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Fall Flavors: Fruit Tart Recipe

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#BJsWholesalePartner Hey guys! Treat your family to this delicious dessert featuring fresh berries and ingredients from your local @BJsWholesale. BJ’s Wholesale Club is my one-stop shop for all my favorite recipe ingredients and essentials! I love this recipe for entertaining friends and family during the fall. It is light, fresh, and very tasty. You can also switch it up by adding your favorite seasonal fruits and toppings. Or perhaps substitute the pie crust with granola for a healthier crust option. 

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Seasonal Fruit Tart 

1/2 cup Heavy Whipping Cream 

4 ounces Wellsley Farms Cream Cheese 

1 teaspoon Wellsley Farms Vanilla

2 tbs. Wellsley Farms Sugar

Pie crust 

Seasonal fruit

Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries 

Whipped cream 

Mint leaf 

Directions 

  1. Combine heavy whipping cream, 2 tablespoons of sugar, cream cheese and 1 teaspoon of vanilla to a mixing bowl. Using either an electric hand mixer or wire whisk, whip the cream until it forms still peaks. Whip for an additional 30 seconds to a minute to make the cream firm. Set in the fridge covered until ready to assemble the tarts.
  2. To prepare the fruit blend, wash the fruit and dry the berries gently. Slice the strawberries into bite sized pieces. If the berries are not sweet enough you can add a little sugar. Allow the berries to sit for about 30 minutes. Taste for sweetness and add additional sugar if needed. Allow the berries to sit for at least anther 15 minutes if additional sugar is added. 
  3. To assemble the tartlets spread a generous serving of the cream filling on the tart shell. Top with scoops of the berries, draining off any excess liquid as it may ruin the cream filling. Add whipped cream and mint leaf to garnish. Serve immediately. 

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Crockpot Macaroni Pie with Florida Milk

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School is back in full swing and that means that most of us are back on the go and back in the kitchen. From preparing breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner to washing dishes…. the kitchen is my new office. I have found a new love for my crockpot this year. It’s great to just  add ingredients and go instead of standing up in the kitchen for hours.  Check out my crockpot macaroni pie. Not to mention, Florida Milk makes all the difference. 

So, if you are like me then you are probably looking for new recipe ideas. I am always trying to find  creative ways to get the kids their nutrients. I found this great recipe for Crockpot Macaroni Pie using  2 cups of Florida Milk. This dish is great and will leave your house  smelling like Sunday dinner. It’s rich, creamy and can be served as an entree or a side. Now traditional Mac and Cheese can take a long time and a lot of dirty dishes. You have to  cook the pasta in one pot, the cheese sauce in another and not to mention all of those  measuring cups and utensils. Now you just combine all of the ingredients in the crockpot,  cover and go about the rest of your day. Check it out and let me know what you think.  

Ingredients:  

Dried Elbow Macaroni (3 cups) 

Evaporated Milk (12oz) 

Fresh Whole Milk (2 1/2 cups) 

Sharp Cheddar Cheese (8oz) 

Mild Cheddar Cheese (8oz) 

Butter (1/2 cup, melted) 

Paprika (1/2 teaspoon) 

Breadcrumbs (optional) 

Eggs (3 egg yolks) 

Salt (1/2 teaspoon) 

Pepper (1/2 teaspoon) 

Directions:  

1. Use a 4-quart or 6-quart crockpot. Add the uncooked  macaroni, evaporated milk, whole milk, butter, egg yolks, salt  and pepper. 

2. Stir in grated cheese, save some for the topping. Mix well. 

3. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese and paprika on top. Cover and  cook on low for 3 hours.  

4. Add breadcrumbs on top. (Optional)  

Happy Cooking, 

Sharonda  

Quick Recipe Idea

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Don’t you just love when people ask you what do you do all day? As a stay at home wife/mom/mompreneur /school volunteer/tutor/housekeeper, I know that you don’t just sit at home all day or play tennis. We wear many hats. Most of us have mastered the art of juggling running the  household and our businesses. I must admit, #Momlife definitely isn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be. After running around all day the magic question comes out, “what’s for dinner?” It can be very challenging trying to feed your family healthy nutritious meals every day. A few weeks ago I discovered stir-frying. I never really thought much about it. (I don’t know why not) It is so easy and makes a great meal in like twenty minutes. It’s perfect for those long days after basketball or soccer practice. Try mixing your favorite veggies with chicken or shrimp and add over jasmine rice or pasta and voila dinner is done! What are your favorite go to meals? Share them with us at info@sportymommas.com! Happy Hump Day!

