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Tasty Tuesdays: No Bake Cheesecake in a Jar + Giveaway

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Last week, I shared how I received a free copy of The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook for my honest review.

This week I am allowed to share a recipe from the cookbook and offer a giveaway of the cookbook. The recipe they sent me was No Bake Cheesecake in a Jar. Doesn’t it look good?

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No Bake Cheesecake in a Jar
Prep Time
15 mins
 
Course: Dessert
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 110 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 10 oz. package frozen whole strawberries, thawed (2 cups)
  • 1 tbsp bottled lemon juice (not from concentrate)
  • 4 oz. Neufchâtel (light cream cheese) divided
  • 1/2 c plain 0% fat Greek yogurt
  • 2 tbsp fruit-sweetened apricot fruit spread (jam)
  • 1 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/3 c Homemade Fruit-Sweetened Granola in the same cookbook on page 106 or no-sugar-added granola
Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, stir together the strawberries with 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Spoon into juice glasses, about 1/3 cup each.

  2. In a large mixing bowl, add the Neufchâtel, yogurt, fruit spread, vanilla, and remaining 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Blend with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spoon on top of the strawberries, about 3 tablespoons each.

  3. When ready to serve, sprinkle with the granola, about 1 tablespoon each.

Here you can see what kind of recipes are included in the cookbook:

The Clean and Simple Diabetes Cookbook

You can enter the giveaway below:

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Tasty Tuesdays: The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook

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I’m sure you all know someone who is diabetic — and most of you probably have someone very dear to you affected by diabetes.

For my family, my mother-in-law is diabetic. After having it for 25 years, she has had problems with her sugar crashing in the past few years. That is very scary!

My sister was just diagnosed with diabetes and is insulin resistant, so she is on different medicines to control it.

When you see firsthand how it changes your loved ones lives — plus the expense associated with diabetic medicines if you do not have good insurance– it makes you more determined to avoid diabetes if you can.

Sometimes avoiding diabetes is not possible. However, some people who have Type 2 diabetes (It sometimes used to be called “Adult Onset Diabetes.”), can go off many if not all of their medicines when they change their lifestyle habits. Eating healthier, exercising, and as a result, losing weight all aid a person in his quest for a healthier life, but it also may help diabetics live a healthy and long life.

Whether or not diabetics are able to ever reduce their medicines, the one thing they all should try to do is have good eating habits. Sometimes that is easier said than done. I know that for my mother-in-law, giving up eating white rice was hard. She is Asian and has eaten white rice all her life. Sometimes, a person needs a little bit of help.

That’s where the book, The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook: Flavorful, Fuss-Free Recipes for Everyday Meal Planning, comes into play.

Written by Jackie Newgent who is a registered dietitian nutritionist, this book gives information on how to manage diabetes. It gives hope to all those who are diabetic or prediabetic that they can eat well and it isn’t hard to do.

“The good news is that diabetes is fully manageable with proper treatment and lifestyle changes, which include following a healthful eating plan.”

This book gives you that healthy eating plan. There are over 100 recipes, and 50 of those recipes are main dishes.

If you are a pro at eating healthy, get this cookbook for some more recipe inspiration. If you don’t know what to do, get this cookbook, because it gives practical instruction on how to start. It’s written in everyday English, and the healthy ideas are simple to implement. There are also many easy recipes that require 15 minutes or less of prep time, and provide detailed, easy-to-understand instructions. 

Here are some pictures of the pages.

The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook will help those who are diabetic fix easy and healthy meals to eat. If you are not diabetic but want to prepare healthy foods, then this cookbook is also for you!

Next week, I am planning to share a giveaway of this cookbook as well as a recipe from it!

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Tasty Tuesdays: Favorite Recipes from December

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Does it seem weird to you that we are already in 2020? Time goes by so fast!

Last year we had a great year of parties. I’m so thankful for everyone who comes and shares their great recipes by linking them up. I get great new meal inspiration weekly! Here are the favorite recipes linked up to December’s parties:

Here are all of the favorite recipes linked up to December's Tasty Tuesday linky parties.

December 3rd’s party had 3 favorite recipes:

December 10th’s party had one favorite recipe:

There was also one favorite recipe from December 17th’s party:

Since last week’s party was low due to it being a holiday, here are a couple of my favorite recipes from that party:

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Tasty Tuesdays: Favorite Recipes from 2019

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It’s always fun to go back and look at the past year to see what did well.

