on losing weight – I still believe that we all need to splurge from time to time. I’m a dessert lover, but I don’t waste calories on sweets that aren’t even all that good – I’ll save up and splurge on something truly amazing. And lemme tell ya ladies – These deep fried waffles topped in fresh strawberries, ice cream, chocolate, and whipped cream will rock your darn socks off. No lie. Check it:

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 7, 2013 Filed Under: Food | 1 Comment

Simple Appetizer: Chicken and Waffle Bites – #EggoWaffleOff

For one week I’m sharing a new “out of the box” waffle recipe each day. {Actually, we’ll have more than one each day this weekend – watch for them!} We’re creating all of this super fun stuff to celebrate the Great Eggo Waffle Off contest – find details below if you want to enter too, or just check out all of the awesome entries. Today’s recipe was SO much fun! We entertain. A lot. Like – a lot. And often these are last minute, impromptu get togethers. So I’m always searching for fun new appetizers that can be made really quickly, from simple ingredients we have on hands, that are as popular with kids and adults. These Chicken and Waffle Bites were perfect! Check ’em out…

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 5, 2013 Filed Under: Food | 1 Comment

Waffles and Gravy Recipe

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For 7 days, I’ll be celebrating my family’s love of all things waffle by working with Eggo to put together a week’s worth of “out of the box” style recipes, to celebrate the Great Eggo Waffle Off contest {see details below}. For today’s recipe, we created a “Breakfast for Dinner” style meal, featuring the Eggo Homestyle waffles. It.Was.Amazing.

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 4, 2013 Filed Under: Food | No Comments

Ice Cream Sundae Waffles

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! – Ok, this recipe doesn’t even use actual ice cream, lol. But it’s super fun, which makes sense, since it involves you Eggo waffles. And what’s more fun than Eggo’s? I know that most of us think of frozen waffles as a pretty basic meal – freeze, throw in toaster, heat, serve. But if you think out of the box a bit, you can come up with all sorts of fun ways to use Eggo waffles…. Like this healthier version of an ice cream sundae, perfect for weekend breakfast time – and it takes less than 5 minutes to make. Check it out:

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 2, 2013 Filed Under: Food | 2 Comments

Angry Birds Waffles – #EggoWaffleOff

Angry Birds is such a hit with kids these days, that I hate to even admit this, but…. I have NEVER played the game. At all. Ever. We own a bunch of Angry Birds “stuff” – board games, stuffed plush, video games, and tee shirts. But I’ve never even played this game that everyone seems to find so amazing. But, even though I’m clearly current trend challenged, I do know that the kids love Angry Birds, and thought that making a fun themed breakfast one morning before school would be a ton of fun. Check it out..

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