Eggs

January 29, 2016

Coca-Cola Fried Rice

Looking for memorable & super delicious recipes for game day? Look no further; we have a great collection here on the MM blog. This Coca-Cola Fried Rice is our latest favorite! It pairs perfectly with our RITZ Buffalo Chicken Fingers. Hungry yet?!

How is your planning going for game day? Party planning can be stressful, but it doesn’t need to be. No need to stress when you have simple, budget friendly solutions at the ready. These recipes can be simply doubled or tripled to accommodate any size guest list.

This rice has a subtle sweetness paired with all the usual ingredients you would expect in traditional fried rice. Let’s just say this…it’s really hard to stop eating! Serve with a side of WHEAT THINS Snacks for crunch.

To jazz up your party table, you can make this easy football themed decoration. This paper chain is super quick and looks great draped on the table or hung on the wall. All you need for this craft is brown & green construction paper, a black marker, small cutting blade and tape. Please remember to use caution when using a small blade!

Cut even sized strips from the paper, write football themed words on them like “touchdown”, “homebowlhero”, “score” (you get the drift.) Make loops, tape the loops together & voila! You have a football themed paper chain to liven up your event. Make it as long as you want.

Hope you’ve had the opportunity to enter our #HomeBowlHero contest! You guys have been curating the most AMAZING game day themed Pinterest boards. It will be tough to choose the winners! If you would like to be included in the fun please see the details in this post.

Score big with Coca-Cola and NABISCO “Home Bowl” as your perfect game day party lineup. The Coca-Cola & NABISCO “Home Bowl” lineup is available at retailers nationwide. Visit http://www.homebowl.com to find a host of game day recipes, tips and inspirations from the pros for a winning game day party and create a custom “Home Bowl” Evite.

Want to follow all the WHEAT THINS Snacks and Coca-Cola fun? Follow them on social!

Coca-Cola Twitter: @CocaCola
Coca-Cola Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CocaCola
Coca-Cola Instagram account: @cocacola
Coca-Cola Pinterest page: http://www.pinterest.com/cocacola/
Wheat Thins Twitter: @WheatThins

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Disclosure: We have collaborated with Coca-Cola and NABISCO on the Home Bowl Hero Contest. All thought and opinions are that of MarlaMeridith.com

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January 27, 2016

Romesco Sauce & Dip

Romesco Sauce has become our go to favorite dip & sauce. A simple combination of tomatoes, red peppers, bread crumbs, and almonds. This sauce originates from Spain & gives us just one more to want to visit there! Traditionally this sauce was made to eat with fish, but we love it with pasta, as a pizza sauce and it’s also great with veggies, poultry and lamb. Experiment! Slather Romesco all over everything…

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~ Marla Meridith

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Breakfast

January 25, 2016

12 Comfort Food Recipes for Snow Days

Here at the MM headquarters we are perched high here in the mountains of Colorado. At nearly 10,000 feet we are used to huge snow dumps…as a matter of fact we live for as much fluffy white stuff as we can get. This is not the case in other parts of the country. The east coast has been pummeled this week, with way more snow then they can handle.

This chaos means lots of road & school closures and extra time spent at home with your family. Hopefully your pantry & fridge is full because likely there is no running to the grocery store. Looking for things to do & eat while house bound?

These recipes will keep you well fed and don’t require too may just help you clean out that pantry. Call it what you like Snomageddon, Snowpocalypse or Snowzilla. These 12 Comfort Food Recipes for Snow Days will feed your soul no matter what the storm brings!

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~ Marla Meridith

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Appetizers

January 22, 2016

Greek Flatbread with Tzaziki Sauce

Happy Friday! Hope you have some great weekend plans ahead. I highly suggest you include this Greek Flatbread with Tzaziki Sauce in your weekend plans. Serve with a fruity white wine to complete the tasty experience!

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~ Marla Meridith

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Fashion & Beauty

January 21, 2016

Best Beauty Products for Winter Babes

Around here winter is our favorite season! We love the snow, chill in the air and winter sports. What often comes along with the season is dry skin, brittle nails and unruly hair. All of that can all be relieved with these Best Beauty Products for Winter Babes.

We have tested all kinds of products and have found these to be the best in show. Skin will be smooth, hair gorgeous & you will be the ultimate Winter Babe!

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~ Marla Meridith

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Entertaining

January 20, 2016

New Orleans Style Shrimp & Polenta

Looking for a warming, comfort food recipe? Our New Orleans Style Shrimp & Polenta is a stick to your ribs kinda meal done up with classic southern style. I’m working with Telluride’s diva private chef Angelee Aurillo on recipes for you guys, She’s originally from New Orleans & we figured this recipe would be a fantastic way to kick off our tasty creative partnership. Enjoy!

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~ Marla Meridith

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Breakfast

January 18, 2016

Chocolate & Berries Granola

Happy Monday!! We can’t begin to tell you how amazing the weekend was. It dumped snow here in Telluride, Colorado & we were on the slopes the entire time! Our delicious, gluten free Chocolate & Berries Granola satisfied hunger thought the day. An energy packed feast…with just the right amount of chocolate to rock your world!