Today I am going to share 2 different food groups of posts. The first group are some recipes that did really well from this party.

I could only look at my Pinterest analytics for the past 90 days to get this information, but here are some posts that did very well in the past 3 months. These were all pins I pinned from this party. My co-hosts pin your posts as well, so I’m sure some others did very well too, but I don’t have the stats on those. Here are the top 5 posts:

Here are the favorite recipes linked up in 2019.
  1. Simple Air Fryer Boxed Brownies from Fluster Bluster had 347 saves and 246 clicks from the pin to the actual post in the past 90 days.
  2. Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe from 3 Boys and a Dog had 222 saves in the last 90 days.
  3. Looking for easy ground beef recipes? We’ve got them! from 3 Boys and a Dog has had 135 clicks from the pin to the actual post in the past 90 days.
  4. Crunchy Oven Roasted Chickpeas from She Saved had 82 clicks from the pin to the actual post in the past 90 days.
  5. Kung Pao Tofu from The Bearded Hiker had 50 saves in the last 90 days.

I next looked at my google analytics to see which of my food posts did well in 2019. Here are the top 10 posts:

  1. My Candy Apple Bar has been my hottest food post for a few years. I almost didn’t do this post, but I figured I was doing it for my daughter’s birthday party, so I might as well write about it. I’m so glad I did! It just goes to show that you never know what will do well when you write about it.
  2. Easy Cheeseburger Pie — a very easy recipe!
  3. Tony Tiger Bites — a very easy dessert recipe (no bake)
  4. Recipes Perfect for Dr. Seuss Celebrations
  5. Easy Rice, Tuna Fish, and Egg Dish — another recipe that I didn’t think would do well, but I decided to share it as my kids love it.
  6. No-Bake Cornflake Cookies — again, a very easy dessert
  7. Chocolate Eclair Cake
  8. 20 Penguin Food Ideas for Kids
  9. Chex Muddy Buddies Recipe
  10. French Apple Pie

I thought it was interesting that many of these recipes would be very simple recipes to make. One take-away that may be true is that people want easy recipes. Most of us don’t have time to make time-consuming recipes these days.

It will be interesting to see what does well in 2020. Thanks for participating in this party. As you can see from the top 5 recipes listed above, this party can make a difference for your blog!

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Tasty Tuesdays: The “I Love My Instant Pot” Soups, Stews, and Chilis Recipe Book Giveaway

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Only 8 days to Christmas! Crazy!

I have a ton still to do as we are flying to be with our family for Christmas. My baking is done, but I am finishing up presents for my class at school and I have to pack and finish wrapping presents. I also have to address all my Christmas cards.

I received in the mail another “I Love My Instant Pot” recipe book. This one is The “I LOVE MY INSTANT POT” Soups, Stews, and Chilis Recipe Book. Since we are going up north for Christmas, soup and chili recipes will be great to have on hand! This book will be released on December 24.

I love soup recipes. I grew up eating soup every Wednesday for dinner. Now that I have an instant pot, it is much quicker to make those delicious and filling soup recipes. You can see a little bit of what is included in the book by looking at the picture below. There are 175 recipes included in the book!

Giveaway of The "I LOVE MY INSTANT POT" Soups, Stews, and Chilis Recipe Book. Here are some of the recipes in the book.

I want to try the recipes for Egg Drop Soup and for Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup. I also want to try the Cheesy Macaroni and Chili. So many great choices!

You can preorder this cookbook HERE. It includes 175 soup, stew, and chili recipes that can be made in the Instant Pot. It will be released on December 24.

Enter the giveaway to win a copy fo the book The "I LOVE MY INSTANT POT" Soups, Stews, and Chilis Recipe Book. 12/17/19 - 12/23/19

If you have an Instant Pot or know of someone who does, enter the giveaway below!

This giveaway will only run for one week as I want to be able to email the winner on Christmas Eve!

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Winner must reside in the United States. Creative K Kids is not responsible for the fulfillment of this prize. Winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner will be chosen.

You can enter another giveaway HERE.

There will be no party next Tuesday as it is Christmas Eve. Have a wonderful Christmas!

