On the 3rd Day of Christmas
...My Pampered Chef Consultant Gave to Me A Sauce It Up Set for FREE!!   NEW!  #2386 Sauce It Up — $35.00 Instant flavor! Our Sweet & Sour Sauce, Spicy Pineapple Rum Sauce and Raspberry Habanero Sauce tucked in a muslin gift bag. You know the drill. The first guest to comment that they would like to host a Pampered Chef Catalog show via Facebook, Twitter or the old-fashioned wa...
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
... My Pampered Chef Consultant gave to me... A Great Grilling Set ABSOLUTELY FREE!  Great Grilling! Seasoning and Recipe Collection - Give your grill master a gift that really sizzles: Chili Lime Rub, Smoky Applewood Rub, Smoky Barbecue Rub and The Pampered Chef® Grill it Quick! in a muslin gift bag. Your FREE GIFT as well as tons of other free and discounted items are only a comment aw...
The 1st Day of Christmas
This month I will be hosting a Pampered Chef 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway.  Starting December 1st I will be listing 12 different gifts you can win for hosting a Pampered Chef Facebook, Twitter or Catalog Show. Look for a photos of gifts in these location. Facebook Catalog Shows are FREE & EASY! I will send catalogs to anyone you like or I can send you the packet in the mail and you can p...
A Great Day For the Farmer’s Market
 May 22nd was a beautifully sunny Saturday day and so we rose early and headed out to hit the local farmer's markets. Though the Mt. Laurel Farmer's Market doesn't officially begin until June 4th, there were a few vendors out this weekend selling garden fresh vegetables, knit & crocheted items and one of my favorites, cheeses and jellies. As a matter of fact, while I was working at the CMMS...
Cooking & Crafting with Brandy & Friends – Newsletter Vol. 2
Italian Sausage & Potato Soup
Tonight I pulled some Italian sausage out to defrost without really knowing what I planned to make. I just started cooking the first few steps below and then decided to go with the soup dish. My mom had actually just mentioned the Italian Wedding Soup from Olive Garden early today so I suppose that is kind of where the idea originated. I first browned some diced bacon while I boiled some diced ...
Market Bags Now on Sale!
I am loving these new market bags that my wonderful mother has made. She has crocheted some beautiful bags for you to take with you to the farmer's market or craft fair. I'm a lucky girl because I was able to pick out my own colors for my bag. Check out the current market bags we have in inventory and keep your eye out for new colors and designs coming soon. Pick out your one-of-a-kind, gorgeo...
Cooking & Crafting with Brandy & Friends–Biweekly Newsletter–Volume 1
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Grilled Tilapia with Mango Salsa
This past weekend, I spent the day at Oak Mountain Middle School's Expo and Fair in my wonderful Pampered Chef booth cooking for guest and making new friends. The hit recipe was the Mango Confetti Salsa from page 5 in our new 2011 spring catalogs. Tonight, I needed to make something fast for dinner and since I had some leftover ingredients I thought it would be great to try the salsa on some fresh...
Basic Crepes
This morning my lovely husband, Adam, had what he called on his twitter feed a #RandomBreakfastCraving for #tinypancakes – in other words, crepes.  He searched online and found a great Basic Crepe recipe at AllRecipes.com.  By the time I made it downstairs he had already fired off most of the crepes and was pulling out ingredients for the filling.  I had some left over mascarpon...

I Like Pi

Posted By: Brandy on November 10, 2009 in Blogroll, For Sale, Hope for McKenna, Reviews, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized - Comments: No Comments »

My husband, Adam, designed a great logo called I Like Pi.  He has it posted on CafePress and we have ordered a shirt, magnets and a coffee mug and they turned out great. 

http://www.cafepress.com/ilikepi 

He chose a variety of items to add the logo to and they have done very well so far. I posted some photos of the most popular items below. For the last few years, Math teachers have purchased groups of the I Like Pi shirts for various math competitions.  I think that is so cool.  Great Job Adam!

ILikePi Coffee Mug 150 ILikePi TShirt 150 ILikePi Pink Shirt 150 ILikePi Magnet 150

I encourage you to post your cool designs there, you never know who will buy something. I plan on designing some items to post there so I can earn funds for my niece’s medical bills http://hopeformckenna.blogspot.com/

Hope For McKenna

Posted By: Brandy on March 10, 2009 in Blogroll, Hope for McKenna, Uncategorized - Comments: No Comments »

Dear Family & Friends,

As many of you know, my niece McKenna Elise Conrad is a happy and energetic child full of squeals and giggles for all that have the pleasure of meeting her.  What some of you may not know is that she was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate.  At only 14 months old, McKenna has already undergone numerous medical procedures, been placed under anesthesia 5 times, had a painful appliance to restructure her mouth and had stitches to repair her cleft lip.  On March 6th, McKenna received her 6th surgery to repair her cleft palate.  The surgery was a rough process and unfortunately McKenna had to stay in the hospital for an additional day until she was able to finally eat albeit through a syringe. 

Over the past year, the Conrad’s primary objective was to make McKenna’s life a happy one by providing the necessary surgeries to help McKenna breathe and eat normally.  They have endured long trips between Panama City and Tampa, Florida to find McKenna the best care imaginable. 

My older sister, Danielle and I have been struggling to find ways to help my younger sister and her wonderful family during these difficult times.  Through Danielle’s ingenuity and creativity, she came up with the idea to design a digital scrapbooking kit that she could display on her popular website www.scrapoutsidethebox.com to help raise money for McKenna’s extensive medical bills.  She worked with some other creative designers to create a beautiful scrapbooking kit called "A Mother’s Love" available for sale with all the proceeds benefiting the Hope for McKenna fundraising effort.

For those of you that do not participate in digital scrapbooking but would still like to help, we are accepting donations towards the families medical bills. It goes without saying that these are trying times for everyone financially but if you have the means to lend even a dollar or two, it would mean so much to us.

We invite you and your loved ones to visit the new blog http://hopeformckenna.blogspot.com/ to learn her story and keep up with her progress as she grows into a beautiful young girl.  Please, keep her and her family, Tracy, Jimi and Bela Marie, in your prayers. 

With much love and admiration,

Brandy Pate

http://hopeformckenna.blogspot.com

www.cookingwithbrandy.com

www.scrapoutsidethebox.com

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Posted By: Brandy on March 1, 2009 in Beverages, Blogroll, Course, Cuisine, Main Ingredients, Menus, Misc., Uncategorized - Comments: 2 Comments »

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    Let's start by saying "Thank You" to everyone that has purchased, donated, supported, motivated or prayed for our endeavors over that last three years. McKenna is a special little girl and deserves every second of our thoughts and prayers. Since her birth January 12, 2008, McKenna has endured several major surgeries, overnight hospital stays a […]
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