Food, Crafts and Fun
Isn’t part of the whole gift giving thing getting the person something that they would like? I mean, I get the whole it’s the thought that counts, but if you give a person a Snickers bar and they’re allergic to peanuts, will they like it? Sure. Will they go home and give it to their […]
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It’s Secret Recipe Club reveal day today. Yeah! I love this day. Even though we’re scrambling around trying to pack in as much summer fun as we can into the last few weeks. But this month was a piece of cake. As soon as I received my blog assignment last month I went over to […]
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I’m not sure how many more days of summer we have until school starts (and I have to go back to work.) I refuse to look at a calendar or even think about it yet. (Denial is a powerful thing.) So here are some funnies for you. If you don’t work in a school, you […]
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My daughter and her friends love Zotz Fizzy Candy. I mean, love them. Have you heard of Zotz? Zotz Fizzy Candy is a hard candy with a sour, fizzy powder on the inside. The powder is “activated” by saliva (liquid) so when you are sucking on the candy, it all of a sudden fizzes and […]
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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 […]
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Just hearing the word s’mores makes you think of summer, right? It does for us. And it also means it’s S’more Blizzard time at Dairy Queen. My kids love them and ask to go there a lot. Unfortunately, I’m a tight wad and won’t take them there very often. So what do we do? We […]
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Cheesecake is one of my all time favorite desserts. We have a restaurant here, The Cheesecake Factory, that I love to go to for dessert. They have a ton of different varieties of cheesecake. So many that it’s almost too hard to choose which one to order. It’s an indulgence I don’t do too often, […]
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One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that camping can be a ton of work! But there are a lot of things that you can do beforehand to make time out there with your family or friends more relaxing. One of the things we do beforehand is lots of food prep. I’m […]
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We love to camp. Have you gotten that impression yet? Summers are for spending time together, cooking good food and going camping with my kids. We’re pretty much perfected the camping treats. (You’re camping, for heaven’s sake. Treats are good.) We’ve made Campfire Apple Pies (oh man, pure heaven), Campfire Eclairs (I have no words), […]
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It’s Secret Recipe Club time again. That means it’s time to tell you about a new blog I found and what great recipe I made from it. My blog assignment this month was BKLYN Locavore. Melissa is a marketing professional by day and an avid foodie by night. She believes in buying locally (which has […]
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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 […]
Have you ever seen this before? Is it the strangest thing ever?!?! It looks like it should be in some Star Wars movie or something. (Or do I just not get out enough???) I saw this over at the local fruit and veggie stand. It’s awesome! (The stand, that it.) I wasn’t sure what it […]
My daughter’s pre-school class has been learning Japanese all year. It’s so cool to hear her speak and she is so proud when she comes home and tells me the new words she has learned. At the school’s Spring Fling Bar-B-Que her class sang “Jesus Loves Me” in Japanese! In Japanese!!! She’s 5 years old! […]
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 […]
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 […]
I had all these grand plans to do great things this Easter. Some of them got done but a lot of them are still in my “to do” pile. Crud. At 6am when I was getting ready to pack my kid’s lunch for school I remembered I wanted to pack their lunch a little differently. […]
Angry birds seem to be the thing right now. When we were trick or treating there were so many houses that had Angry Bird pumpkins. They were super cool. So when I saw this cute sandwich over on Jill’s blog, Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons, this just seemed like the perfect fun meal. And […]
I have a confession to make. You know those little recipe books that you always see in the check out stand? They are usually themed – Halloween, Christmas, cookies, crockpot recipes. You know the ones. I am addicted to them. Yep, I said it out loud. I love them. I love looking through them and […]