Wonderful Brands #WonderfulSummer

Alright, so we're going to talk about something today.  Something that probably won't surprise you at all.  I like to eat.  Everyone good, picked yourself up off the floor from that shocking revelation??

Seriously though, it's not just that I like to eat.  I like to snack.  I can munch on food all day if it's sitting there.  My sister laughs at me because I can come from just having had a huge, belly-filling meal & I walk into her house and it's like a magnet, I go straight to her pantry.  I may not actually get anything to eat but I have to look for my options.  I like to snack so much that most nights I would rather sit down & have a few different appetizer options for dinner than a full meal.  Luckily I married a man who's ok with that too :)

The downfall is that I have created a daughter who would rather snack than sit down and eat full meals now too.  I try to stick to my guns with the whole you will eat what I put in front of you thing but it's hard to try to push her to do something I don't always do myself.  This is why I always try to keep healthy snacks in the house so I at least know she's not just filling up on junk.  Which is why I love the Wonderful Brands of snacks.

I'm sure you've all heard of Wonderful Pistachios & their hilarious 'Get Crackin' commercials but did you know that Wonderful Brands makes a whole line of nuts & fruits?  Wonderful Brands also makes Wonderful Almonds, Wonderful Almonds Accents & POM Wonderful!  Wonderful Brands offers delicious, sensible snacks that are nutrient rich & an awesome alternative to the 'junk' snacks.  Don't just take my word for it though.  The Hungry Girl has the Top Ate Reason You Should Love Wonderful Brands.

At least now while my family is munching ourselves all the way to Snackers Anynomous, we're getting there healthy! ;)


So how would you like your own healthy summer snacking Wonderful Prize Pack?  One lucky reader is going to win a prize pack filled with Wonderful Brand products to help you have a #WonderfulSummer!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Bread #SecretRecipeClub

Peanut Butter is good.  Really good.  Like eat with a spoon straight from the jar good.  Throw in some chocolate and you have probably the best combo ever.

For this month's Secret Recipe Club, I had the honor of picking a recipe from our groups amazing hostess, Janie from Fantastical Sharing of Recipes!!  It does kinda defeat the whole 'secret' portion when she's emailing me her website! ;)  But I was very excited to get her blog, I have known Janie for awhile, even prior to joining the Secret Recipe Club so I was honored to get the opportunity to make some of her recipes!

I actually picked out two of her recipes that I couldn't decided between so I went ahead and made both.  Janie's Bacon Chicken Avocado Club Sandwich with Garlic-Basil Mayo was absolutely delicious!  I made it for a simple dinner for the Hubs and I one night & we loved it.  The only change I made was I used deli sliced chicken for the sandwich instead of grilled chicken breast.  But then, like the lazy food blogger I am, I didn't photograph the sandwiches.  I was hungry.

But I'm so glad I did because it gave me the excuse to make her Peanut Butter Bread too.  DELICIOUS!  I had some extra dark chocolate left over from making the Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Bread so I decided to throw that in for the perfect dessert bread combo!  I was not disappointed!!

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHUNK BREAD 
YIELD: 8-10 slices

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1.75 ounces {about 1/2 of a 3.5 ounce} dark chocolate candy bar, chopped
• turbinado sugar for sprinkling {optional}

COOKING DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder & salt. Set aside.
3. Using your mixer, cream together the butter and both sugars until smooth. Add in the egg & vanilla and mix until combined. Add in the peanut butter. Slowly add in the flour mixture ~ dough will become crumbly. Add in the milk and mix until smooth.
4. Pour the dough into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the top of the dough with turbinado sugar is desired. Bake for 50 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 15 minutes than remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

RECIPE INSPIRED BY: Fantastical Sharing of Recipes

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35 Fresh Summer Fruit Recipes

One of my favorite parts of summer is the abundance of fresh fruit.  There's few things better than sitting on a front porch eating a ripe peach, or enjoying some juicy watermelon!!

So in honor of summer's sweetness, I've rounded up 35 Fresh Summer Fruit recipes for ya!!

Here's a peak at some of the recipes included:

BAKED STRAWBERRY CAKE DONUTS

WITH STRAWBERRY GLAZE

CHERRY CRISP

HABANERO PEACH KETCHUP

STRAWBERRY MANGO SALSA

Now head over to THE MOMMY BLOG HOPPERS to see the full round up!!

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