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Cabela’s gift card & National park pass giveaway!

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It’s Summer Time!!!! I hope you have enjoyed all the amazing posts from This year’s Get Your Kids Moving in May Series! There were some AMAZING ideas, crafts and yummy food to help keep those kiddos healthy and active this summer! To bid farewell to such an awesome series we’re giving away 1 FREE National Park Pass ($80 Value) which will allow you to access over 2000 National Parks! See a complete list HERE …How cool is that! So load up the kids and get out there and explore this beautiful world we live in! And since you’ll need supplies — we’re also giving away a $75.00 gift card to Cabela’s!!! 
Shop online or in one of their gazillion locations nationwide! 
If you missed some of the awesomeness check out these super cool posts!! 

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Free Teacher Appreciation Gift Card Printables

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As the school year draws to a close, I find myself searching for a teacher gift. I want to do something for them that gives them an option. I like to give my teachers more than chocolate and Diet Coke.  So this year I came up with 2 options.  One for Ice Cream and the other for a Smoothie.  Because everyone loves Ice Cream and smoothies. They are the perfect summer treat!  So head out to your local Ice Cream Parlor or smoothie shop and get a couple of gift cards for those amazing teachers you kids have had the privilege to learn from and print off the easy gift card holders to tell them THANK YOU!

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Guest post at the Ribbon Retreat!

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4th of July Diamond Mesh Hair Bows - The Ribbon Retreat Blog
Today I am posting over at the Ribbon Retreat.   This Diamond Mesh is awesome stuff to work with.  Head over and check them out!

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Juicy, Parmesan Chicken {Recipe}

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juicy parmesan chicken www.freetimefrolics.com #recipe #chicken
Have you been at a restaurant and bit into a delicious piece of juicy chicken with a crunchy outside shell?  Well this is exactly what you get.  I have a little trick up my sleeve on how to get the juiciest breaded chicken. Plain yogurt!  Its amazing.  Instead of coating your chicken in butter or egg use plain yogurt.  It’s healthier and tastes divine.  You cant even taste the yogurt!  So you want the recipe???  Keep on reading!
4 Chicken Breasts  (Flattened to about 1 inch thick)
1 sleeve Ritz Crackers
1/2 C. Parmesan Cheese
1T. Garlic salt
1 1/2 C. Plain Yogurt
 6 T. melted butter
Bake at 350* for 1 hour.
In a bag, smash one sleeve of Ritz crackers or 2 C. corn flakes but Ritz crackers are much better.  Mix together crackers, cheese and garlic salt.
Dip chicken breasts in yogurt then in cracker mixture. Make sure the cracker mixture is all over. Place flat in baking pan. Drizzle the chicken with melted butter. I like to cover my pan for 30 minutes and uncover for the last 30 minutes. Serve with your favorite roasted veggies or a salad. You can also serve with pasta and sauce.
I promise this meal is one for the family meal rotation.  It is delicious, even the kids will eat it!

Dr. Who Bow Tie, Father’s Day Printable

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Calling all Dr. Who fans!  This one is just for you, a… your Father.
When I asked my husband what he thought about a bow tie fathers day gift, he said “Bow ties are cool”.  Like Dr. Who cool.  So today you are getting the Dr. Who, “Bow Ties are Cool”  free printable for Father’s day. And even if your dad doesn’t love a real bow tie.  He is sure to love a candy version!

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Frozen Birthday Party & Party Time Blog Hop

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This year my daughter wanted an Frozen Birthday Party.  I think every girl wants a a Frozen party!  So we waited patiently until the movie came out. Her Birthday was in January and the movie didn’t come out until March. So we had a little time to get a fun Frozen party together. After watching the movie a half dozen time and listening to the sound track a hundred times I cam up with a few simple ideas to make an amazing party.  So I thought I would share them with you.

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Pina Colada Smoothie with Carnation Breakfast Essentials

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“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Nestle, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia  #BreakfastEssentials http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV”
Having a Smoothie every morning is a favorite around our house, every morning.  I try most days to get up and go to the gym then come home and get my kids on the bus. We go to school crazy early.  The bus comes at 7:30.  So my kids have to be fairly responsible  and get up and get going  on there own.  I am one of those moms that who makes my kids do their own lunch and then they have to have a healthy breakfast.  Like Eggs and bagels kind of breakfast.  I find that my kids do better in school when they have a breakfast packed with protein.  So when Carnation Breakfast Essentials came to my home, I was ecstatic to find out that each serving has essential vitamins and  13 grams of protein!  And its so easy to make my 6 year does it on her own!

