Charlie Brown Inspired Treats – and a Preview of the all new Enhanced Remke Rewards Card

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Krissyar

This is a sponsored post. Though I was compensated for my time, all opinions are my own.

I’m not sure  where this summer went to. It seems like just last week the kids started summer break, but I blinked and now they are going back to school! Though I love summer, fall is also one of  my most favorite times of year. Campfires, fall festivals, pumpkin pickin’, and the holidays. What’s not to love right? One of my favorite traditions is watching It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, and then of course A Charlie Brown Christmas in the winter. I love the Peanut characters, and I’m excited about the new Peanuts movie releasing in November (one more to add to our holiday traditions).

The kids and I decided to try our hand at some Charlie Brown inspired treats,  so we headed over to one of our favorite grocery stores Remke Markets. They are an awesome local grocer located in Ohio and Kentucky (you can see if there’s a store near you here).
I recently found out that Remke is launching an enhanced rewards program that I’m pretty excited about. Right now you can get the Remke Preferred Card  which is a reward program that gives you special sale pricing and reductions you can only receive by being a member where you can receive special coupons (and even some freebies). You also earn fuel rewards at Speedway – which can automatically be loaded onto your Speedway card with no hassle.

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The enhanced rewards program  that is launching soon, has a lot of great features  that I can’t wait to try. The Remke Mobile app which allows you to browse digital coupons, check store locations,  hours and even view the weekly ad.
They also are launching  special rewards clubs, such as the Baby Club, Pet Lovers Club, etc. When you regularly purchase items in these categories, they will send you special offers in those departments (a full list of the clubs will be available on the app!)
I think my part is the ability to add digital coupons directly to your Remke Rewards Card. Just log-in, add the coupon and the savings will be applied at  checkout when you scan your card! !
The enhanced program launches  soon, so make sure you go sign up for your Remke Rewards Card online now, and they’ll mail it directly to you!

Oh, and don’t forget to go check out the awesome deals right now at Remke.  We got all the ingredients we needed for our treats, and as always I was impressed by the everyday low prices, and great sales! In fact, we want you to find out for yourself, enter below for your chance to win a $50 Remke Market Gift Card!!!

Ingredients:
-2 Tablespoons Butter
-2 cups Mini Marshmallows
-3 Cups Rice Krispies Cereal
-Vanilla Frosting
-Food Coloring
-Black Frosting Pen
Directions:
-Melt butter in microwave completely
-Pour over marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave for 3 minutes, stirring every minute between
-Mix in Rice Krispies Cereal
-Press into a 13×9 in pan and allow to cool completely
-Separate frosting into four bowls and add food coloring to make a yellow, red, pink, and blue bowl
-Once Rice Krispies are cooled completely cut them into circles using a cookie cutter
-Frost them in even amounts of each color and now we are going to design them to look like the character’s shirts!
Charlie: Take your yellow treats and make a black chevron across the middle of the treat
Sally: Take your pink treats and simply make black polka dots all over
Lucy: Take your blue treats and make a ruffled collar the top and then in the middle make two horizontal lines with dots on the end of each
Linus: Finally, take your red treats and just draw horizontal lines across the whole treat
-Enjoy!
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$200 Target Gift Card Giveaway

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Krissyar

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Easy & Healthy School Lunches

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Krissyar

Up until this weekend I was really in denial about my kids going back to school. Though I do somewhat like the structure of the school year like daily routines and early bedtimes, with working full-time and doing it on my own makes it a bit tough. Making sure that everyone is up and ready to get out the door to the bus on time – with everything they need- stresses me out!

One of our biggest time consuming things to get done in the morning in packing lunches. The first few weeks the kids don’t mind a basic sandwich and snack.But as the year goes on it gets harder and harder to keep their lunches interesting, tasty and healthy. They get bored with the same ol’ same ol’ – and who can blame them? I have a lot more options working in an office, and a lot more time, then my kids at school. So the kids and I headed to Walmart to pick-up some yummy stuff for their lunches.

