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The Best Oatmeal Recipe Roundup For Quick Snacks

]8 Go To best Oatmeal Recipe Your Family Will Love Yum! Oatmeal packs an impressive health punch and bonus, it’s delicious. I love a great oatmeal recipe because it’s simple, quick and reliable, which is true of all the recipes on this list.

Oatmeal is the one staple that most people have in their pantry! Use these oatmeal recipes for last minute office parties, kid’s treats, snacks, breakfast or even dessert.

These showstopping oatmeal recipes will have everyone coming back for seconds and no one will realize just how easy and inexpensive your master creation was. Here are my absolute favorite oatmeal recipes. Not all oatmeal is served at breakfast and these recipes prove it. Enjoy.

Easy No-Bake Oatmeal Recipe Bars

These no-bake bars come together with minimal ingredients and in no time. When I bit into mine I thought “candy bar, this is a delicious slightly less guilty candy bar.” Absolutely amazing. These would be great to take to work or any party.

Apple Oatmeal Cinnamon Muffins from RecipesSimple

I’m always on the lookout for a great mini muffin recipe and these are my favorite! The way the recipe calls for largely chopped apple gives it an apple pie like quality. I love having these for my commute. Tasty.

Easy Oatmeal Bar from Beyond the Chicken Coop

The applesauce in these easy oatmeal bars is what makes them extra special.… Keep reading

Halloween Treats – Easy to Make Food For Your Last Minute Party

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Office Party Halloween Treats!

Everyone loves Halloween treats! The games, the fun, the candy! Any holiday that’s not paid and is spent in the office usually gets special attention. These Halloween treats are easy to make and take minimal ingredients.

Any woman can add red lipstick, pearls and wear a black dress and pass for an Audrey or a Jackie. The real trouble is food. Show stopping Halloween food. Use these recipes and my tips to make your Halloween Office party memorable and delicious.

Use candy melts, scary eyes and decorating gel or raspberry jam as blood to accomplish these ghoulish treats.

Ghost Cupcake made by Everyday Southwest

Does it get any simpler than store bought cupcakes and a few candies as eyes and a mouth? I don’t think so!

Rice Crispy Treat Brains created by Left Brain, Craft Brain

Make these rice crispy treats fresh or remold the store bought variety. A couple squirts of red food gel or raspberry jam will give them the perfect amount of creepy.

Halloween Graveyard Brownies from Tastes Better by Scratch!

This is a quick and easy recipe! If you’re feeling extra pressed for time just pick up some brownies from your grocery store.… Keep reading

50+ Healthy Snacks that Will Not Ruin Your Waistline

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50+ healthy snack options The healthiest of intentions can’t always win against a formidable… cupcake. I get it. Perhaps you have better willpower than I do, but I’m eating the cupcake. Having healthy snacks and alternatives around will help save you and your waistline.

Healthy snacks are here to save you from temptation.

Offices are literally the definition of diet sabotage. You’re stuck in one place, probably crazy, bored and completing a semi-monotonous task. Sound right? Eating during these times seems natural. It’s even quite comforting. Unfortunately, you could be inadvertently doing your body a lot of harm to your waist.

A well-rounded lifestyle comes from healthy choices and moderation on a day-to-day basis. Here is a handy list of snacks to enjoy daily so that when that random cupcake or basket of office candy floats by you, you can indulge knowing that you make good choices daily.

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Raw Bits

healthy snack ideas. cut up veggies

Carrots and Celery – hummus, nut butter or guacamole.
Almonds – Try them slivered for extra-long munch time.

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Get The Best Restaurant Deals – 13 Tips From a Former Waitress

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Ex-Waitress Secrets to Eating Cheap. Full bellies, Fat Wallets. This is how you need to eat to get the best restaurant deals. The Rising Damsel Spending your hard-earned money on dining out can be such a drain on your wallet. All the little extras you order in a restaurant blow up your bill, and good service is never guaranteed. I drool thinking about food, read menus for the sport of it and eat more than I should. I’ve had to figure out how to eat often, and for less money. Use my secrets to keep that cash in your pocket.

1. Go to Places With No Waiters

No waiters = no need to tip. Many new restaurants are focusing on a ‘fast casual’ model, and we benefit from it. Unlimited refills, extra sauces, as many napkins as you want, no one bothering you to order more, it’s a total family win.

If you don’t want to tip or you can’t, here are a few delicious options for you: Panera, PeiWei, Noodles & Company, Chipotle, Pizzeria Locale, Garbanzo’s, Jason’s Deli, and Qdoba. For 2 people you can eat some pretty unique cuisine, and it’s for a fraction of the cost of sitting down in a fancier restaurant. My fiancé and I challenge ourselves to spend less than $15. Getting your significant other onboard to save, definitely makes it easier and more fun.… Keep reading