My Suburban Kitchen

Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full

Sponsor Spotlight – March Edition

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It is the end of March. Wow! How on earth did that happen so quickly?!

As always, we like to end our month around here with a big thank you to our sponsors!

Joss & Main is our newest sponsor! I can’t tell you how excited I am to have them on board. I have an alarm set up each day to be there right at 11am so I don’t miss any of the awesome items…like this awesome table I am eyeing as side table for our guest room.

I am still learning new things and tweaking my site based on the information I’ve learned from the Mom Blog to Money Blog seminar. I can see it already starting to pay off in ways and that makes me so excited!

Need a Style Reboot? I certainly felt like as I did as I was starting to sort through things for the upcoming Snap! Conference! I feel in love with this dress which I think will be perfect for the conference.

Along with new clothes for the conference, I also realized I needed some accessories. Of course, I turned to Stella & Dot . I love all of their stuff and, in April, they are donating 20% of their retail sales from their Autiusm Awareness Collection to the HollyRod Foundation.

Our fridge started beeping at me the other day because it needed a new filter. I checked out Fridge Filters and easily found what I needed and got it shipped here super fast!

We are redecorating H’s room and making some changes to E’s room too. That means I visit Land Of Nod a lot looking for different items that might work with our design. Right now, I am eyeing this bookcase which I think would work great in H’s room!

I’ve been doing a lot more projects with vinyl recently which means I need to add to my stash more often too! I always buy my vinyl from ExpressionsVinyl.com because I know I can trust the quality and the prices are great!

Summer is quickly approaching and hot summer days call for some bright, happening colors! Layla Grayce can help prepare your home and garden with beautiful summer essentials! Best of all, when you shop 3/30-3/31, Layla Grayce is offering free shipping with promo code freeship.

A lot of people ask me how I connect with sponsors? Here are a few places that I work with to connect with sponsors easily:

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Changing Tastes Means House Upgrades

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Moen, Incorporated for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

We moved into our house just about 3 years ago.  When we bought the house, we immediately painted all the walls and made some pretty big decorating decisions prior to living in the house.

Well, a ton has changed since then.  Our tastes have definitely changed from a more box store catalog look to a preferences that skew to a more collected look where everything isn't matchy/matchy. 

One of the rooms getting the biggest changes is the kitchen.  When the house was built and all the interior  choices were made, the buyer was single guy with no eye for any kind of design at all.  The cabinets match the floors and absolutely DO NOT match the countertops.  We've slowly been making changes in the room which started with cabinet knobs and then furniture. 

The next change I have my eye on is the faucet.  We currently have the original builder's faucet and it is starting to show some major wear.  One of the faucets I have had my eye on is the Kiran Spot Resist one-handle pulldown kitchen faucet.
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I love the stainless steel finsih on the faucet and feel it will go much better in our updated kitchen than the current dark {almost black} faucet we have right now.  Plus, the faucet is spot and fingerprint resistant which is perfect because I always have little kiddos touching it or getting water everywhere. 
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The faucet has an awesome high arch which is definitely own trend.  The pulldown design makes it extremely functional and useful for when I am doing dishes or working in the sink.

With the Moen name behind it, I know I am buying a quality product too.   I have even been out to Lowe's to check out the faucet and am saving my pennies for the purchase 🙂

I started following Moen on Facebook and Twitter.  Following your favorite brands through social media is a great way to keep up with info on their newest products and get tips on using the products.

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Pinworthy Projects Party #56

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Well, friends, we made it to the end of March already! Time is just flying by. Let’s take a moment to have a party, shall we?

That’s right, it is time to link up your newest projects and recipes from the last week at the Pinworthy Projects Party! 
{Tip: Once you are done linking up your projects, be sure to join the BlogLovin’ Blog Hop going on too!  Just click here to link up}

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BlogLovin’ Blog Hop

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Ok, I’m probably the only person on the planet who doesn’t use Google Reader to read blogs.  I’m more of a traditionalist who just has a bunch of bookmarks {antiquated, I know}. 
So, when the announcement that Google Reader was going away in July came out, I wasn’t too worried.  A lot of people, however, were more like this with their reaction:

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Then, I started thinking about how practical keeping all of my favorite blogs in one place that was accessible from anywhere was!

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You can easily follow my blog just by clicking this picture!

 So, I joined BlogLovin’ and started adding all of my favorite blogs to it. So in love with it now.

Of course, human error ensures that I missed some of you that I want to be sure to follow.  SO, in place of Feed Me Friday for this week, I am hosting a BlogLovin’ Blog Hop instead!
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Pinworthy Projects Party Features!

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Happy Thursday!  Let me tell you…this week has been something else!  I have a big ole to do list and very little time or motivation to get any of it done!

For now, let’s avoid my to do list a little longer and take a look at some party features instead!

Homemade Chocolate Marshmallow Eggs from Butter With a Side of Bread

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Weight Loss Motivation: The 5 Week Weight Loss Challenge

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A few weeks back, a friend of mine on Facebook sent out a message asking if we wanted to participate in a 5 week weight loss program.  The details were pretty vague on her post but I jumped at the chance for a little weight loss motivation and said yes.  The challenge just ended so I thought I would share a little bit about it with you.

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Weekly Menu Plan Ideas – WTCW #93

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What to Cook Wednesday (WTCW) is super fun for me!  It helps me come up with new weekly menu plan ideas while also sharing with you some awesome recipes from around the web!

Do you ever make any of the recipes I share?  Maybe you have some recipes of your own you’d like to share here…If you do, shoot me an email because I would LOVE to have you guest post for a WTCW segment to see what menu plan ideas you have.

Now, let’s get on with our recipes!

Sunday:  Corned beef did not make an appearance in our house for St. Patrick’s Day.  So, I’m going to make up for it and have baked honey mustard corned beef this week instead.

Monday:  Stir fry is such an awesome option for a quick weeknight meal.  I’ve got Asian stir fry with noodles on my list for the week because I know our Monday is going to be a busy one.

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Frozen Foods Make Meals Easy

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Our little family stays pretty busy!  With spring activities starting soon and both kids in school, we are only getting busier.  This makes getting dinner on the table a little difficult on nights when we also have something like gymnastics or Daisies.  Times like those require a little help.

Many times help for me comes in the form of frozen foods.  I use them either as an entire meal or as a starting point to create a larger meal.

Frozen foods got a pretty bad reputation from the early years where you might as well have eaten the box because the flavors were so bland.  That is definitely not the case anymore!  Many of the frozen meals available these days, like ones from Con Agra Foods brands Healthy Choice or Marie Callenders, are filled with fresh ingredients and are created by chefs who have developed inspired recipes.
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Easy Easter Crafts – Peep and Jelly Bean Vase

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March is always a whirlwind around here. I’m typically trying to do some Easter crafts and also working my way through about a dozen different birthdays for friends and kids of friends.

I wanted some fun but really easy Easter crafts to put on our table which is how this little baby was born:

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