*trying* to be Healthy!

I have always wanted to make healthier meals for my family. But I just LOVE casseroles, so occasionally I will try a new healthy meal and this one was delicious!!! Here is where I got the original recipe from! I just love corn on the cob so I threw some of that in as well! One clean eating recipe that will go in the official Sanders Family cook book! Try it out and let me know how you liked it!

MIA---SHARK WEEK {free} download

I have been slacking! For several reasons! I am pregnant for one, and that's always a great excuse right? For two, it was the best holiday weekend of the year!! I got to spend the weekend with my family up in the beautiful Island Park ID.

So I didn't have service and I closed my shop so I could spend time with my family! And thirdly, now it's SHARK WEEK!!! Who doesn't love shark week?? So in honor of missing you, and of Shark Week I made a fun printable. I will be back in full swing in no time! I have some fun stuff coming up! Stay Tuned!

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SHARK WEEK

My 4th FAVES!!!! Supporting small shops-get all your 4th gear while supporting handmade shops! Discount code available!

---Thanks for stopping by! While you are here check out my free 4th printables!! Click here---

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Don't you love supporting small shops? I love that I can buy stuff and be totally unique from my neighbor who bought their shirt at a chain store! I love the uniqueness of small shops, and that they have so much TLC put in to each one! There are so many shops out there who sell so many amazing things! Lets stick together and support each other instead of going to chain stores!

I have found some of the cutest stuff for my FAVORITE HOLIDAY --> the 4th of July of course!!!! You guys, these shops are amazing and have some of the cutest stuff! They are all very reasonably priced and are perfect to wear on the upcoming holiday!! I want to buy every single one of these items!! 

All of these shops have agreed to generously give you guys a discount that can be applied at check out! But HURRY because the code will expire on July 4th, which you'll want to be wearing your stuff by then anyway!!

Discount Code:

"4thFAVES"

ENJOY!

Links to each shop are at the bottom!

1. Little Nugget Knits

2. Oyster Bay Embroidery

3. Its Vann

4. Payslie Prints n Things

5. Hinkleys Hooks

6. Faces of Ghana

7. Tickle Me Pretty

8. Elle and Oliver

9. Legacy Learning Academy

10. The Little Arrows

11. House of Jars

12.  Tx Sparkles and Sass

13. Jumping Jack

14. 2 Legged Mermaid

15. Little Treasures Boutique

16. All Snazzied Up

17. Kate's Bows

18. BASK Designs

19. Mocc Life

4---FREE patriotic printables!!

---Thanks for stopping by! Check out my 4th Favorite Small Shops while you are here! There are some amazing 4th shirts, shorts, headbands, accessories and more and a BONUS discount code! Click here!---

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I have had the funnest time designing these free patriotic printables for you! I hope you enjoy them as much as I have!! When I get mine printed out and framed I'll post a picture! ENJOY! Follow me on Instagram @cscardsshop and tag me of your printed designs! I would love to see what you do with them! (They are sized as an 8x10!)

Click on the links below to download:

Chevron Heart

USA

Subway Art

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Banana Chips Healthy Kid Snacks

Ok so I realized as a Mom, that with my first child I did several things that I probably won't do with my others. The first kid is usually experimental right? ;) Just kidding. I really tried to be the perfect Mom you always imagine you are going to be with your first kid, but I didn't really know what I was doing when I had him. I was young and had to learn as I go. 

I will be the first to tell you I am NOT a health fanatic. I would LOVE to be, --hence the WANNA-BE runner-- but I love food wayyyyy to much. So I try my best. But with my first kid, he ate his fruits and veggies, but over time, it was easier to give him a bag of fruit snacks or a cookie then cut up strawberries. Not always, don't get me wrong, I still gave him fruits and veggies with meals, but we are talking about snacks on the road, or in stores or at the zoo. So now that he is 3, love him dearly, he still wants all the sugary snacks. So with my second child, who is one years old (and still NO TEETH, what is up with that??) I am trying harder.

And because I have put in more effort I can already tell a difference. He eats frozen peas like no ones business. I try and get him to eat fruits and veggies as snacks instead of the other stuff. So while searching online I found several recipes to "Banana Chips" on Pinterest.

My youngest, Acen, doesn't love the texture of bananas, so he won't ever eat them. We love to have bananas at my house because my oldest, Traxton, will eat bananas! And so does my husband, so I love to have them around. But they go bad SOOOO fast! So I was happy to come across this recipe to be able to use up the bananas that are too ripe.

So I thought I would try them out! And they were a huge success at my house. However, when reading recipes on Pinterest (on several things, more then this recipe), they don't give specific details a lot of the time. So I always wonder if I'm are doing it right along the way. So I am going to post what I did, hopefully this is helpful to those to want to make them!

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I am not a food photographer, so don't judge my pictures ;-/

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So the first things you need are ripe banana's. They don't HAVE to be ripe.

Next, you are going to slice them very very thin! Other blogs said 1/8" I think mine were even thinner then that. Keep in mind, if they are thick they won't cook very well.

Then you put them on PARCHMENT paper, NOT wax paper or aluminum foil. It'll be very vital in the next steps it has to be that kind of paper.

Then I rubbed apple juice on them with a pastry brush, then sprinkled cinnamon/sugar and salt on them.

*Other blogs, did lemon juice, but I didn't have lemon juice, and apple juice worked just fine. Also they did only cinnamon and not cinnamon/sugar for a more healthier option*

Now, you place them in the oven at 250 degrees, now the time will vary depending on how thin you sliced them, but it's roughly an hour-hour and a half.

I put mine in for about 60 minutes, then you take them out and flip them over. I had to use my fingernail to peel them off the parchment paper and flip them over. It is a little time consuming but that's how I did it.

Then bake them again for 40-60 minutes. Like I said you might need more time, they should start to feel hard and crunchy not soft and flimsy. So just test them and use your judgement. 

*Keep an eye on them and test them, don't blame me if they turn out burnt, just keep checking them :)

After you flip them, cook them until they are done, they will come off the parchment paper pretty easily. I just kind of bent the paper and they just started popping off, that's how you know they are done!

Then you eat and enjoy them! They were so yummy!

Please keep in mind again, I am not a food photographer or a professional cook, I am a Mom testing stuff out just like you! Be Kind. :)

Here is the recipe: