Smart Eating this Summer - Grilled Chicken Pockets #Recipe #GrilledandReady #Cbias

The temperature is rising here every day and the kids are beyond ready for school to break for the summer. While I love the warmer temps, sunny skies, and heading out to the beach, my biggest summer dreads is something I typically really enjoy ... cooking!

It seems everyone becomes harder to please in the summer months. Nobody wants a heavy meal after working, playing, or simply lounging around in the heat all day. And on top of wanting a light meal, they want a fit and healthy option for watching that summer figure. While I've come up with a few options to please my family over the years, one of the newest additions to our summer menu is Grilled Chicken Pockets with a yogurt based dressing.

These pockets are made easy using Tyson Grilled and Ready chicken which can be found at your local Walmart. This versatile chicken is loaded with flavor, 98% fat free, contains no preservatives, and since it’s fully cooked, all I have to do for this meal is heat it quick in a skillet, adding 2 tbsps. of lemon juice.

To complete your Grilled Chicken Pockets, besides Tyson Grilled and Ready chicken strips, you'll need the following:

• 1 large purple onion, cut into thin rings
• Whole Grain Pocket Thins
• 1/2 head romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 (10.6-ounce) jar black olives, sliced
• Turkey bacon, cooked and crumbled
• Fresh tomatoes, sliced
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese

Yogurt Dressing:

• 1 cup unflavored yogurt
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

For your dressing simply combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together.  Spread dressing over the inside of your pocket; add 3 grilled chicken strips to each side of the pocket bread.

Stuff your pocket bread to taste with remaining ingredients: onion, lettuce, tomatoes, olives and bacon, topping it off with a little crumbled Feta cheese.

These are so simple, yet they pack so much flavor using lots of fresh, healthy, ingredients. And as an added bonus (for me at least) when we are done eating, I’m able to save any unused chicken for a grilled chicken salad or a “pocket” later in the evening. Remember  Tyson Grilled and Ready chicken is precooked, so my leftovers will require no additional prep work, now that they have been thawed, when I’m ready to use them again.

Eat smart this summer with Tyson Grilled and Ready Chicken and stay up-to-date with all Tyson products, finding more yummy recipes by following @ClubTysonLive or liking the Club Tyson Facebook page.

Say Thank You with Merci Chocolates {Teacher 'Thank You' Give Away}

Teachers "thank you" pack received for purpose of this review. All opinions are as always, 100% my own.

I can’t believe there are just 3 weeks of school left. This was a hard year for me because for the first time in 12 years, I was going to have all my kids in school at the same time. On top of that I was sending my only girl off to Kindergarten.

I have to say if it wasn’t for my daughters amazing teacher who helped my daughter make an easy transition and brought out her passion and love for school. I don’t think I would have ever been able to adjust to the fact my princess was growing up and her care would be left up to someone else, 6 hours out of the day.

For being such an amazing teacher I wanted to make sure my daughter and I found a way to say thank you before the end of the school year. And what better is there to say thank you, than with a delicious box of Merci Chocolates.

Merci chocolate boxes consist of differently flavored rich, European chocolates made from the finest ingredients. In each boxes you will find one or more flavors sure to please; Flavor range from Milk Chocolate, Cream Truffle and Hazelnut-Almond to Dark Cream and Praline-Crème and are truly scrumptious. Merci chocolate is actually the only chocolate my husband will consume. Just one taste and you’ll be thanking the person from whom you received the box – trust me!

Knowing how much we all enjoy Merci Chocolates I figured it best to get the box out of the house and to the teacher as soon as possible. This morning my daughter headed to school with a box of Merci Chocolates and card in hand to say thank you, or merci, to the first -of hopefully many- teachers to impact her life in a positive way.

Buy It:  Merci Chocolates can be found at your local drug store or a national retailer.

Win It:  One lucky reader will win a teacher ‘Thank You’ gift, which includes:

• a box of delicious merci chocolate
• merci branded pencils
• a durable eraser
• $25 Walmart gift card

Support Healthy Schools Enter the Kleenex brand in the Classroom Sweeps

I am a Kleenex Brand Ambassador and have been compensated for this post. However, all opinions expressed are my own and are in no way influenced.

As America’s softest tissue, and the only brand of facial tissues to participate in the Box Top for Education program, Kleenex brand understands it is never too early to prepare for back-to-school and has begun looking toward the new school year.

Committed to supporting healthy kids and schools, Kleenex has introduced the new Kleenex Everyday Tissue with Sneeze Shield, which is now thicker and more absorbent to help keep the wet stuff off kids’ hands. Plus they come in a variety of portable and convenient package sizes for use on-the-go. I know from experience those on-the-go packs can really come in handy with kids around.