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Tasty Tuesdays: Favorite Recipes in November

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With all of our Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes linked up last month, it is always interesting to see which recipes you clicked on when you linked up your recipes.

Here are all of the favorite recipes that were linked up to November’s parties.

Favorite recipes from all of November's Tasty Tuesday's linky parties.

For November 5th’s party, there was one recipe that got five clicks from our link-up. Who knows how many clicks it got once we pinned it!

There were 2 favorite recipes from November 12th’s party:

November 19th also had 2 favorite recipes from The Painted Apron and Treat and Trick:

Five recipes had the most clicks from November 26th’s party!

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Tasty Tuesdays: 4 Recipes to Make with Thanksgiving Leftovers

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Did you host Thanksgiving at your house this year?

We have had Thanksgiving with friends for the past four years, and before that, we had Thanksgiving with our family. I have never had to host Thanksgiving dinner. I did make 4 pies, cookies, rolls, and 3 kinds of breads this year, so I did my part!

If you hosted Thanksgiving dinner, you might have a lot of leftovers! Turkey can be used in so many ways. If you froze it, here are four recipes you may want to try.

4 recipes you can make with leftover Thanksgiving food!

You could find any of the recipes by clicking on the links above. The recipe I would be most interested in making would be the Leftover Turkey Stroganoff with Mushrooms & Cranberries.

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Recipes to make from Thanksgiving leftovers
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Leftover Turkey Stroganoff with Mushrooms & Cranberries
Cook Time
20 mins
 

Pasta dish made with leftover Thanksgiving foods

Course: Main
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
  • 9 oz. wide egg noodles
  • 2 tsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 ½ cups finely chopped onion
  • 1 ½ cups sliced cremini mushrooms
  • 6 Tbsp dry white wine
  • 6 Tbsp. dried cranberries (preferably unsweetened)
  • 3 cups shredded cooked white and dark meat turkey
  • 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
  • 12 oz. reduced fat sour cream
  • 2 Tbsp. chopped parsley
Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Cook the egg noodles according to package directions.

  2. Drain and reserve. Place a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the vegetable oil and sauté the onions and mushrooms until softened and starting to brown (about 8 minutes).

  3. Deglaze the pan with the white wine, and add the cranberries. Simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated (about 2 minutes).

  4. Stir in the turkey, Dijon mustard, and sour cream. Remove from heat.

  5. Adjust seasoning to taste. Divide the noodles between 6 bowls and top with stroganoff mixture. Sprinkle with parsley.

All of these recipes were shared from Pasta Fits.

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Tasty Tuesdays: 23 Squash and Sweet Potato Recipes

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It’s Thanksgiving week, and a variety of orange and green dishes on your table will help set the mood! Here are 23 different recipes that include either acorn squash, butternut squash, zucchini squash, or sweet potatoes. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving with family or friends!

23 Squash and Sweet Potato Recipes

23 squash and sweet potato recipes-- make your table look gorgeous for fall and for Thanksgiving!
  1. ITALIAN SAUSAGE Stuffed ACORN SQUASH from Cindy’s On-Line Recipe Box
  2. ROASTED BUTTERNUT & BACON SALAD from The Painted Apron
  3. Brown Sugar Baked Acorn Squash from Cincy Shopper
  4. Parmesan Roasted Acorn Squash Recipe from Home Cooking Memories
  5. Squash Cranberry Saute from Comfort Spring
  6. Spiced Candied Sweet Potatoes  from That Recipe
  7. Butternut Squash Pumpkin Enchiladas from 3 Winks Design
  8. Crock Pot Candied Sweet Potatoes from Flour on my Face
  9. Baked Sweet Potatoes from Organized Island
  10. Roasted Butternut Squash with Dried Cranberries & Feta from Live, Love, Texas
  11. Easy Butternut Squash Crostini from Live, Love, Texas
  12. Easy Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup from The Short Order Cook
  13. Crock Pot Lentil Butternut Squash Soup from Flour on My Face
  14. Candied Sweet Potatoes from Walking on Sunshine
  15. Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Streusel from This Gal Cooks
  16. Fried Butternut Squash from Creative K Kids
  17. Easy Recipe for Butternut Squash from Creative K Kids
  18. Fried Zucchini Cakes from Creative K Kids
  19. Chocolate Zucchini Cake from Creative K Kids
  20. Zucchini Noodles from Creative K Kids
  21. Carrot and Zucchini BBQ Salad from Creative K Kids
  22. Green Beans and Zucchini with Bacon from Creative K Kids
  23. Zucchini Casserole from from Creative K Kids

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Tasty Tuesdays: 17 Soup Recipes for Winter

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The cold weather has hit the country!

