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Live With Kelly and Mark: Genius Packing Hacks

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Do you love packing or do you secretly dread it? If you’re looking to lighten your load, I have the formula that works like a charm with just a carry-on 🤩 These are tried & true techniques I’ve perfected! If you follow along in stories, you know I have wanderlust and travel every chance I get, for work & fun! And there’s the added bonus of my time as a Delta flight attendant back in the mesozoic era 🦖 when I learned how to travel the 🌎 with only a carry-on 😉
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Budget Friendly Crock Pot Turkey Dinner Hack

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How challenging is it to get your ENTIRE turkey DINNER done at the same time?! AND have it all be HOT? Here’s the answer! It’s SO EASY and BUDGET FRIENDLY💰 I hope you love this as much as I do 🥰

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🦃🤩 $35 CROCK POT TURKEY DINNER HACK 🍽️

The most important thing happening here is how we layer this guy. After spraying your crockpot, start by adding 3 cups of cornbread stuffing mix, 1 chopped onion, 3/4 cup of chopped celery, and 1-2 tsp. of poultry seasoning. Finish this off by pouring 1/4 cup of chicken broth right over the dressing layer.

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Now, it’s time for the turkey. Grab a 3 pound turkey breast and lay her down with the netting still on right on top of the mixture. I placed her down almost like these dividing the crockpot in half. I then poured 1 large can (you can also use two small ones) of cream of chicken soup over the turkey. This layer is going to provide a coating that will bring the whole party together.

The next step is adding 3 cups of traditional stuffing mix– half is going to go on one side and half on the other. Then, add 2 cans green beans, drained to one side and 2 cans whole potatoes, drained (or fresh, can also use sweet potatoes) on the other. For the final layer, top it off with 1-2 tsp magic seasoning (you can find the recipe HERE), 1 1/4 cups chicken broth (poured over green beans & potatoes), and 1/2 – 1 stick salted butter.

To cook this guy, cover and cook on low for 8 hours. After it’s done, remove the netting from the turkey and serve each of the different ingredients in dishes of your choice. Stir the dressing really well to combine both, and top the green beans with those crunchy canned fried onions.

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NOTE: You can mash the potatoes if you’d like. I used the gravy packet that came with the turkey.

Hope this little crock pot hack makes your holiday dinner feel a lot easier and just as delicious! Anything that’s cozy, easy, and still tastes like you spent all day cooking is a win in my book 🤗

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LORAfied Turkey Dinner 🤎 Layering Cheat Sheet 🤎

3 cups Cornbread Stuffing Mix
1 Onion, chopped
3/4 cup Celery, chopped
1-2 tsp. Poultry Seasoning
1/4 cup of Chicken broth (poured over dressing layer)
1 Turkey Breast (3 lb. size)
1 Large can (or 2 small) Cream of Chicken Soup
3 cups Traditional Stuffing Mix
2 cans Green Beans, drained
2 cans Whole Potatoes, drained (or fresh, can also use sweet potatoes)
1-2 tsp. *Magic Seasoning
1 1/4 cups Chicken Broth (poured over green beans & potatoes)
1/2 – 1 stick Salted Butter

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What’s your favorite Thanksgiving side? Comment and LMK! Green bean casserole is pretty high on my list ♥️

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My Viral No Peel Mashed Potato Hack

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Where does peeling potatoes land on your list of life’s joys? It’s not very high on mine and boy is it time consuming, right? This is THE BEST POTATO HACK EVER and my absolute favorite! I can’t wait for you to try it 🥰

—🥔 🤯 MASHED POTATO HACK • NO PEELING! NO DICING! 🤎

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LORAfied Mashed Potatoes:
Bag of Yukon gold potatoes, approx. 3-4lbs.
1/3 cup butter, melted
Approx. 1 cup half & half, warmed (use less for thinking
1 tsp. Salt or to taste
Boil potatoes 20-30 minutes (depending on size), until you can easily insert a toothpick.
Remove from water and set aside.
Slice in half, placing cut side down on top of baking rack and smash!
Add butter, half & half, salt and beat until fluffy with a blender.

