Jerri at Simply Sweet Home

Fall Cleaning and Sharing the Swiffer Effect

August 29, 2014 10 Comments

I’ve got working on a lot of interesting fall projects, including a Fall Cleaning Series, which I’m happy to kick off today with a little help from Swiffer!

I’ve always loved Swiffer products. We live in a multi-surface floor home, and the variety of Swiffer products available come in handy when it is time to clean house. If you’ve never used Swiffer, I’m sure you are at least familiar with the products featured in their “green box” commercials. I was very excited recently when I received my own Swiffer Green Box! Today I’m going to show you what came in the #BigGreenBox and demonstrate you the #SwifferEffect in my house!

Inside my green box, I received a Swiffer Sweeper Kit, along with extra pads and wet pads, as well as a Swiffer Duster Kit and extra dusters. These products make it easier for anyone to keep a clean home. Whether you rarely clean and have a big mess to tackle, or you like to do daily cleaning in your home, these products will definitely help you get the job done! [Read more…]

Filed Under: cleaning, Home/Garden, product review Tagged With: dusting, fall cleaning, housekeeping, sweeping, Swiffer

Friday Favorites – Week 232 – With Breakfast Treats

August 28, 2014 9 Comments

Hey friends! Thanks for stopping by for this week’s party. Last week we had a lot of great breakfast recipes linked up, so if you’re looking for any ideas for the new school year, please take a look at last week’s party. Today we have a few of those recipes; I’m calling them breakfast treats, as they all look delicious and sweet!

And to go along with this week’s breakfast theme, I have an awesome giveaway for you! My Mom’s Morning Essentials Giveway just started up, and it features several varieties of coffee, along with creamer, cereal, and other items from our friends at CVS! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Friday Favorites, recipes Tagged With: breakfast

Mom’s Morning Essentials and a Giveaway

August 28, 2014 8 Comments

As a CVS Gold Emblem Blogger, I get a chance to sample all kinds of great snacks, candies, and other yummy items! With back to school season in full swing, there is a ton of focus on breakfast, lunch, and snack ideas for the kids, but what about mom? Today we are shifting the focus over to mom with help from some great CVS Gold Emblem products. If you just aren’t quite yourself until you’ve had your morning coffee, today’s post is for you! [Read more…]

Filed Under: drinks, Giveaways, product review Tagged With: breakfast, coffee, CVS, Gold Emblem

Salsa Fresca

August 26, 2014 Leave a Comment

Today I’m happy to present another Summer Guest Recipe. Julia from Mini Van Dreams is here with her Salsa Fresca recipe. With the college football season starting this weekend, it seems rather appropriate to post at this time. Even if your summer grilling season is over, you can still enjoy this recipe by adding it to your game day menu, or a weeknight Mexican dinner!

My name is Julia, nice to meet you! I am the mom of twins, wife, accountant, scrapbooker, card maker, and self-proclaimed nap sneaker. I blog at Mini Van Dreams where I share easy recipes, craft tutorials, reviews, social good initiatives, and anything else that makes me laugh.

Before we get started, I want to thank The Hungry Dudes for allowing me to use their photos to replace the ones that were lost when my iPhone met an unfortunate demise in the bathroom at Eldora Speedway.

Today, I am sharing a delicious and easy recipe for salsa fresca, just in time for all the delicious veggies from your garden or the local farmers market! This delicious, fresh salsa is perfect with chips or as a topper for anything – chicken, steak, or fish. It is also delicious as a replacement for salad dressing on your next salad!

Ready to give this easy summer recipe a try? Let’s go! [Read more…]

Filed Under: appetizers and snacks Tagged With: salsa, vegetables

Game Day Food: Roll Tide! Strawberry Pretzel Parfaits

August 25, 2014 6 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TeamJellO #CollectiveBias

My family is very excited for football season to be starting! My husband has already explained to me that the television station will be glued to the SEC Network, so that if I don’t want to watch sports, I can plan accordingly and go to the next room. Haha! But actually I really enjoy football and I especially love watching our team the Crimson Tide! And I also look forward each week to game day food!

We usually order out or make something early that will last the day, and game day food is generally “man food.” We like appetizers, especially chicken fingers and wings! But we also sometimes go for things like meatballs, sausage balls, cocktail weenies, cheesesticks, cheese fries, or chips and dip. And other times we like simple meals like sub sandwiches, grilled burgers, chili dogs, pizza, and barbecue sandwiches. Yes, we do love to eat!

As much as I love all the salty and spicy goodness of game day, I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t crave something sweet! So today I am sharing a simple dessert that you can prepare to make your game day even sweeter! I took my recipe for strawberry pretzel salad and turned it in to a kid-friendly game day treat: Strawberry Pretzel Parfaits. And I added a little extra team spirit to the treat using Jell-O University Molds! [Read more…]

Filed Under: appetizers and snacks, desserts, party ideas, Recipe of the Week, recipes Tagged With: football food, game day food, parfait, pretzel, strawberry, strawberry pretzel

Friday Favorites – Week 231 – with Apple Recipes

August 21, 2014 10 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s linky party. It’s so great to see all the back to school and fall content that everyone is starting to put out! This week I’m featuring a few apple recipes. I think of apple as the fruit of the fall season, so I’m sure you will see more apple stuff here in the coming months. Wink!

