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Heather Brown

Heather Brown

Heather Brown works in public relations for the eMeals team. When Heather is not scouring the grocery store for a great sale with her fistful of coupons, you can find  her spending time with her husband Eric, enjoying time with her small group from church or teaching classes at Pure Barre®. Heather is an experienced blogger and loves all things social media.

5 Ingredient Andes Mint Cookies

April 18, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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In our household, I’m not known as being a great baker when it comes to cookies. I finally got my newlywed head wrapped around the idea of cooking, but for some reason my cookies always turn out cake-like. However, with this 5 ingredient recipe I made the perfect cookie consistency! In fact, my husband requested I make this be a regular rotation in our home now. These cookies are divine and I couldn’t stop popping them both cold from the fridge or warm and gooey. The Andes mint icing on top is a perfect compliment to the light airy cookie. [...]

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Fresh Strawberry Salad

April 12, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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As spring approaches, we start to think about our waistlines needing to cinch in, eating fresh, and enjoying all the fresh and cool foods we can! Perhaps you’re feeling the effects of a long winter and have packed on a few pounds “for insulation.” Well, now it’s time to take charge of your diet again and watch those unwanted pounds melt off. We’ve got a fresh and delicious recipe for you to enjoy with your family for dinner tonight. This salad is colorful and packs a punch with a delicious homemade dressing. We hope you enjoy it as much as [...]

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A Peep Show

March 29, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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We’ve set a yummy stage for our peeps this year; a bed of rice crispy treats! This treat is vibrant in color, has lots of contrast in texture and makes for some fun eye candy for your kids. If you’re looking for something to spark your kids taste buds and perk up your Easter spread, these crispy peep treats are sure to be a hit! Peep Show Treats: Ingredients: 9-12 marshmallow PEEPS® chicks (depending on if you want larger or smaller crispy bars) 6 c crispy rice cereal 3.5 T butter spread 10 oz marshmallows Directions: Freeze chicks overnight to [...]

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Repurposing Your Dyed Eggs

March 28, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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Are you wondering what to do with your dyed eggs after you’re done with them? Do you feel wasteful just throwing them away? You can always repurpose them and have a delicious addition to your Easter meal with some rich and creamy Blue Cheese & Bacon Deviled Eggs. This recipe is from our Easter menu this year. We are giving our Easter menu to our members as a gift and you can access it right now from your member’s page. If you have been debating about joining eMeals, you can sign up now to get a free bonus Easter plan on [...]

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Iced Mint Oreo Brownies

March 14, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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Are you ready for some rich, decadent, sinfully good treats for your St. Patty’s Day? Or really any other day of the year for that matter! These delicious frosted brownies have a lot of my favorite ingredients in them including brownies, white chocolate, Oreos and icing! Mmmmm, all you dessert lovers out there rejoice! All the ingredients you should need are pictured above. By the time you’re done, you’ll be staring at brownies that are just as rich and beckoning as the pan pictured above. To get started here’s what you need to do. Ingredients: Aluminum foil Cooking spray 7 [...]

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Going to the Chapel, the Kitchen Awaits Me

March 7, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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It’s starting to warm up outside, the sun is becoming more of a sight instead of gloomy clouds, and spring seems to be right around the corner! What does that mean? It’s almost wedding season again! As save-the-date cards, wedding and shower invitations, and more start to fill your inbox, gift buying becomes a constant thought and nagging reminder on your to-do list. Let eMeals solve the gift buying dilemma for you! We have really cute gift certificates tailored to all your needs. Our wedding gift certificates are some of our most popular gifts. In my newlywed years, eMeals literally [...]

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Leprechaun Punch

March 6, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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Have you been trying to cook up something fun for your kids on St. Patrick’s Day? We’ve got an easy peasy drink recipe for you to make for them or with them to enjoy. This punch is so easy, it almost doesn’t even need a recipe. All you need is Sprite and some green lime sherbet. Ingredients: 3 scoops of lime sherbet 1.5 cups Sprite Directions: Scoop 3 ice cream scoops full of lime sherbet and put them into a cup. Pour Sprite over the sherbet until it’s fizzy and at the desired amount of liquid in the cup. Additional [...]

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Blissful Highlights

February 29, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
Dave Ramsey with several of the bloggers at the taping of his show

Dave Ramsey with several of the bloggers at the taping of his show Here’s my Blissdom Blogging Conference recap in pictures from this past week. It was an incredibly fun conference filled with lots of laughs, memories, learning, networking, and more. It’s always exciting to meet the bloggers I work with in person instead of our usual social media banter.       Other highlights included seeing Joe Jonas, Chris Mann from The Voice, hearing Jon Acuff do the opening key note, hearing Babble do the closing keynote, and a studio tour at the Dave Ramsey office. If you were [...]

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Blissdom Bound

February 22, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations

It’s that blissful time of year again! Blissdom blogging conference is here! I’ll be going my second year in a row on behalf of eMeals to Nashville to have a fun time with all the bloggers starting tomorrow. It’s always fun to connect with new blogging friends and old as well as meet more bloggers who want to learn more about eMeals and our mission to bring family together at the dinner table. If you’ll be at Blissdom, please let us know either here in the comments or find a way to meet up with me via Twitter. I’m always thrilled [...]

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Men Driving the Grocery Cart

February 21, 2012
By Heather Brown | eMeals Staff, Public Relations
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Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri, Alton Brown, Geoffrey Zakarian, Pat Neely, Masaharu Morimoto, & Robert Irvine are all household names of male chefs and foodies. It seems that men are not only coming on strong in the cooking industry, but it’s trickling down into men in the grocery store as well. A nationwide survey of 1,000 fathers conducted by Yahoo and market research firm DB5 released early this year said 51 percent  of men were the primary grocery shoppers in their household. Of that group, 60 percent said they were the primary decision-makers regarding consumer package goods, which includes packaged food. Not [...]

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