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Valentine Cupcakes: Strawberry Shortcake Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe

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It’s time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day recipes!!  How fun it is to bake Valentine cupcakes, especially if your kiddos are old enough to help!  It’s so easy to make your kids feel super special as we countdown to Valentine’s Day by making Valentine’s themed desserts, dinners, snacks etc.  Stay tuned, as we have lots of fun Valentine’s Day ideas to share with you!!

Y’all are going to love this yummy Strawberry Shortcake Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe guest post from my friend Sadie!! She is an amazing baker if only she lived closer to me I’d love to have one of these Strawberry Shortcake Red Velvet Cupcakes right now!!!  There is just something about scrumptious cupcakes – the perfect balance of cake and frosting that makes them irresistible.


Sadie is a blogger that loves to cook. Her Kid-Friendly Tofu Nuggets are always a hit. For more recipes, you can follow her on Pinterest!

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Crock Pot Chili Recipe

 This is my absolute favorite Crock Pot Chili recipe!  I’ve been making it for years, a friend of mine let me in on her secret recipe for the best chili ever several years ago……….curry powder!!  I would have never guessed, especially coming from this non-adventurous girl when it comes to eating.  I rarely EVER try new things!!  Try it and tell me what you think!  I hope you love it as much as my family does!!

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How to Make Chili Powder

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Have you ever made homemade chili powder?  With as much chili as I’ve been making lately for our new Chili recipes series, I thought it was the perfect time to make homemade chili powder.  I’ve included two easy recipes I found below.

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Turkey Chili Recipe

This recipe is very similar to the White Chili with Chicken I posted earlier.  You can make this recipe with either turkey or chicken, depending on your preference.   Personally, I don’t like any kind of chili beans, kidney beans, pinto beans or great northern beans.  However, I have had a long standing love of butter beans since I was a little girl.  Instead of my having to go through and pick out the beans in every spoonful, I substituted the great northern beans in this recipe with large white butter beans.  I have to say, I loved the way it turned out!!  So much easier to eat, when I don’t have to worry about picking out all the beans.

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Easy Chili Recipe

I found this recipe several years ago, in a Sandra Lee Semi Homemade Cookbook and loved it.  I had mentioned before, that I don’t like chili beans! Since this recipe is an easy Chili recipe that doesn’t call for beans it is by far my favorite go to chili recipe when I am in a hurry. My family loves to pile it on top of hot dogs! I’m not a hot dog kind of girl, but they love it!  If your family prefers a heartier Chili with beans, check out our Best Chili Recipes page.

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New Years Eve Appetizers: Kid-Friendly Finger Foods (Sausage Balls & Smokies in a Blanket)

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Whether you’re throwing a little family New Years Eve party or a bigger gathering – you’ll always need to have some “Kid-friendly” finger foods on hand – here are my two favorite recipes for quick and easy party food that my kids love to eat (and me too!)

Sausage Balls:

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Now let me start by saying that these are NOT the sausage balls that are super-greasy and brownish – but a more biscuity version that works well for parties or for an easy Christmas Morning finger-food breakfast!

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25 Days of Christmas Fun: Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole (Make-Ahead!)

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Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!  Tonight I am reposting our most popular recipe in our 25 Days of Christmas Fun Series, Make Ahead Christmas Morning Casserole!  We hope you enjoy time with your family and friends tonight!!  Merry Christmas to you and your!  We hope your Christmas is blessed!!

 

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Kasey’s Moms Breakfast Casserole

“Christmas” Sausage Strata  - My mom made this every year on Christmas morning for as long as I can remember.  Now, I do the same for my family.  Even though I don’t particularly like sausage, I love my mom’s Christmas Sausage Strata.  Last week, the kids and I prepared our Christmas Sausage Casserole for Christmas morning and stuck it in the freezer!  On Christmas Eve, I’ll take it out of the freezer and place in the fridge overnight to thaw out.  Then, on Christmas morning while we are opening gifts I’ll pop it in the oven.

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25 Days of Christmas Fun: Hot Ham & Cheese Sliders & Chocolate Pretzel Wreaths! Yummy & Delicious Recipes

We thought it would be fun to countdown to Christmas each night with a fun Christmas craft, recipe, family tradition and all things holly jolly. If you would like to share a craft, recipe or tradition that your family enjoys – please email us at time2saveblogger@gmail.com! We’ll possibly feature you one night this month…

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hot ham and cheese sliders

 

This week has been filled with Christmas baking at the Trenum home. Earlier this week, we made  Party Mix, Snowman Crunch, Chocolate Pretzel Wreath’s and our favorite Hot Ham and Cheese sliders!! I was feeling really behind, until then. Still lots of baking to do but at least we got started.  In case you are looking for easy recipes to make with your kids, my kids helped with these!

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