Also, if you are in to giveaways, my 5-hour Energy Giveaway is still open, and the prize includes a $25 GC. I’ve also got some fun giveaways coming up, including something great for all the coffee lovers out there, so stay tuned!

And lastly, I’d love to get your feedback on some of my latest posts. I’ve been working on a lot of fun content for back to school, football season, and fall, so please subscribe to my RSS feed or follow along on Blog Lovin’ to catch all the latest updates. In particular, I’d love to check out the posts I did on All Day Beauty with Neutrogena and my Smooth Summer with Gillette Flexball. I had a lot of fun creating these, and I think they turned out well. I’d love to get your comments!

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Filed Under: fall, Friday Favorites, recipes Tagged With: apple

Breakfast Savings at Publix

August 21, 2014 Leave a Comment

Today we continue with the topic of back to school savings and back to school food with Cheerios and Publix. Publix is making breakfast more affordable with their printable coupons, and right now they have a a featured coupon on Cheerios and Florida Orange Juice.

Cheerios are available in a range of flavors the whole family loves, from the original Cheerios in the yellow box, to Honey Nut Cheerios, to fun flavors like Dulce de Leche and Fruity, and new Cheerios Protein, available in two irresistible flavors: Cinnamon Almond and Oats & Honey. All Cheerios are made with whole grain first ingredient, and do not have high fructose corn syrup.

And for the perfect Back to School breakfast combination, pair Cheerios with 100% Florida Orange Juice — an excellent source of vitamin C, providing at least 100% of the Daily Value. A delicious 8-ounce glass of 100% Florida orange juice is also a good source of potassium and other vitamins like folate and thiamin. And as a complement to whole fruit, drinking an 8-ounce glass of 100% Florida orange juice is an easy and refreshing way to add more fruit servings to your mornings.

Save $2 when you buy any 1 Cheerios 10.9oz or larger AND any 1 100% Florida Orange Juice 59oz or larger” (this sale will include both flavors of Cheerios Protein)

Click here to pick up your printable coupons.

Filed Under: deals and discounts, saving money Tagged With: breakfast, coupons, General Mills, Publix

All Day Beauty with Neutrogena

August 18, 2014 18 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AllDayLook #CollectiveBias

With all the hype and extra shopping that goes along with back to school, a lady can’t help but want to treat herself to something new too! So last week, I treated myself to some beauty products from Neutrogena. Neutrogena and Hayden Pantierre have teamed up to bring us tips and tutorials on how to achieve a beautiful “all day look.” See Hayden talk about her “Day Off Look” in this video: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Beauty, health, product review Tagged With: conditioner, eye makeup, hair, hair care, hair products, makeup, Neutrogena, shampoo

Saving with Walgreens Paperless Coupons

August 18, 2014 14 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias #WalgreensPaperless

Coupons are a great way to save money on groceries and essentials for the family, but a lot of people don’t like going through all the trouble involved: find the coupon, clip the coupon, actually remember to bring the coupon(s) to the store, and then actually remember to get everything you’ve got a coupon for. Phew! But now Walgreens is making the couponing experience much easier and stress-free with their new Paperless Coupons.

Today I’m going to show you how you can find and use Walgreens Paperless Coupons, and I’ll show you some of the things I saved money on by using these coupons. And finally I will show you what I did (or would like to do) with money we save by using these coupons. [Read more…]

Filed Under: deals and discounts, saving money, School/College, shopping Tagged With: coupons, Walgreens

Lunch Time with Del Monte and a Coupon Offer at Walmart

August 18, 2014 5 Comments

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Del Monte, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #DelMonteBTS http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV

Noah started his freshman year of high school nearly two weeks ago. So far he seems to like it okay. It is hard to believe he is in high school; I think this is something that sneaks up on parents and most find they aren’t “ready” for it. When we took him to band camps during the summer, his dad first looked around and said, “It’s so weird to drop off Noah here, and most of these kids actually drove themselves. He’s too young for all this!” And he’s also remarked, “Wow, some of these kids have facial hair!” haha.

But aside from the basic anxieties, I think everyone is excited about the school year. I’m not sure if Noah is excited about all this pre-AP coursework he signed up for, but I know he’s very excited about being in band this year, and he’s look forward to this year’s band trip.

With the start of a new school year comes shopping for school lunch and snack items. If you’re looking for healthy, yet convenient options, Del Monte Fruit Cups and Del Monte Fruit Burst Squeezers make great additions to any lunch box.

I recently picked up a couple of packages of the Del Monte Fruit Cups. We like the Mandarin Oranges and Pineapples. [Read more…]

Filed Under: appetizers and snacks, Kids Tagged With: lunches, orange, pineapple