Even here in Florida, we have had some chilly and gray days. Those chilly days make me in the mood for soup. Last week, I sat outside at a soccer game for a couple of hours, and I came home and made soup for dinner!

I love almost all kinds of soup, and I always am happy to find some new recipes!

Here are some soup recipes that have been linked up to the past several Tasty Tuesday linky parties:

Here are 17 soup recipes to help keep you warm this winter!
  1. Colleen’s One-Pot Italian Orzo Wedding Soup from Faith, Hope, Love, and Luck
  2. Crock Pot Mexican Chicken Soup from Flour on my Face
  3. 7-Ingredient Broken Spaghetti Pasta Soup from Faith, Hope, Love, and Luck
  4. Low Carb Buffalo Chicken Soup
  5. Creamy Oyster Soup Recipe from A Proverbs 31 Wife
  6. Chicken Gumbo Soup from Cindy’s On-line Recipe Box
  7. Healthy Pumpkin Soup from That Recipe
  8. Potato Soup With Bacon (And Apples!) from Cooking with Ewa
  9. Beef Barley Soup from The Black Peppercorn
  10. Lemon Chicken Orzo Chickpea Soup (Instant Pot cooked chicken) from Crafting a Family
  11. Best Pumpkin Soup Recipe with Canned Pumpkin in the Instant Pot from Crafting a Family
  12. Potato Leek Soup from Lou Lou Girls
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Tasty Tuesdays: Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs + The “I Love My Instant Pot” Cookbook Review and Giveaway

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Have you jumped on the Instant Pot band wagon?

I bought a 6 quart one a year ago, and I’ve used it a handful of times. I haven’t really fallen in love with it as I fall back to making my favorites.

So when I was asked to review The “I Love my Instant Pot” Affordable Meals Recipe Book, I was glad to do it. I received it a couple of weeks ago, and I have had fun looking through the recipes and thinking about which ones I want to try.

This cookbook was written by recipe developer and food blogger, Aileen Clark. She has her own blog called Aileen Cooks. Her mission is to connect with other moms in a way that helps make their lives easier and more fun.

Tonight I tried the Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe. Spaghetti is just as fast to make on top of the stove, but I thought it was neat that the meatballs, spaghetti, and sauce were all prepared together in the same pot.

Here is an easy Instant Pot recipe for Spaghetti and Meatballs. I like how all the flavors cooked together.

The finished product tasted good! My only problem was that the noodles weren’t quite done. I did let the mixture sauté for 3 minutes at the end which helped cook them a little bit more, but next time, I will either pressure cook the mixture longer or saute it longer.

It was a very easy recipe, and it tasted good too! You can find the recipe in the book for the meatballs. However, you could probably use your favorite meatball recipe. This recipe used 1 pound of ground meat for the meatballs. I used 88/12 beef that I bought at Costco. It was a basic recipe that included some bread crumbs, milk and seasonings. After the meatballs are formed, you put them on the very bottom of the Instant Pot.

Next, take 1 pound of spaghetti and break it in half. Place it on top of the meatballs. Pour 3 cups of water over the spaghetti. Pour one 24 ounce jar of sauce over the spaghetti noodles. Pressure cook for 5 minutes. (Of course, it will take longer for 5 minutes as it takes 10 minutes or more to build up the pressure.) Then release the steam. I stirred the noodles, and they were still rather hard, so I sautéd everything for 3-4 more minutes. I probably could have done a couple more minutes.

And just like that, you have Spaghetti and Meatballs!

In this book, there are recipes for every meal of the day, including favorites like:

  • Ham and Egg Breakfast Burritos
  • Spicy Mushroom Rice
  • Cajun Chicken Pasta
  • Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Look HERE to find this cookbook that includes 175 easy, family-favorite meals that can all be made in an Instant Pot for under $12/meal!

You can enter a giveaway to win a copy of The “I Love My Instant Pot” Affordable Meals Recipe Book!

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