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To follow up my last post about our awesome Make-Your-Own-Pizza Party, I’m excited to offer you a chance to win a $50 Walmart Gift Card courtesy of Flatout Flatbread!

Here’s all the info you need to know:

1. To enter, leave a comment on this post. I’d love to hear about your favorite pizza toppings!
2. The contest ends 12/30 at 7:00pm Eastern Time. I’ll announce the randomly-selected winner shortly thereafter.
3. Contest is open to US residents, age 18 an up.

I hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas!

One of the coolest things about having 5 kids is that it doesn’t take much to turn an ordinary dinner into a party. Add a couple friends and one set of grandparents, and there you go – party central! As you can imagine, it’s kind of hard to turn to an offer to host a holiday party “for kids from 1 to 92″ with Flatout Flatbreads. Because now, we’re talking party and pizza – two things sure to score big mom points for me from the kids!

Since our party spanned the ages, including Jill at 2 as the youngest up to Grandpa and Grandma, I wanted to make sure we had plenty of yummy options for everyone involved. So I put together an international-themed make-your-own-pizza buffet so that we could all create the pizzas of our dreams. Using the Flatout flatbreads made the entire process a snap.

We began the night with two theme-appropirate appetizer pizzas for everyone to share. We had a crispy Spicy Italian Flatbread topped with pesto, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella and a toasted Whole Wheat Flatbread topped with hummus, cucumber slices, Feta cheese, chopped parsley and pine nuts. They were both a hit with everyone! (And I loved the hummus one so much that it has become my favorite lunch on a regular basis now.)

For the make-your-own-International-pizza buffet, I tried to cover as many bases as humanly possible to allow for some fun and delicious creations. Here’s a list of all the ingredients available for the party-goers to top their desired Flatout flatbread selections:

• Pizza sauce
• Ranch dressing
• Buffalo wing sauce
• Barbecue sauce
• Refried beans
• Salsa
• Shredded mozzarella
• Shredded Italian-blend cheese
• Shredded cheddar cheese
• Shredded Mexican-blend cheese
• Chicken pieces
• Taco meat
• Bacon
• Pepperoni
• Ham
• Diced onions
• Diced green peppers
• Sliced mushrooms
• Black olives
• Corn
• Celery (for Buffalo Chicken pizzas)
• Pineapple
• Italian seasoning
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Pizza seasoning
• And many more…

I also set out individual squares of aluminum foil so that everyone could build their pizzas directly on the foil for easy transferring to the oven.

Everyone had a blast building their pizzas and no two were the same. Since I was in charge of the oven, I had the pleasure of seeing each creation, and trust me, there were same great ones!

We are actually hoping to recreate this DIY pizza party with our neighbors for a New Year’s celebration since it was so much fun. I love how endless the possibilities are and how easy the entire process is with the Flatout flatbreads.

Here’s a little more info on the Flatout flatbreads so that you can start planning your own party. The flatbreads are available in 4 flavors: Rustic White, Spicy Italian, Heritage Wheat, and Rosemary & Olive Oil. The pizzas can be baked in the over or cooked on a grill for tasty pizza in about 6 minutes.

For more inspiration, check out the Walmart Holiday Guide (featuring the Flatout Artisan Thin Crust Flatbreads) and the Walmart Holiday Entertaining Pinterest Board.

Full Disclosure: I received free product and compensation to facilitate this review. However, as always, all thoughts, ideas and opinions are entirely my own.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a round-up post of our family’s favorite recipes, but now that soup season is officially here, I thought it was time to rectify that situation. You see, soups of all kinds are a favorite around here, especially for me! I could definitely enjoy a steamy bowl of soup every single day without complaint.

So, with that said, here are some of our favorite soups.

Ground Beef Stroganoff Soup

15 Minute Curry Vegetable Chowder

Cheese Soup

Taco Soup

Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

(We just had this on Sunday, and although I wish I’d gotten a new picture of it, I have to tell you it’s a great one to serve kids. Our kids could not get over how much it tasted like a cheeseburger and it made for a really fun dinner as they tried to guess the ingredients.)

Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Mini Meatball & Arugula Soup

And of course no soup round-up would be complete without our all-time favorite (and the most popular recipe on this site)…

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

What are some of your favorite soups? I am always open to new soup ideas!!