Food, Crafts and Fun
What do you get the person who has everything? Do you send flowers? Chocolates? Or what about the foodie in your family? I am in love with gift baskets. I always have been. There’s something so exciting about receiving (and giving) a basket full of goodies. Gifts baskets can be filled with anything, from food […]
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The rain has hit Oregon. Not just rain, but RAIN! It’s wet and, well, WET! But I love it. It makes me want to bake and hunker down with my kids and play and watch TV. Wait a minute, I do that in the summer too. Hmmmm…… Okay, different approach. Now that fall is here […]
[Continue reading...]Is there anything better than a delicious, chewy, flavorful cookie? I don’t think so. And the one thing I noticed in all the comments on the Cookie Swap and Giveaway we did, chocolate chip cookies seem to still be everyone’s favorite cookie. How can you go wrong?!?! (well, there’s lot of ways to totally mess […]
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As soon as I saw the recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Snowball cookies I knew that was the recipe I was going to make this month. Oh sure, Our Eating Habits (my Secret Recipe Club assignment for November) had an amazing looking recipe for Pumpkin Shortbread Bars that was calling my name. And her Caramel Apple […]
[Continue reading...]Are you looking for a great giveaway hop to participate in this holiday season? Andersons Angels and Joy of Momma Joyner are hosting the Winter Wonderland Giveaway Hop. This event will run from 12:01am EST Saturday December 1, 2012 through 11:59pm EST Saturday December 15, 2012. It’s super easy to join in on all the fun of getting […]
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So what do you think? Have we been doing it up, Thanksgiving style? (Maybe not if you’re a grown up. But we don’t really have one of those in our house.) =o) But my kids have loved all the fun treats we’ve made so far. We tried our first Turkey Cookie. Then we sugar-ed it […]
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It’s almost Christmas! Whoo hoo! This is my absolute favorite time of year! I’ve teamed up with some amazing bloggers to start the season off right – with a huge giveaway! A Helicopter Mom, About A Mom, The Kids Fun Review, Sunshine and Sippy Cups, and The Adventures of J-Man and MillerBug are hosting this […]
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If I could, I would eat pita bread and hummus every day. I love it! I love the garlicy deliciousness of it all. (I would, of course, sprinkle Feta all over it too and maybe some tzatziki dressing and I would be in heaven. I might even chose this over chocolate. Can you believe it?!?! […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
My kids and I watch a craft show every Saturday morning called Donna’s Day. Have you heard of it? It’s fantastic. She does crafts and recips and all sorts of great things for you to do with your kids. Some of them are awesome. Some of them are for the more Martha Stewart Mom’s out […]
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 […]
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 […]
Are these the cutest cookies EVER?!?! Not to toot my own horn. Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t invent this recipe. I just stole it =o) But how could I NOT steal it, right?!?! After I saw this cookie on Raina’s blog The Garden of Yum I knew this was the next cookie I was […]
You’re going to think this is either gross or totally cool. Or maybe a little bit of both. Either way, it’s perfect for Halloween! And my kids thought it was totally grossly cool! Sloppy Joe Intestines! Or maybe it’s Sloppy Joe Colon. But that sounds too gross, even for me. I found the idea here […]
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 […]
In keeping with our fun food theme we made these cute sloppy Joe cars. What do you think? (You didn’t miss our other fun food posts, did you? Octodogs and Shells, Aliens for dinner and our Squiddlers.) These were simple to make and will be a big hit with the kids. You will need: * […]