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DIRECTIONS:
Boil potatoes 20-30 minutes (depending on size), until you can easily insert a toothpick.
Remove from water and set aside.
Slice in half, placing cut side down on top of baking rack and smash!

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Add butter, half & half, salt and beat until fluffy with a blender. Fluffy, golden, and holiday-table approved. Truly the easiest crowd-pleaser!

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What do you add to your mashed potatoes? Comment and LMK! I’m a butter 🧈 + half & half 🥛 gal 😉

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Easy Homemade Pie Crust Hack: One Pie Plate, No Rolling Pin!

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Have you ever made your own pie crust? Or maybe it just seems too daunting and time consuming…those days are over, this EASY TRICK will change your pie game forever 👩‍🍳💕

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🍏🥧🤩 PIE CRUST HACK: ALL in 1 PLATE + NO ROLLING PIN 🤯🍎

1 PAN PIE CRUST RECIPE:
– 2 cups flour
– 2 tsp. sugar
– 1/2 tsp. salt
– 1/4 cup melted butter (1/2 stick, I used salted)
– 1/4 cup oil (I use avocado)
– 3 Tbsp. ice water

– In a 9-inch pie plate, whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt.
– Make a little well in the center, stir in the butter, oil, and ice water until the dough comes together.
– Press the dough into the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
– Use a measuring cup to press the dough up and over the edge a little bit.

– Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes before filling to reduce shrinking.

If you need to pre-bake: Line the crust with parchment paper fill with weights like rice or dried beans to help keep its shape.

Bake at 400F until the edges are lightly golden approx. 15-20 minutes. Remove the pie weights and parchment paper, baking until the crust is lightly golden all over, a few minutes more, approx. 5-10. Let cool before filling.

Easy Crumb Topping:

– 1 cup all-purpose flour

– 1 cup brown sugar (packed)

– 1/4 tsp baking powder

– 1/4 cup cold butter (diced or grated)

Optional add-ins:

– 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon or apple pie spice

– 1/2 cup choppedpecan

Whisk flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a medium bowl.

Add cold butter. Use a fork or your fingers to mix the butter into the flour mixture until coarse, pea-sized crumbs form.

Sprinkle the mixture evenly over your apple pie filling. For the best results, chill the topping in the fridge or freezer for 10–15 minutes before baking.

Bake at 375F for 50-60 minutes, covering the pie edges with guard so they don’t burn.

Whether you’re making apple pie for Thanksgiving, a holiday dessert, or a homemade treat for your family, this easy pie crust hack takes the intimidation out of baking from scratch!

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Oven Hack: How to Cook Multiple Dishes at Different Temperatures in One Oven!

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Have you ever tried to bake several sides at the same time while struggling with several different temperatures? It’s honestly like a cruel game show, right? 😂 Luckily, there’s a simple solution that will have all your dishes hot and ready all at once 🥳

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🤯♨️ OVEN HACK: 4 DISHES + 4 TEMPS + 1 OVEN ALL AT THE SAME TIME 🎉

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Step 1: Add Up Your Oven Temperatures

Start by looking at the oven temperatures required for each of your dishes. For example, let’s say you’re preparing three dishes that call for 350°F, 375°F, and 400°F, add those temperatures together:

350 + 375 + 400 = 1,125°F

Step 2: Divide by the Number of Different Temperatures

Next, take your total and divide it by the number of different temperatures you’re working with.

In this example:

1,125 ÷ 3 = 375°F

That means you’ll set your oven to 375°F!

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Here’s the important part: You’re dividing by the number of different temperatures, NOT the number of dishes! Even if you’re cooking four dishes, you would only divide by three if they require three different temperatures.

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Step 3: Position Your Dishes Based on Temperature

Now it’s time to arrange everything in your oven!

Place the dishes that require the highest cooking temperatures closest to your oven’s heating element.

In my oven, the heating element is at the top, so that’s where I place my higher temperature dishes. Depending on your oven, your heating element may be at the bottom instead!

