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Summer Recipes: Spanish Chicken & Seafood Paella with Hunt’s Tomatoes

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Summer Recipes

Some of my favorite summer recipes are one-dish meals with summer vegetables like tomatoes and bell pepper. Whether I’m entertaining or cooking up a tasty dinner for just my family, this recipe for my Spanish Chicken & Seafood Paella always comes to mind.

It’s simple to make and comes out even better when cooked in a traditional paella pan.

Hunt’s uses a unique flashsteam peeling method for their diced tomatoes, so I chose Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes with Rosemary & Oregano for an extra garden flavor in the tomato sauce section at Walmart.

Hunt's Tomatoes

 

 

Spanish Chicken & Seafood Paella with Hunt’s Tomatoes Recipe

Ingredients

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  • Chorizo- 1 lb
  • onion, yellow- 1 medium, diced
  • red bell pepper- 1, diced
  • green bell pepper- 1, diced
  • long grain rice- 2 cups
  • Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes with Rosemary & Oregano- 1 14oz. can
  • Hun’ts Tomato Paste- 1 can
  • chicken broth- 1 quart (32 oz.)
  • cooked chicken, chopped
  • cooked shrimp, medium- 1 lb, tails removed
  • olive oil- 3 tablespoons
  • spanish saffron- a pinch

 

Directions

  1. Heat a oil in large heated deep skillet or paella pan over medium-high heat.
  2. Add bell peppers and onions along with chorizo to sauté until peppers are tender.
  3. Add rice, diced tomatoes, tomato paste and saffron to sauté for another minute.
  4. Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
  5. Once boiling, lay chicken and shrimp on top then cover the pan (if you’re using a paella pan without a lid, you can use aluminum foil to cover), reduce heat to low.
  6. Simmer until rice has absorbed liquid, approximately 25 minutes.

 

Spanish Paella Recipe

Spanish Chicken & Seafood Paella with Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes

 

More great recipes with tomatoes and information can be found at hunts.com and readyseteat.com. You can also follow Hunt’s on Facebook by clicking here: Follow Hunt’s on Facebook or by following our campaign at #DinnerDone and #CollectiveBias.

 

Hunt's Tomatoes

Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes found in Tomato Sauce section at Walmart

 

 

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My Morning Coffee Journey with Millstone coffee & Mr. Coffee GIVEAWAY

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My morning coffee is a trusted travel companion throughout my morning journey. From sunrise meditations and getting dressed to packing lunches and getting kids ready for school, the journey is quick but can be full of unexpected challenges (okay, we’ll call them surprises). The best coffee maker combined with some flavored coffee helps me through these surprises and on to an even brighter day.

Millstone coffee

#CoffeeJourneys Giveaway

This week, I’m helping one lucky winner with their morning journey by giving away my favorite drip coffee maker, Mr. Coffee® 1-cup Optimal Brew™ Coffee Maker along with two bags of flavored Millstone® coffee in Caramel Truffle and Chocolate Velvet flavors from Walmart. The contest runs through May 16th and one entry on Twitter is allowed per day. The winner will be mailed the Coffee Maker and coffee directly from me via US Mail. It’s easy to enter and only takes a minute!

To Enter:
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Mornings are a journey in my home and a sacred part of my day. Here’s an Instagram video of just one of my many #CoffeeJourneys, so be sure to share yours on Instagram with me!

Good Luck!

 

 Share Your #CoffeeJourneys

Is your coffee journey sometime other than during the morning? Do you have a special coffee journey you would like to share? Upload your #CoffeeJourney video to Instagram or leave a Comment below, or follow #CoffeeJourneys and #CollectiveBias on Twitter to share your coffee journey with me!

#CoffeeJourneys

My Mr. Coffee® 10-cup Thermal Coffee Maker was found in the Housewares department at Walmart.

#CoffeeJourneys

Mr. Coffee 10-cup Optimal Brew Coffee Maker found in Housewares at Walmart

 

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Millstone coffee found in Coffee section.

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Romantic Family Dinner with Buitoni Sauce and Tres Leches Cake

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it’s tradition for me to “wine and dine” my sweet Valentines….. all five of them.

Why make a romantic dinner for just two when I have my little ones to celebrate love with.