In preparation with the 2013-2014 school year Kleenex brand is giving teachers, school administrators and parent volunteers the opportunity to win 250,000 eBoxTops through the “Kleenex brand in the Classroom sweepstakes.”  That’s a lot of box tops!

How do you win?

Head on over to TeachersList.com - a convenient site for parents and teachers alike to list and retrieve school supply and wish lists -and create a school list that includes Kleenex brand tissue with Box Tops, and then choose a school to be eligible for the prize. Three winning schools will be chosen at random on or about August 1, 2013, to receive 250,000 eBoxTops each, the equivalent of $25,000.

Additionally you can look for Box Tops coupons on popular Kleenex brand facial tissue, including 160-count and 210-count everyday tissue and Kleenex brand 112-count Anti-Viral Tissues.

This is a great opportunity for your child’s school, so don’t forget to pass the word on to a teacher or administrator of a school you support. Keep in mind the last entry date is July 17th, 2013. 

You can’t put a price on education, but just think of what $25,000 could do for your school! 

Cheesy Chicken Breast #Recipe

It's no secret that I love chicken and am always trying new and different recipes to keep our weekly dinner menu exciting. Stuffed chicken breast is always a simple and completely, yummy way to spruce up your chicken meals. When you really think about it, the possibilities are endless when it comes to delicious fresh ingredients you can use to stuff chicken breast. This Cheesy Chicken Breast recipe is easily one of my family’s favorites - and it's pretty simple too!

Ingredients:

• 6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
•  Cheddar Cheese, cut into slices
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups Italian bread crumbs
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 stick of butter
• 1/3 cup tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. garlic powder
• Salt & pepper
• 1 tbsp. red pepper

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease baking dish with non-stick cooking oil spray.
• Slice each chicken breast through the middle – making like a book – cutting almost but not completely through. “Butter” each side of the sliced center with cream cheese, placing a slice of cheddar one in between.
• Pour milk into a medium bowl. In separate bowl combine, bread crumbs, red pepper and garlic powder; mix together. Dip each breast into milk, then into breadcrumbs. Place carefully into baking dish. Set
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in lemon juice and garlic, and drizzle evenly over chicken.
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until no longer pink and juices run clear.

This recipe was adapted from a version found on Cooks.com

More recipes from 3 Princes and a Princess 2 HERE

Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium - Your more Modern Office ( Review and Give Away)

I was supplied with a Office 365 for purpose of this review. All opinion expressed are my own and are in no way influenced.

We’ve almost reached the end of the school year here, which means the end of the year projects are in full effect and all due within the same short time frame. Without Microsoft Office my kids would have been completely unprepared. From learning the ABC’s with a PowerPoint slideshow to capturing college lecture notes in OneNote, Microsoft Office plays a key role in every stage of our lives and has been doing so for more than 25 years. This year, more than ever, my children were able to really recognize the power and undeniable worth of Microsoft Office.

This year there is a new modern “office” in town, a cloud service that works with touch, stylus, mouse or keyboard on new Windows devices - from PCs to tablets. This more modern office is known as Office 365 Home Premium.

Over time I’ve become quite comfortable with Microsoft Office 2010 and I know that is what my children are taught on at school, so I‘ve been a little hesitant about upgrading.  But when I really thought about it the benefits of upgrading, they were just too plentiful to deny. With 4 school age children we have multiple PC’s, laptops, tablets etc. Each equally important for them as far as school work and play as they are for me. And with Office 365 Home Premium we can now have Office for the entire house.

Office 365 Home Premium  is subscription-based, allowing  you to use one license for up to 5 devices, with  all your documents being automatically saved  to the cloud on SkyDrive – giving you access to your documents  and setting from anywhere. Office 365 will also be updated more frequently to support new scenarios, helping keep its subscribers up-to-date with all the latest – we all know how fast technology and scenarios change.

For just $8.33 per month ($99.99 billed annually) you’ll find an Office subscription more in tuned with the needs of most households and small businesses today. You’ll still get all the great programs you’ve come to know and depend upon; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, and Publisher ; plus the added convenience of extra SkyDrive storage (20MB) and 60 Skype calling minutes per month.

Buy It: Purchase your subscription today physically in-store where product is sold and online via Office.Microsoft.com

Win It: If you think Office 365 if for you whether you have a large family, small business of simply multiple devices. Microsoft would like to give you the chance to check out Office 365 by offering one lucky reader a starting subscription of Office 365 Home Premium; good for 5 installations of Office 365 Home Premium, on PCs or Macs.

 You’ll need Windows 7, Windows 8, or Mac OS X version 10.6.0 or later to run Office on your PC or Mac.