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The Big Week of Giveaways!

By Dannie • Jul 31st, 2008 • Category: Spotlight

Our BIG week is here! Simple Home Basics has a ton of giveaways for everyone! These are fun items that everyone needs around the home, especially busy homes! Take a peek here and follow the instructions. Check back because we have one more giveaway to add!



Entertaining On A Budget: The Modern Potluck Dinner

By Dannie • Jul 31st, 2008 • Category: Simply Entertaining

Entertaining is enjoyable when you can invite friends over and share in a great time and feast. Even better is when each family can pitch in to help everyone enjoy! Step inside and take a gander at all the tips offered to have an inexpensive night with family and friends. Enjoy!



Drive In Theater

By Dannie • Jul 30th, 2008 • Category: Simply Family

Want a fun way to view the latest movie with your family? Well take a peek inside at a great way to set up a family drive-way theater. It is a fun and inexpensive way to spend some relaxing, quality time with family that might just turn into a weekly or monthly event. Have fun!



Angel Food Ministries

By Dannie • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Simply Community

Prices continue to rise with food and fuel and with the cost increases there is no extra money coming in. It can be difficult to keep up with the bills and make sure your family is eating healthy. Well, you can stop the worry and the struggle of figuring it all out. Allow Angel Food Ministries to help you feed your family and still be able to maintain some sanity.



Yummy, Pleasing Appetizer

By Dannie • Jul 20th, 2008 • Category: Simply Entertaining

There is no way you can deny the presence of this appetizer. So amazing that it can be easily transformed into a delectable salad. What an opening this dish is to any meal for entertaining. Heck with entertaining. Your family will even love this scrumptious delicate dish. Simple to create, but no one will ever know once all of the flavors hit their tongue.



The Frantic Woman’s Guide to Feeding Family and Friends, by Mary Jo Rulnick

By Dannie • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Book Reviews

To the amazement of every woman, you will be truly surprised by The Frantic Woman’s Guide to Feeding Family and Friends. This easy-to-read guide will give you the basic low-down on how your kitchen can work for you in creating the best meals for your family - giving them nutrition and great taste.


From easy suggestions in laying out your kitchen, to shopping lists that are easy to understand, you are given everything at your fingertips to gain 365 days of calm and relaxation. Without a doubt, a straight forward concise guide that gets to the point and stays there.



SWEEPSTAKES 1/4/2009: Transform Your Hands from Dawn®

By Dannie • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Products

Dawn® has a new dishwashing liquid, Dawn PLUS Hand Renewal, which still offers the same great fighting power of all the Dawn liquids, but this liquid will actually change the appearance and feel of your hands, improving them over time.
Dawn’s Web site states your hands will will transform, “in just five dish washes.” And [...]



COUPON: OFF® Family Products

By Dannie • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Products

OFF® PowerPad® Lamp and Lantern (COUPON: Buy one, Get one free), an SC Johnson brand product, carries the name we all trust when helping to protect our family from the pesky out door bugs - OFF®. The lamp and lantern combination is refillable and when lit, one lamp will repel mosquitos from a 15×15 [...]



Stop the Press!

By Dannie • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Spotlight

Recipe galore that moms can whip up and enjoy completely - welcome to Hot Off the Garlic Press. With mouth-watering ingredients, you will love the recipes and talk that are featured at Natalie’s blog all about the goodness of cooking and enjoying!


Guess what else? Natalie and Hot Off the Garlic Press will be featured here at Simple Home Basics. So, step inside to see what is up with Hot Off the Garlic Press.



Beautiful Herbed Chicken Marsala

By Dannie • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Simply Entertaining

Mix great company, laughter, fun chat, and a nice bottle of wine with this wonderful main dish chicken. You will have every mouth watering for the garlicky flavor of this wonderful chicken marsala dish. So don’t keep them waiting!