There’s just one problem.

Who has time to spend hours in the kitchen making a gourmet meal? With a little creative flair, this working mom needs a bit of help in the kitchen. A quick stop by Walmart on the way home got me all of the ingredients for a fun and romantic family dinner including a small bouquet of red roses.

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Romantic Family Dinner

Creating a romantic family dinner can be both fun and simple. I start by setting the table with some elegant and fun Valentine’s decor. Personally, I don’t do paper products and don’t mind bringing out all of my fine serving dishes and candelabra.

Romantic Family Dinner Buttoni

For dinner, I’ve prepared some pasta with broccoli and chicken but want some gourmet appetizers on the table. I picked up the Buitoni sauces in both Alfredo and Marinera for a “dipping” dinner idea. I prepared some meatballs, cheese sticks and vegetables for my sweet Valentine’s to dip in the warmed sauces.

Romantic Family Dinner Buitoni

 

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Sweets

And now for the sweet part. Tonight was my first time making Tres Leches cake and I discovered two things. First, it’s not as hard as I thought it was going to be thanks to Nestle Tres Leches Cake Kit. And second, my family thought it was one of the most delicious desserts I’ve ever made.

It does need a little time in the refrigerator for the cake to soak up the sweet milk, so I suggest making the cake the day before.

Nestle Tres Leches Cake

Nestle Tres Leches Cake Kit

 

 

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Back On Track for New Year with Lean Cuisine

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Balanced Lifestyle

Maintaining a balanced lifestyle is something I struggle with constantly as with most busy moms I know. When work and deadlines collide with school projects and dance lessons, it’s not always easy to make the best choices when it comes to eating. And when the holidays arrive it creates the perform storm making it nearly impossible to keep up those healthy habits I worked so hard to maintain throughout the year.

This is why I decide to forgive myself each holiday season by allowing a few weeks of no exercise, Christmas cookies, eggnog and other indulges that we all don’t really need to know about. Now it’s time to say hello to 2014 and get back on track for the new year.

Back On Track

To get back on track, I begin with choices. When I’m working away at my desk on a project, I don’t have the time to stop and make myself lunch which leads to more hunger, which eventually leads to me grabbing something quick that isn’t the best choice for sustaining myself throughout the day. In fact, that bag of chips typically leads to more hunger about an hour later.

Therefor, making better food choices is at the top of my list to getting back on track. When you’re a busy working mom, it’s easier to make better food choices when they’re convenient. During a trip to Walmart today, I made a few purchases which allow me to have snacks and meals ready when hunger strikes.

I’m munching away as we speak on these LEAN CUISINE® Stuffed Pretzels which are stuffed with Three Cheese & Spinach.

 

Lean Cuisine Stuffed Pretzel

Lean Cuisine Stuffed Pretzel Three Cheese and Spinach

 

And lunch is just a few minutes away with today’s choice being LEAN CUISINE® Sesame Chicken:

LEAN CUISINE® Sesame Chicken

LEAN CUISINE® Sesame Chicken

 

LEAN CUISINE® Sesame Chicken

LEAN CUISINE® Sesame Chicken

 

And this will be ready and waiting for me in the freezer should hunger strike tomorrow morning while the kids are at school, LEAN CUISINE® Morning Collection™ Turkey Sausage English Muffin:

LEAN CUISINE® Morning Collection™ (Turkey Sausage English Muffin

LEAN CUISINE® Morning Collection™ (Turkey Sausage English Muffin

 

I also have the LEAN CUISINE® Wrap ADDITIONS™  Creamy Balsamic Chicken waiting for lunch tomorrow, which I just throw on top of my brown rice tortillas:

LEAN CUISINE® Wrap ADDITIONS™ (Creamy Balsamic Chicken

LEAN CUISINE® Wrap ADDITIONS™ (Creamy Balsamic Chicken

 

For all you late-night munchers, I strongly suggest Skinny Cow Devine Candy, which I keep readily at my desk:

Skinny Cow Devine Candy

Skinny Cow Devine Candy

 

Switching up my regular coffee sweetener with CoffeeMate Better For You Sugar-Free Vanilla is also another choice for getting my new year back on track.

Nestle Back on Track

 

 

 

 

 

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