Food, Crafts and Fun
It’s official, I’m on a giant pasta salad kick. I love everything about pasta, hot or cold. But there’s something about a pasta salad that is easy and so delicious. It’s one of those things I can take for lunch and not have to worry if I’m going to have time to go find a microwave. […]
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With how much baking we do in my house it’s ironic that my son’s favorite dessert of all time is Cosmic Brownies. You know. The store bought ones. What the heck?!?! I can’t really blame him, though. I remember as a kid growing up thinking the best “treat” was a store bought cake. My Mom […]
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I have a confession to make. I’m in love. Yep, head over heals in love! With these sandals! I’m on my feet a lot during the day. I work in a middle school so I have to keep up with 550 sprouting pre-teens. If that’s not enough to make your feet hurt, add to that […]
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I absolutely love toffee and chocolate together and these cookies? To die for! The buttery crust and condensed milk filling puts these Chocolate Toffee Bars at the top of my list. Our cookies didn’t turn out like the picture on Pinterest but when I bit into one of them I realized I didn’t care. They […]
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Who doesn’t love brownies? They are one of my favorite desserts with all the chocolatey goodness. They are so easy to make and you can seriously make a hundred different kinds. How could I not love that?! Culinary Envy called these Mind Blowing Brownie Bites. I think I’m changing the name of them. They remind […]
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Every summer my Dad organizes a family beach trip. It’s one of my favorite weeks in the summertime. We eat and talk and walk on the beach. It’s relaxing and wonderful and my kids and I love it. One of the things I love about this week is planning what I’m going to bring for […]
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When you hear “loaded baked potato” what do you think of? A big baked potato smothered in sour cream, cheese and bacon, right? Sure, because isn’t that what a loaded baked potato is? They are delicious and I could probably eat them everyday but it’s summertime now. I don’t want to cook potatoes in my […]
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Happy Labor Day Weekend! I can’t believe I’m writing that. Labor Day! It was just June. I know I’ve been writing “where has the time gone” in my last few posts but, seriously! Where did the summer go? The school year ended with me exhausted, frustrated and I seemed to have lost my desire to […]
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A co-worker asked me to come into her classroom and teach her students a fun craft project. The ability level of the kids was completely across the board so I wanted to do something that they all could do. I decided Corner Bookmarks was what we were going to make. I figured the students could […]
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Oh yes I did! We took camping desserts to a whole new level this time. If you missed our post on Campfire Desserts you have to check it out. Seriously! It’s a must. It’s kinda what camping is all about. Well, that and nature, of course. But mostly delicious desserts cooked over the campfire. We […]
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I’m totally having fun with this whole fun food for dinner Saturday night. I love seeing my kid’s faces when I put their plate on the table. I love hearing “no way. Great job, Mom.” It makes my entire day! And how could I not make this for Halloween?!?! I’m not sure where I saw […]
My daughter saw these wonderful looking treats in her Fancy Nancy Tea Parties book. (Did I mention we LOVE Fancy Nancy?!) Her books are stupendous (that’s fancy for great!) I did an earlier post from this book as well. Click here to see it. So Ellie saw these and said to me “oh, let’s make […]
We made cookies like this years ago and I remember my kids loved it. It’s like playing with play doh but the end result isn’t cleaning everything up and putting it away. The end result here is eating them! What kid (or adult) wouldn’t be pleased with that outcome? The kids had so much fun […]
I know. Don’t judge me. You’re thinking “that’s totally gross!” But admit it… you’re next thought is “but totally cool!” Right? Come on, admit it. These cookies are totally gross and totally cool at the same time. That’s why we had to make them. A friend on Facebook posted this link on my wall […]
I’ve decided that I’m a little bored with cooking. I make the same basic things for dinners and I’m getting tired of it. Dinner should be fun, right? So that’s our new theme for the summer. Fun food! So we bought a couple of fun kid’s cookbooks. This is the first thing we made – […]
My Mom called me the other day and asked if I would bring a fruit tray to the family gathering we were having. To me, this was an open invitation for some fruit creativity. I mean, I could have just sliced up some fruit and plopped it on a plate. But really??? That’s not how […]
We had so much fun making our Turkey Cookies with Nutter Butters that we wanted to make another Thanksgiving cookie. I think this one turned out much cuter than the other Turkey Cookies! I mean seriously, look at these little guys. too cute! I used the candy eyes which are my new favorite thing to […]
I saw this “recipe” in the Family Fun magazine while at the Doctor’s office and thought I’d give it a try. Anything to make dinner time fun, right? My kids LOVED it! And it was easy to make. I took hot dogs and cut them into 4 pieces. Then I took raw spaghetti noodles and […]