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Homemade Whole Wheat Tortillas Recipe

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A few weeks ago I was planning an activity for a few of my young women.  I decided to teach the girls how to make Creme Brulee and Homemade Tortillas.  The Creme Brulee was to die for and I loved to tortillas.  At the time I was getting ready to start my 21 day fix.  So I wanted to make the tortilla recipe a little healthier so I went to work trying a few different things and came up with this delicious recipe. I used wheat flour and coconut oil to healthy them up.
Flour Tortillas
1 1/2 C. Whole wheat flour
2T. Vital Wheat Gluten
2 T. Coconut Oil
1/2 C. Warm Water
1/4 t. Sea Salt
1/4 t. Baking Soda
Mix flour and salt. Add oil and warm water, stirring to combine.  Dump dough out and knead for about 2-3 minutes until dough is smooth. Let dough rest for 20 minutes.  Divide dough into 7 equal pieces.   Press and cook with tortilla press (or you can use a rolling pin and skillet). Cook until lightly brown and dough is light in color.To make Wheat Thin Crackers divide your dough into to 8 pieces and cook them slightly longer. Use them for dips or salsa.

whole wheat dipping chips www.freetimefrolics.com #recipe #homemade

 

Homemade Knock Off Peanut Butter Twix Bars {Recipe}

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Homemade Peanut Butter Twix www.freetimefrolics.com #recipe
I am a total kid of the 80’s.  Neon, Cyndi Lauper, Garbage Pail Kids and Cabbage Patch Dolls.  I remember it all.  There were so many foods I loved that are no longer on the market.Some of you may have remembered the Mars company had 4 kinds of Twix Bars.  Caramel, Peanut Butter, Cookies and Cream and Chocolate.  All of them are super delicious.  But, over time they slowly pulled each from the market except the caramel. So recently I started having a hankering for the Peanut Butter Twix. So I started thinking how could I make those. Then a wonderful company Chocoley, contacted me and asked if I wanted to try there products.  I jumped at the opportunity.  After checking out their products I thought this was the perfect opportunity to make my homemade Peanut Butter Twix.

I used this Shortbread Recipe  to make the base of the Twix bar. If someone already had a great recipe I don’t need to remake it! These babies are buttery smooth and have a great crunch.  I placed the dough in a large pan lined with parchment paper. Roll the dough to about 1/4 inch. I sliced the dough to be 1 inch by 5 inch strips before baking. Bake according to directions. Let them cool before adding filling.
For the filling I used a Peanut butter candy filling from Chocoley.   You have to try this stuff. Its crazy good. I love that they come already to roll and go. I comes in a plastic container ready to eat. And seriously people you could just eat this stuff with a spoon!
I used about 1tablespoon of filling and rolled them into a snake. Place it on top of one of your shortbread cookies. I pressed it down a bit to make sure it was sticking to the shortbread and to give it a flatter look. If you love the fillign part the best,  use a little more.  It’s up to you!
For my last step I melted down some delicious milk chocolate. With Chocoley’s milk chocolate you don’t have to temper your chocolate. It just melts perfect and drizzles on great.  I placed the cookies back on the parchment. I used a spoon to drizzle the chocolate on top of the shortbread and peanut butter.
Let the chocolate set and cool before packaging.
I whipped up these lovelies and gave them to my Young Women for an activity.  They were awesome.  A few of the girls questioned if they should eat them or not.  But once they had one bite there is no going back! They are yummy!
You could make these in any flavor you can imagine! Chocoley has a bunch of candy creme centers on there site, just ready to roll up and dip.  Making holiday candy just got a ton easier for making homemade chocolates!
So you followers of the 80’s, what was your favorite treat that no longer exists?

Snap Re-Cap and a free Printable

By: Freetimefrolics

A few weeks ago I attended SNAP! Conference.  A Blog conference for Craft and DIY bloggers.  The weekend conference is is filled with amazing Sponsors, classes to teach you just about anything related to blogging and networking with an amazing group of bloggers. To say this conference was amazing this year is an understatement. To recap my thoughts and experiences I have documented it here and made a free printable to share will all of you,  So please read on and enjoy the printable!
Over the course of 3 days I stayed up late like I was a college girl, ate delicious food I didn’t have to make, made new friends, hugged old friends and partied like it was 1985. I got to meet one of my favorite people.  He even held my hand. Eeekk! Alex Boye’ is amazing. His story, his dance moves and even his bald head.

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