Food, Crafts and Fun
My kids and I love Hawaiian Sweet Bread. And when I say love, I mean we are totally obsessed with it. I remember eating it years ago in Hawaii with Guava jam. It was so delicious I’ve been hooked ever since. And apparently I’ve passed that obsession on to my kids. Because we can sit […]
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The school year has started. Were you ready to send your kids back? I’m sure parents are all screaming “YES!!!!” But educators? Not so much. Well, I was ready to send my kids back to school, but I was not so ready to return to work. I like my summers. Strike that. I love my summers! […]
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How long have your kids been back to school now? A week, two weeks? Mine have been back a week and I had every intention of getting these fun little gifts to teachers on the first day of school. Well, that didn’t happen. So I took off the “first day of school” part and made […]
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We just finished the 2nd day of school and have I posted any back to school posts yet? I just can’t seem to get my act together right now. But I’m trying. Better late than never… right? Yeah, yeah. That’s the excuse that late people use. It’s never too late to talk lunch box notes. […]
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I’ve been MIA from the Secret Recipe Club for the past two months. We’ve been out of the country in Peru for the summer having an experience that was truly life changing. But we’re back and slowly getting back into the swing of life at home. My assignment this month was Cheese With Noodles. First […]
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After spending the summer in Peru we were in the mood for a big salad. It’s winter in Peru so they don’t eat a lot of salads right now. (Or so I was told.) The food was amazing there but my daughter kept saying “I just want a big salad.” So, when we got home […]
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How can you go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate? You pretty much can’t in my book. It’s my step-Mom’s favorite dessert combination so when I saw this recipe I knew it was something I was going to make for her. We have a yearly beach trip every summer and I bring the desserts. This was […]
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We have another Peruvian dish for you today and it’s a good one. Aji Amarillo (yellow peppers) are super popular in Peru and are in a lot of the dishes we had in Cusco. Unfortunately I couldn’t bring any fresh peppers home but I was able to bring home some dried peppers as well as […]
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Yep! Another pound cake recipe for you. Because, seriously, is it even possible to have too much pound cake? Absolutely not! And combine the moist buttery flavor of a pound cake with the delicious lemon-lime flavor of 7 Up and you have a winner! It was moist and dense and perfect. My family loved it! […]
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It’s been forever since I’ve written a blog post. We were gone for most of the summer in Peru and after coming back, I’ve been in kind of a slump. I’ve been baking and cooking, but writing? Not so much. We spent our summer in Cusco, Peru volunteering in the Juan Pablo II Orphanage. I […]
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I pinned this recipe quite some time ago and put it into my “Fun Food Ideas” board. I mean, seriously, of course I was going to make it. They are adorable! And with the movie Turbo coming out, I figured it was the perfect time to surprise my kids. My son wants to see Turbo badly. […]
Because, really… isn’t everything better on a stick? Heck yeah! And how cute are these little mummy heads? I just loved them. We gobbled up our Mummy Twinkie Pops (holy smokes, were they good!) And we wanted to do another fun mummy treat this Halloween so we decided on these. Mummy Oreo Suckers Source: How […]
Our last Halloween post for the season (sniff, sniff) is a simple but fun one – Mummy Pretzels! Cute, right?!?! We found two different versions on the internet, here and here – both adorable. The girls loved making them. I’m pretty sure they ate about 20 eyes a piece before I realized where they all went. […]
Did you read the title and think “what the heck?” If you did, you’re not alone. When I first heard of roasting Starburst candies over the campfire I was pretty skeptical. Number one, there’s no chocolate so that usually rules me out. And number two, what the heck? How would that even work??? But when […]
I have decided that April Fools Day is one of my favorite holidays. Sounds a little strange maybe but fun food and me? Yep, we go together like peanut butter and jelly. And April Fools Day screams fun food. So what do you think about our Deviled Eggs? Who doesn’t love deviled eggs, right? Oh […]
Do they look like hot dogs? Of course they do. But are they? Well, sort of. They’re hot dogs, but not the kind you eat for lunch. You eat these hot dogs for dessert! I found the recipe for these over on The Seven Year Cottage. I changed it up just a little bit. They used […]
I’m not even sure I can type this post. I’m laughing too hard. ‘Cause seriously… this meal cracked me up. But even more hysterical than these totally adorable weenie men (that I found over on Casa de Luna) is the conversation that I had with my son. Are you ready for this??? My son: […]
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 – […]