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One Important Exception!

As helpful as this hack can be, there’s one thing you DON’T want to try it with: baked goods! ❌ Cakes, cookies, cinnamon rolls, and other baked treats need to be cooked at the specific temperatures called for in their recipes to get the best results.

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NOTES:
✅ If you oven has a convection setting, use it! The heat will circulate more evenly
✅ Rotate dishes halfway through
✅ Higher temp items will take a longer, lower temp items will cook faster. The lucky dish with the correct temp will cook as normal

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What item takes up the most room in your oven? Comment and LMK! Any oval shaped dish messes up my spacing 😅 Btw: Quilt is an acceptable answer here, too, just take it out before you turn your oven on 😉

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The Potato Peeling Hack Everyone Needs to Know

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Where does potato peeling rank on your fun list? Whether you like it, dread it or try to pass this task on to another family member or friend this is a trick everyone needs to know ✨ It makes peeling go so much faster 💨 This hack is especially good for kids!

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🥔🤩 POTATO HACK: FORK PEELING🍴🤯

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Simply stick a fork into your potato and use it as a handle while you peel! This gives you a better grip, keeps your fingers out of the way, and makes the whole process quicker and easier.

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BONUS TIP: Place a kitchen towel underneath your potato for extra stability while peeling! 😉✨

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What’s your go-to potato? Comment and LMK! I’m a Russet and Yukon Gold gal 💕

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Thanks to @_cookwithchlo_ for the reminder about this little trick, it made peeling potatoes as a kids SO easy, not sure why we ever stopped!

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2 Ingredient Diet Coke Cake Hack

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🥤❤️ DIET COKE CAKE HACK: 2 Ingredients🎂🤩

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Do you remember the 2 ingredient cakes from the 80’s? My mom Norma Jean made a ton of them, especially the ones like this with the lower Weight Watcher points, boy that’s a flashback, isn’t it?! 😂 Well, sis, I’m bringing it back and it’s better than ever!

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DIET COKE CAKE

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What You’ll Need

1 box of chocolate cake mix (any brand will work! I used Duncan Hines, 15.25 oz.)
1 can (12 oz.) of Diet Coke

Instructions

Preheat your oven to the temperature listed on the cake mix box.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the chocolate cake mix and Diet Coke. Stir until well combined.
Pour the batter into a greased 9×13-inch metal baking pan.
Bake according to the time and temperature recommended on the cake mix box, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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IMPORTANT: Subtract 5 minutes off the baking time suggested on the box. My box said normal bake time would be 26-31 minutes, so I baked it for 21 minutes and it was perfect and incredibly moist!

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Optional toppping:
Sugar Free Whipped Topping (I used Cool Whip Zero Sugar)

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That’s it! With just two simple ingredients, you’ll have an easy, delicious chocolate cake with minimal prep and cleanup!

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Are you team Coke or Pepsi products? Comment and LMK! I’ve always been firmly in the Coca-Cola camp 😉

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Watch the Full Disneyland Food Adventure Here!

A Taste of Disneyland: New Treats & Old Favorites

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🎢🏰 18,000 steps and 15 years later, the annual 🎃 pilgrimage to Disneyland is in the books ✅
Not one trinket, no sweatshirts (and you know how much I love a good sweatshirt 😉) not even a set of mouse ears was purchased 🐭 At this stage of the game, we’re laser focused on just the rides and the food 🤩

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Looking at the pix you’d think we would have been stuffed by the end of the day, yet we all hopped in the car feeling like we hadn’t had a “meal”, probably because we hadn’t 😂 Have you ever done that?! The five of us split everything you see, piecemealing our way through both parks 🎡

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After all of these years you’d think we’d remember to make dining reservations 60 days out, but we don’t 😵‍💫 Life gets in the way and another year of only seeing the Blue Bayou restaurant as we float by in the Pirates of the Caribbean boat goes by. I always say the same thing: remind me next year to make reservations for us! So alas I don’t have a pic of the famous Monte Cristo, because that’s the only place the mouse offers it 🤦‍♀️