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~ Marla Meridith

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Fashion

January 16, 2016

10 Ski Jackets We Love for On & Off the Slopes

One of my favorite things to do ever is shop for winter clothes…especially ski jackets! My closets are bursting with a colorful collection of puffies, patterns and technical wear that I’ve curated for years from around the world. Some of my favorite stores are in Zermatt & St. Moritz, Switzerland, my hometown Telluride, Colorado and Vail, CO. If I could have all of these jackets collaged, I would need a new home to fit them! A killer ski jacket should take you seamlessy on & off the slopes. It should look as great rocking the double diamond slopes as it does fireside for aprés ski. Happy skiing, aprésing and shopping!

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~ Marla Meridith

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Appetizers

January 11, 2016

RITZ Buffalo Chicken Fingers

With game day fast approaching that means lots of tailgate and home football parties! Whoopee! It’s time to think about all that delicious party food and table decor. Sure your guests are visiting to watch the game…but what’s most important for a memorable party? What you serve them to eat and drink! I’m excited to share these RITZ Buffalo Chicken Fingers, your guests will eat them up!

This chicken will be gone in seconds, you will likely want to make a double or triple batch! It’s great for everyone, even the entire family. In this recipe we’ve combined classic buffalo chicken with RITZ Crackers crunch. Everyone loves RITZ Crackers, so you know these will be a hit. Perfect in every way. Super simple to prepare & crazy delicious. Thirsty guests will love ice cold Coca-Cola to wash these down.

We crafted super simple cocktail napkins & little footballs to make the straws more thematic and fun. All you need for the napkins is brown napkins and masking tape. Simply cut out stripes with small cutting blade and make football stitches on the napkins. For the little footballs, cut the footballs out of brown craft paper and paint on white laces with acrylic paint with a thin paint brush. It’s the small things, that take hardly any time that make such a BIG difference when you throw a party!

GIVEAWAY!

All you need to do to enter: Create a custom pinboard on Pinterest and name the board #HomeBowlHeroContest featuring your game day party inspiration for the chance to win a Coca-Cola & NABISCO “Home Bowl” prize pack. Share entertaining ideas and inspiration for your upcoming Big Game party on your #HomeBowlHeroContest pinboard and use the hashtag #HomeBowlHeroContest in the pin descriptions for a chance to win a “Home Bowl” party prize pack from Coca-Cola & NABISCO ($400 Approximate Retail Value per prize pack!) Your Home Bowl Party inspiration does not need to include Coca-Cola or NABISCO products. Just share the URL to your pinboard in the comments section below to enter! Contest entry period is January 4th-January 29th, 2016. At the end of entry period we will choose 2 winners! You can also visit my Home Bowl Pinterest Board for inspiration.

Don’t forget to use these hashtags

#HomeBowlHeroContest
#HomeBowlHero

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Want to follow all the RITZ and Coca-Cola fun? Follow them on social!

Coca-Cola Twitter: @CocaCola
Coca-Cola Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CocaCola
Coca-Cola Instagram account: @cocacola
Coca-Cola Pinterest page: http://www.pinterest.com/cocacola/
RITZ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ritzcrackers
RITZ Twitter: @Ritzcrackers

Disclosure: We have collaborated with Coca-Cola and NABISCO on the Home Bowl Hero Contest. All thought and opinions are that of MarlaMeridith.com

~ Marla Meridith

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Fashion

January 10, 2016

6 Winter Weight Loss Tips You Can Count On!

So many of you have asked on here and Instagram how I can be a food & lifestyle blogger and stay so skinny. I LOVE the winter, honestly it’s my favorite season. (Maybe that’s part of the reason why I chose to live at 10,000 feet at a ski resort.)

Trust me. There are plenty of opportunities to stay thin in the winter. Even though we may eat higher, calorie comfort foods this time of year ~ the colder weather offers many opportunities to burn plenty of calories. Heck, you burn calories just trying to stay warm. Here’s some of my important winter weight loss secrets revealed….

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~ Marla Meridith

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Baked Sweets and Treats

January 8, 2016

16 Valentine’s Recipes You Can Make With Your Kids

Can you believe Valentine’s Day is just a month away?! My kids LOVE this holiday and so do I! One of our favorite things to do is cook & bake together, it’s such a fantastic bonding experience. These 16 Valentine’s Recipes You Can Make With Your Kids can be adapted for kiddos of all ages. Simply improvise depending on the age of your kiddos. These treats are great to bring to class parties and for any kind of gifting and entertaining.

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~ Marla Meridith

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Lifestyle

January 7, 2016

6 Must-Have Exercise Tools for Home & Travel

You never know when the urge to workout is gonna hit. I squeeze in sets and reps at the most impromptu times. People always ask how I stay in such great shape. Not only do I eat a well balanced, we portioned diet. I lift weights when taking work breaks too…this gets the blood pumping and helps realign my body.

Try it sometime, do a few shoulder presses and biceps with light weights or resistance bands even if just for 5 minutes. This works miracles on sore muscles from that hunched computer posture we all have. At MM we read recently that small bursts of activity throughout the day encourages calorie burn & sustains weightloss and happiness levels throughout the day.

This equipment is budget friendly, won’t take up much space and will be well worth it, trust me!

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