My best busy weeknight dinner tip? Use pre-prepped ingredients to make supper preparation a snap! My Easy Southwestern Steak Salad uses steak you can reserve from weekend grilling and just a few other simple ingredients. This entire recipe can be made from start to finish in less than half an hour!
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Last week, I shared a 2-part meal-planning series to inspire you to make a menu plan each week. If you missed either part in that series, check them out here: Part One: Why Menu Plan Anyway? Part Two: 7 Essential Menu-Planning Tips If those posts inspire you to make a meal plan of your own,…
Preparing a Home for Holiday Guests
This post brought to you by BISSELL Homecare, Inc.. All opinions are 100% mine. Ready or not, the holiday season is almost upon us! If you are going to be welcoming guests into your home over the course of the next few weeks, I have a couple of tips for making sure your home will…
Fall Leaf Wreath (A 15-Minute Project!)
Although I would love to have an infinite amount of creative time at my disposal, that is sadly not the case! On days that are particularly hectic, sometimes all the time I can sneak is 15 minutes. That is often all that is needed, though, to complete fun home decor craft projects from start to…
Menu-Planning, Part 2: 7 Essential Menu-Planning Tips + Free Menu and Shopping List Printable
In case you missed it, be sure to check out the first post in this meal-planning series, Why Menu Plan, Anyway? Now that we’ve covered a few of the many wonderful benefits of having a menu plan, today, I am going to pass along the 7 keys to my personal meal-planning “system,” plus I am…
Menu-Planning, Part 1: Why Menu Plan, Anyway?
I would say the one question I hear most often, be it from online or personal friends, is how I manage to get so much accomplished with four small children and a household to run along with my blogging endeavors. It admittedly can be a challenge to get everything knocked off of my to-do list every…
Easy Halloween Treat Buckets
This post is brought to you by American Crafts, who have teamed up with Target to offer delightful products to make this Halloween truly special. All opinions are entirely my own. Needing a quick and easy idea for Halloween party favors, classroom treats, or neighbor gifts? Look no further than these super simple Halloween treat…
Halloween Marshmallow Pie Pops
This is a sponsored post written in conjunction with Jo-Ann Stores and Wilton. All opinions are entirely my own. Love the idea of delighting the little ones in your life with fun Halloween treats, but lacking the time to make it all happen? Let me show you how I put together some no-bake Halloween pops…
Rustic-Luxe Holiday Mantel (HGTV Holiday House Mantel Blogger Challenge!)
Friends, there are some projects that I work on behind the scenes here at Positively Splendid that it takes all I can muster to keep a secret. Today happens to be a very special day when I get to finally share the very exciting details about one such project! Over the summer, I was approached…
5 Tips for Creating Beautiful Vignettes (Fall Vignette)
If you have a flat surface in your home, you have the perfect place to create a seasonal vignette! Tabletop displays are a terrific way to impart the feel of any season into your home, and today I am sharing my 5 best tips for creating beautiful vignettes, using my new fall entryway vignette as…