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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Magic banana? Yep, magic banana. Well, magic banana trick maybe. I guess the banana itself isn’t magic. Or maybe it is. Either way, your kids will think you are magic! Are you ready??? Your going to give your kids bananas and say “abracadabra” and then poof – their banana will be already sliced inside the […]
Have you ever seen these things? They are egg molds? Egg what??? Egg molds! I saw them awhile ago and have been wanting to get them to try them out and here they are. Pretty cool looking aren’t they? You’re probably wondering why in the world anyone would want these things though, right? Well, I […]
I mentioned in my last post for our Faux Deviled Eggs that I love April Fools Day and all the fun food ideas. Well, here’s another super cute idea. How about making a Chicken Not Pie for dinner for your kids. Did you catch that? Chicken Not Pie. I know, clever right? (Or were you […]
A friend of mine at work bought this amazingly awesome ice cube tray mold for me. I thought it was a giant compliment when she said “I saw this and thought of you.” Seriously! How cool is that! I love it when people see weird but extremely cool things and actually think of me. What […]
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 […]
The other day my son said to me “Mom, we should have every Saturday dinner a fun dinner. You know, like the Aliens and race cars that we had.” Bless him. I love that they want to help me in the kitchen and eat fun things. So we decided to make something similar to our […]
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. […]
It’s no secret that I love fun food. I love making it. I love serving it to my kids. It makes me smile. So this was right up my alley. And it’s kind of Halloween-y, right? Kind of? This recipe came out of the cookbook Simple 1-2-3 Cooking for Kids. Ingredients: * Jumbo past shells […]