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Travel Dining Tips: Looking for 5 Steps to Eating a Gluten-Free Diet #sp

August 18, 2016 by Maria

Travel Dining Tips: Looking for 5 Steps to Eating a Gluten-Free Diet #sp

Disclosure: The following is a article from our paid sponsor. If you suffer from digestive upset and other stomach issues after eating certain types of foods, you may be intolerant to gluten. This substance is typically found in many types of bread and products that contain wheat, rye, malt, and sometimes barley. The inability to digest gluten is known as celiac disease, and it can cause damage to the intestines. While only your doctor can diagnose celiac disease, he or she may Continue Reading

Beach Eats – The Shed Bar-B-Que and Blues Joint in Oceans Springs, Mississippi

August 4, 2016 by Maria

Beach Eats – The Shed Bar-B-Que and Blues Joint in Oceans Springs, Mississippi

Imagine tender all natural red Angus Meyer beef smoked low and slow to perfection and then lathered with some of the best homemade barbecue sauce and secret Shed sauce your lips have tasted in a looooonnnngggg time! Top with a few pickles and onions and you will see pigs fly! No, literally. You never know what you'll see at The Shed Bar-B-Que and Blues Joint in Oceans Springs, Mississippi. Every heard the saying: One man's junk is another man's treasure. Well, that is precisely Continue Reading

New Orleans Restaurant Roundup – Juan’s Flying Burrito, New Orleans Top Restaurants #BayouTravel

June 16, 2016 by Maria

New Orleans Restaurant Roundup – Juan’s Flying Burrito, New Orleans Top Restaurants #BayouTravel

When we travel food is always our number one expense! I can prepare for lodging and attraction expenses but food is always going to be something your travel budget can't prepare for especially when you're visiting New Orleans which per capita, leads the nation in James Beard Award nominations. My New Orleans Restaurant Roundup Summer Series reflects a variety of local New Orleans restaurants which includes both low to high price points. This week we are including Juan's Flying Continue Reading

New Orleans Restaurant Roundup – Borgne, New Orleans Top Restaurants #BayouTravel

June 9, 2016 by Maria

New Orleans Restaurant Roundup –  Borgne, New Orleans Top Restaurants #BayouTravel

Are you hungry? I hope so! Last month my husband and I had a weekend away without kids. That's right, 2 nights away from our children as an early Mother's Day gift to me. SO ironic! Anyway we stayed at the new Hyatt Regency in New Orleans which has 8 dining options for their guests, one of which happens to be Borgne. Borgne is part The Besh Restaurant Group (I can't wait until his restaurant, the iconic Caribbean Room at The Pontchartrain Hotel opens) which I wrote about briefly in our last Continue Reading

Mid-Week Dinner Solution: Healthy Dinner Hack, Burger and Fries

May 2, 2016 by Maria

Mid-Week Dinner Solution: Healthy Dinner Hack, Burger and Fries

It’s a common dilemma: You’re trying your best to lose weight and eat healthy, but what you really want—more than anything else—is to sink your teeth into a big, juicy burger and some crisp, salty fries. So what’s a person to do? Would you believe that you don’t have to choose? That you can actually tweak your favorite restaurant’s burger and fries to be not just satisfying to your taste buds, but also trim and nutritious? It will require a little forward thinking and a bit of prep work—but Continue Reading

An Evening with The Fabulous Beekman Boys and The New Orleans Cooking Experience

January 15, 2016 by Maria

An Evening with The Fabulous Beekman Boys  and The New Orleans Cooking Experience

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a special event at The New Orleans Food Experience with special guests The Fabulous Beekman Boys. Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge are best known as the 2012 winner's of The Amazing Race and as stars of The Cooking Channel Series: The Fabulous Beekman Boys. The duo are visiting New Orleans and are scheduled as celebrity guests at the NOLA Home Show. The Fabulous Beekman Boys are authors, farmers and as if their reality show isn't enough, Continue Reading

New Orleans | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Opens Doors in the Big Easy

January 8, 2016 by Maria

New Orleans | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Opens Doors in the Big Easy

Dining is more than food, it's about creating an experience. At the newly opened Fogo de Chão you get exactly that. Fogo de Chão is a fine dining, full-service Brazilian steakhouse which brings authentic Churrascaria to New Orleans as well as other locations nationally. The celebrated traditions experienced in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and now celebrated in the heart of the Big Easy. The two-story restaurant and bar is located inside the JW Marriott on Canal Street. My husband Continue Reading

Holiday Meal Solutions – 3 Super Easy Recipes Using Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey (KidFriendly)

November 20, 2015 by Maria

Holiday Meal Solutions – 3 Super Easy Recipes Using Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey (KidFriendly)

Everyone knows one of the best parts of Thanksgiving is the leftovers. But what to do with all those leftovers sitting in your fridge? Check out these great ideas that can turn your holiday leftovers into great meals. 


Grilled Ham and Cheese

 Ingredients:

2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 slices bread (or use rolls for smaller sandwiches) 2 slices of ham
2 tablespoons of stuffing 2 slices cheddar, jack, Swiss, or American cheese Instructions:

 Heat half a tablespoon of butter in Continue Reading

Share Your Spirit of Dedication & Help Feeding America® #LatinosConDedicacion #cbias #Ad

November 17, 2015 by Maria

Share Your Spirit of Dedication & Help Feeding America® #LatinosConDedicacion #cbias #Ad

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #LatinosConDedicacion #CollectiveBias To say my family was poor as a child is a total understatement. While we may not have had money in the bank, we always had a roof over our head, food in our bellies and the safety and security our family needed. My mother learned how to create a meal out of nothing and with hard work and a little help from time to time, she was able to do what Continue Reading

Crawfish Pasta Recipe & and more Holiday Entertaining Ideas #HolidayPairings {ad} Message 21+

November 17, 2015 by Maria

Crawfish Pasta Recipe & and more Holiday Entertaining Ideas  #HolidayPairings {ad} Message 21+

The following content is intended for readers who are 21 or older. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HolidayPairings #CollectiveBias Sometimes, it's okay to cheat a little during the holidays! As much as I love to cook for my family, bringing the perfect dish to a holiday party can be more work (and costly) than going out to eat. That's why I look for ways to cut corners and be mindful of my budget when I offer to Continue Reading

Game Day Recipe – Baked Crawfish Empanadas #GameTimeClean {ad}

October 6, 2015 by Maria

Game Day Recipe – Baked Crawfish Empanadas #GameTimeClean {ad}

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GameTimeClean #CollectiveBias Do you love football? We do! For us, the weekends is about family, food, fun and FOOTBALL! This weekend we had two huge wins: LSU & the New Orleans Saints finally won! My game day menu varies but since my family loves flavor and spice, I usually make anything from Cajun, Latino or spice up a classic. Growing up my mother would make enchiladas, mole or Continue Reading

We Need S’more Teachers Like You Printable + Hershey’s Pudding Cups #ReadySetSnack {ad}

September 29, 2015 by Maria

We Need S’more Teachers Like You Printable + Hershey’s  Pudding Cups #ReadySetSnack {ad}

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ReadySetSnack #CollectiveBias Kids are not the only ones that can benefit from a quick, go-to after school snack! I have a bad habit of not eating during the day. I might have a light breakfast and then get straight to work and by pass lunchtime. Next thing I know, it's almost 3pm and I'm "hangry"! My kids are will be home from school soon and time to start dinner. But I desperately Continue Reading

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