Archive for 'Mealtime Mama' Category
Mealtime Mama: Fresh guac and salsa
Happy Monday! We grabbed some great recipes from our Mealtime Mama sponsor, Ozark Natural Foods, to share with you today. They have organic items to make these recipes even more nutritious. They look delicious! Guacamole 5 ripe avocados 1 large tomato, diced 1 medium red onion, finely diced 1 bell pepper, chopped ½ bunch of [...]
Mealtime Mama: Great Mother’s Day recipes for dad to make!
By Amy K. James, Our Everyday Dinners blog Ok, dads. Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, and Mom needs a break in the kitchen. I have some easy recipes you and the kids can whip up, but first, I have a couple of tips for you. 1) Mother’s Day is not over at 9 [...]
How to Grocery Shop on a Low Budget: The Mama Master Shows You How
Hey Mamas, set your DVR or be sure to tune in Monday morning to the Sunrise morning news (from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.) on station 40/29 (Channel 7 at my house). Anchors Kelly Johnson and Derek Burleson will be featuring an amazing local mom named Tammy Koretoff who KNOWS how to shop and feed [...]
Mealtime Mama: “Recipes to Remember”
We love collecting cookbooks from local churches and organizations. Our newest collection of recipes is from Phillips Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in Springdale called Recipes to Remember. Thanks for the gift, Christy! It’s a small, paperback volume packed with delicious recipes from ladies here in Northwest Arkansas. (We love that we recognize some of [...]
Mealtime Mama: Delish recipes + a secret
Happy Monday, mamas! Time to think about what to make for dinner all week, right? Since we know you get tired of the same old recipes (we do!), we’ve grabbed a few good ones from the Ozark Natural Foods website to share: Savory Wild Rice 4 cups wild rice 8 cups water 3 TBS butter [...]
Mealtime Mama: Make the perfect springtime meal courtesy local cooking coach Jen Lewis
Recipes by Jen Lewis Jen Lewis teaches cooking/entertaining classes at the design studio Whiteline Designs. She teaches cocktail/appetizer demonstration classes, 3-course meal classes with wine pairings and private parties. We’ve seen Jen in action and she’s a natural in the kitchen and as a hostess extraordinaire. She loves teaching groups and her classes would be [...]
Mealtime Mama: Recipes from new sponsor Ozark Natural Foods
We’d like to welcome Ozark Natural Foods as our new Mealtime Mama sponsor. Aren’t they the perfect fit? Not only do they offer the products to make great meals, they also have a fabulous deli where they prepare healthy food for lunch or a fast purchase. They are the go-to place in Northwest Arkansas for [...]
Mealtime Mama: Make these recipes tonight!
Recipes by Amy James, Our Everyday Dinners Amy and her husband of 13 years, John, have 3 little ones: Kate, Abby and Alex. Before kids, she was an MBA working in HR and John was a Family Practice doctor. “We ate out every night, stayed up past midnight, spent our weekends at the lake with [...]
Mealtime Mama: Sweets for your sweet
Since tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, we thought Mealtime Mama should focus on sweets for your sweet today! These recipes were made with love by our friend, Ceri Wilkin, who blogs over at Recipe Doodle. For years Ceri has tried out one new recipe a day — and now she share her triumphs and tragedies on [...]
Tips on teaching your child to make healthy food choices
By Cara Cleek Ogden We all want our kids to eat healthy. Teaching them how to make good food choices may be one of the best tools we can give our children to help them live a long, healthy life. There are a lot of ways to trick or bribe your child into eating more [...]
Mealtime Mama: Mom’s “Feel Better” Potato Soup
Anytime I get sick, there’s only one meal that sounds even remotely appetizing — my mother’s “feel better” potato soup. I swear it can cure just about anything. I got a sore throat this week, and my mom came over to make this soup. Just smelling it in the kitchen perked me up a little, [...]
Know thy portions: Have a lightbulb, deck of cards and a baseball for lunch
It’s January, so that means 99.9 percent of us are REALLY trying to watch what we eat because we went a little nuts with all the great food during the holidays. For me, it’s tougher to eliminate foods altogether than it is to scale back the portions. So that means it’s important to understand what [...]
Mealtime Mama: Surprise your family with fluffy omelets (the secret is flour)
By Lyndi, nwafoodie I found this recipe in 1940s vintage pamphlet titled 300 ways to serve Eggs, published by the Culinary Arts Institute. Flour in an omelet? Intriguing! I just HAD to try it out. The light airy fluffiness when folding in the beaten egg whites will delight your senses as each bite magically disappears [...]
Sweet gift idea! Savoy Tea Co. cupcakes and tea
We love it when we come across a new business in Northwest Arkansas that has something fun to offer. The other day we got a gift package from a friend who sent us something from a new shop over at the Pinnacle Promenade Mall in Rogers. It’s called the Savoy Tea Company, and it’s nestled [...]
Mealtime Mama: Recipes for Thanksgiving Day — or any day!
Guest post by local blogger Amy James, oureverydaydinners We eat Thanksgiving-y foods throughout the season in our house. One day a year is just not enough for turkey, pecans, sweet potatoes, and cranberries as far as I’m concerned. Dressing, candied sweet potatoes, and green bean casserole are, however, reserved for the actual day! Here are [...]
Mealtime Mama: Pumpkin treats!
It’s all about the pumpkin today! Happy Halloween to all and we hope you enjoy these pumpkin recipes from our friend, Ceri Wilkin, who recently launched her new food/cooking blog, Recipe Doodle! For years Ceri has tried out one new recipe a day — and we have a few below as a Halloween treat. We’re [...]
Mealtime Mama: Awesome Apple Dip!
My mom made this caramel apple dip during the weekend of the Arkansas versus Auburn game, and it was nearly as delicious as the Hogs’ big win. Two of my oldest friends came over with their kids, and we all kept coming back to the apple dip, again and again. We all know caramel and [...]
Giveaway: Huge assortment of Smarties products!
By Shannon Magsam, #IamASmartie Note from the mamas: Congratulations to Ambre Brewster, winner of the Smarties assortment! We also want to congratulate Ambre on the recent birth of her third baby, Ethan! Peace out, mamas! My daughter had an impromptu baking party at our house last week with several of her besties. I couldn’t help [...]
Mealtime Mama: Let’s help Arkansas Rice Depot delete hunger!
September is National Hunger Awareness Month and the Arkansas Rice Depot is asking bloggers to help raise awareness for those who are hungry in our state and to take steps to help them together with their readers. It’s called the Food Bloggers Delete Hunger online fundraising event. We really respect and appreciate everything the Rice [...]
Mealtime Mama: Video recipes and tips!
By Gwen Rockwood, blogger and cooking-impaired mama of 3 Somehow, even though my mother is a FABULOUS cook, I just never quite got the hang of it. I never had much interest in it, and it didn’t seem all that necessary when I was growing up because one fabulous cook in the house was all [...]