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–The good news: there are a lot of new seasonal treats worth trying (plus a couple old favorites) there was one dud yesterday, I’ll add the one you might want to skip in my stories if you’re interested 🤓

So, what did we eat during our 18,000-step adventure? Here’s a look at all the sweet and savory finds we tried throughout Disneyland and California Adventure! 🍿🏰

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And There’s More! 🍬

We also got a closer look at two more Disneyland treats: the Churro Hand Tart and Disney’s famous Churro Toffee! Both are featured in my Instagram post, so be sure to check out the videos to see them in action!

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Comment and LMK which treat you think sounds the most interesting. The pull-apart bread isn’t very attractive, but we all thought it was the best thing we had this trip 💕

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4 Cookie Secrets That Work With Any Dough

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🍪🤫 4 COOKIE SECRETS: Works with ANY Cookie Dough

Do you ever wonder why bakery cookies aren’t burnt on the bottom? Why they all look uniform and are soft & chewy? Turns out, it isn’t their cookie dough, it’s what they’re doing with that dough 😉 Here are the Tips & Tricks that will make you look like a pro and they don’t cost a thing ❌💰 Works with both homemade AND store-bought dough 🎉

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1. Parchment Paper = No Burnt Bottoms
Using parchment paper is key! It’s going to act as an insulator so your cookie bottoms don’t brown. Nothing worse than a burnt bottom!

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2. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
Stick your cookie dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before baking. Your cookies will turn out softer and chewier with this cookie hack!

3. Uniform Cookies
When cookies come out of the oven, it’s inevitable they aren’t going to look identical. BUT, there is a way to make them look uniform! Once your cookies come out of the oven, use a cup and place the rim over the cookie. Give the cup a spin to help shape the cookie. Remember to do this the second you pull your cookies out of the oven!

4. Flaky Sea Salt
While your cookies are still warm, add a little flaky sea salt. I promise this is a cookie game-changer!

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What’s your favorite cookie? Comment and LMK! Peanut butter with dark chocolate chips is my favorite, followed by a frosted soft sugar cookie with sprinkles 💕

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Money Saving Grocery Secret

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Did you know those brightly colored pricey bell peppers started as green bell peppers? Same plant, same vine 🤯

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🛒🤩 GROCERY SECRET 🤫 MONEY SAVER💰

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Can you believe red, yellow and orange bell peppers all start out GREEN?! 🫑 As they ripen, they change color and get sweeter, which also helps explain why those colorful peppers can cost up to THREE TIMES as much as the green ones! So if your recipe doesn’t need a specific color, grabbing green could save you some money. And here’s another fun fact: bell peppers are technically a FRUIT. Who knew there was this much to learn about a pepper?! 🤯

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What color of pepper is your favorite? 💚💛🧡❤️ Comment and LMK! Honestly, I’m not a pepper fan at all, but my family loves them! I’ll make stuffed peppers and just eat the filling 😂 so I grab the green ones so I can save some green 💵

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Sam’s Club Secret Hack

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Do you have time to whip up a cake? I guess it depends on the day, but honestly, most days I don’t have that kind of time right now⏱️💨 What if you had the cake layers AND the frosting in your freezer ready to go?

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🎂🤫 SAM’S CLUB SECRET HACK 🤯

If you’re a cake lover, you need to know about this one! You can grab a premade box of 8 cakes for just $28. Choose white or chocolate, or upgrade to tres leches for an extra charge. But what about the frosting?! Don’t worry, they’ve got you covered there too. You can get a massive 13-pound bucket of frosting for $35! Honestly, even if you skip the cakes, grab a spoon and go straight for the frosting. 😂🍰

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Last minute celebration ✅ Cake for no reason day ✅ You won’t necessarily find these items on your local Sam’s Club website but they do have them! Just call and let them know you’re coming in and what flavor you want 🍰💕

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Which cake flavor would try? I think the Tres leches sounds amazing 💃

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