My son is probably the pickiest and he isn’t the biggest sandwich fan. I always like to pack finger-foods, he’s more likely to eat it and most of the time we can re-pack what he doesn’t eat for the next day.

One of his favorites is our Pepperidge Farm® Goldfish Crackers trail mix. Goldfish crackers, granola, and some chocolate make it his favorite sweet treat. Paired with a cheese roll-up, some fruit (his favorites are grapes and blueberries) and some string cheese and he’s set. What I love is I can pack these in advance for the week and he can grab what he’s hungry for each day.

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I even keep some for after-school snacks – that way he doesn’t snack too much and he’s still hungry at dinner time.

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He isn’t a big fan of meat, however he will eat cut-up ham or turkey with his Goldfish crackers and grapes. Plenty of protein and healthy – I also love to add some yogurt every few days as well.

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One of the items we never forget to put in his lunchbox is Wet Ones® antibacterial hand wipes. I learned a few years ago that the kids aren’t always given a chance to wash their hands before lunch – and do you know how many germs their hands come in contact with throughout the morning at school? Let’s just say eww. So I buy the Wet Ones travel packs or Wet Ones singles, to make sure that they always have clean hands before they start eating.

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Get a Fulfilling Energizing Snack with Plenti Greek Yogurt

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Krissyar

As you all know for awhile now I’ve been off and on the wagon of weight loss. Over the past month and a half though I have been determined to eat healthier, and work out and it’s working. Over 10 lbs in that time period – and honestly the biggest contributor to the weight loss is what I’m putting in my body. Counting calories, watching the type of food I’m putting in my body, and eating as natural as possible – especially when snacking.

I’ve found an awesome new delicious and healthy snack , Plenti Greek Yogurt. Plenti Yogurt is made with whole grain oats, flax and pumpkin seeds with delicious fruit goodness mixed right in.

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Plenti Yogurt is Packed Full of Goodness™.

What I love about Plenti is that it’s packed full of high-protein. It’s a great fulfilling snack that’s substantial and satisfying. It’s an energy booster that is definitely plentiful.

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Plenti yogurt is gluten free , and has a 1:1 protein to sugar ratio (12 grams of each!) It’s definitely one of my top picks for fulfilling energizing snack!

 

 

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Happy, Healthy Cats with SHEBA – and Your Chance to WIN

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Krissyar

This post is sponsored by Vocalpoint and SHEBA. All opinions are my own.

For most of my life I have been surrounded by dogs. I grew up with them, I don’t ever remember not having one. A few months ago my daughter’s begged to adopt some kittens from our local shelter – my oldest has been obsessed with cats for awhile now (I think we can thank Taylor Swift for that)  and since they are getting a bit older and able to take care of more on their own, I agreed. It didn’t take them long to get online and find the kittens at the shelter and pick one out for each of them.
Meet Mickey and Allison (aka Allie). It’s funny how the kittens personalities match the girl who picked them out. Mickey is the tabby cat that my youngest daughter picked out – he’s sweet (when he wants to be) and when he knows he’s doing something wrong (like jumping up  on the kitchen table!) and I catch him, he runs and hides and then later finds me to apologize. ..just like my daughter. The other kitten the calico, Allison, is a very stubborn little booger. She does not like physical affection (like my oldest daughter), and when she is caught doing wrong (getting into food, on the table, jumping up the curtains, etc) she meows at me talking back (again, like my oldest) and I have to pick her up and move her myself!

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So though we’ve been having a blast learning the personalities of our newest family members, I was unsure about everything related to cats – from kitty litter boxes to food!

Luckily, I was introduced to Sheba cat food. Sheba is dedicated to responsible sourcing of  raw ingredients and premium quality – from selecting ingredients and preparing the recipes.

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We had started giving the kittens dry kitten food – but you could tell it wasn’t something that was enjoyable for them, and from the list of ingredients  on the bag  I couldn’t blame them.

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However,with Sheba they can’t wait to eat. When I wake up in the morning they are following me around waiting to be fed!

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