P.S.

Most grocery stores have a prepackaged stir-fry mix ready to go!!!! #wholefoods #freshmarket #publix

 

XO,

Sharonda

Top 5 Reasons to Make Bone Broth

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I was out to lunch with another Sporty Momma the other day and I was sharing with her some of the things that I have learned on this health journey. I started telling her how I have to go to Whole Foods to prep for my bone broth for the week. Once I told her all of the benefits of bone broth she said that I should definitely share this with my readers. So here we are. If you are interested to see the top 11 bone broths that excel in flavor, nutrition, quality, and price, buoy heath is the place to go.

Bone Broth is amazing! It has been around since the beginning of time. It is the real “Chicken Soup for your soul”. Drinking bone broth daily can have tremendous health benefits. It is soothing and girl I learned it can help reduce cellulite! Did you see that? It helps reduce cellulite!!! Here are my top 5 reasons to get your bone broth started tonight.

  1. Reduces Inflammation
  2. Promotes Strong Bones
  3. Fights Colds and Flu
  4. Calms Mind and Promotes Sleep
  5. Banish Cellulite
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Beef Bone Broth Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 3 pounds organic grassfed beef soup bones (I get mine from Whole Foods)
  • 1 onion, chopped in quarters
  • 2-3 large carrots
  • 2-3 celery stalks
  • thyme
  • parsely
  • ¼ cup Braggs apple cider vinegar
  • Filtered cold water
  1. Roast the raw bones at 400 degrees in oven, which you can view here, for about 45 min to an hour.
  2. Put the roasted bones, veggies, and Apple Cider Vinegar into your crockpot or oven roaster and fill with water to cover the bones.
  3. Let the mixture sit for 30-60 minutes. DO NOT TURN THE HEAT ON YET. This allows the vinegar to extract minerals from the bones.
  4. Turn the crockpot on low or oven roaster at 200-225 degrees for 48 hours. And if you have a broken oven that needs repair, a good place like Appliance Hunter is the best place to go!
  5. Strain the broth. Store in the fridge up to 7 days, in the freezer 3-6 months, or deep freezer up to a year. Let the broth come to room temp before putting into the freezer. Leave the top off for 24 hours to freeze if you are storing in glass jars in the freezer to allow for expanding (or you will be very sad to see your cracked jar in a few days!).

Aisha’s Spinach Casserole

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Ingredients:

6 – 10 oz. packages of frozen spinach                                     3 cloves of garlic minced

1 – 8oz. fat free sour cream                                                       1/4 cup of lemon juice

4 cups of mozzarella cheese                                                     2 teaspoons black pepper

1 chopped onion                                                                         1 cup of bread crumbs

 

 

Directions:

  1. Cook and drain spinach
  2. Saute’ garlic and chopped onions
  3. Mix all ingredients except bread crumbs together in a large bowl
  4. Grease a 9×9 baking pan
  5. Spoon the mixture into the pan
  6. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top
  7. Bake at 375 degrees fahrenheit for  30 minutes

 

Serve with warm tortilla chips or bread

Serves 4-6

 

 

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*This recipe was contributed to the Sporty Momma’s Cookbook by Dr. Aisha Tucker Brown  (Wife, Sporty Momma of two, and Behavioral Scientist)

 

 

Center Dump Peach Cobbler

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Ingredients:

1 cup self rising flour

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons baking powder

1-29 oz. can of sliced peaches in light syrup

3/4 stick of butter

1 cup of sugar

Aluminum cake pan

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit
  2. Open can of peaches and pour 1/3 cup of sugar into peaches, stir, and let sit.
  3. Place 3/4 stick of butter into cake pan. Place in the oven until butter has melted.
  4. Mix remaining sugar, flour, baking powder and milk in a mixing bowl until smooth. If batter is too loose, you may add more flour. If it is too thick, add milk. Batter should not be watery.
  5. In the cake pan, pour batter into the center of the pan. Do not stir.
  6. Pour peaches into the center of the batter. Do not stir.
  7. Place cobbler in the oven for 45 minutes to one hour or until crust is golden brown.

Serve warm with your favorite vanilla ice cream.

Serves 6

 

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*This recipe is from Keisa Hudson, Sporty Momma of 3, business owner and philanthropist from Darlington, South Carolina. Find this and other great recipes in the Sporty Momma’s Cookbook!