Creative food craft ideas
I love looking at Bento lunch boxes. So cute and creative, but mostly healthy. I am amazed at the creativity and how well the Bento box can be used in so many different ways. Such as making the holidays fun for the kids as they wait for the holiday vacation to begin.
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With the holidays, there are a lot of sweets to eat. As much as we want the kids to indulge, we also want to make sure they get an occasional healthy snack. It’s bad enough being flu season, we don’t want a sick kid because they ate one too many cookies or candy cane
. This would work for a … Read More ...
Tomorrow is the first day of Hanukkah! If you don’t celebrate Hanukkah, here is a great chicken soup for those cold days or when you are feeling under the weather. I might have to drive to my local deli and pick up some! Soup always tastes better when someone else makes it! Especially when you are under the weather!
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Christmas is a week from Thursday. Yikes! I mentioned earlier we don’t do breakfast in our household on Christmas morning, just a bag of donuts to munch on till lunch. Plus, after we open presents I start on the lunch.
These make ahead casseroles, might make me change my mind. These would also work if you are having a brunch … Read More ...
Growing up we didn’t have a big breakfast on Christmas morning. In fact, what was in our stocking was our breakfast. We got an orange, grapes, banana, some nuts and a few chocolates. As a kid, we just wanted to open our presents and play with them all day. Plus, we ate our Christmas lunch around noon. We still don’t … Read More ...
Having a party and still need ideas to serve to your guests, here is the site for you. Hopefully, you will be able to find something new to serve or maybe you are having your first party and need some ideas. I’m getting hungry just looking at the pictures!
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Is your tree up if you celebrate the Christmas holiday? We will be putting ours up tomorrow or it won’t go up till Christmas Eve.
Trees for all occasions! Appetizer, meal or dessert. You will definitely find a tree in this next site to help you. Some will take more time than others, but your guests will be delighted with … Read More ...
Are you done with your holiday shopping and baking? I got the Christmas cards out and still have some shopping to do and all my baking and homemade gifts to do. I’ll be lucky if I get Santa’s cookies made in time. I procrastinate in the kitchen, since I’m not very good. My New Year goal is to be more … Read More ...
Gelt for Hanukkah or gold coins for the holidays. Germany, Belgian and Norway give chocolate gelds during the St. Nicholas holidays. You could use these for a pirate themed party or St. Patrick’s Day pot of gold. Guests could take some gold home in their gift bag. I wonder if you can silver dust?
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Make your food sparkle with edible glitter. This would be perfect for decorating the princess cakes or cookies. Of course you could just pick up some sparkle sugar
, unless you’re like me and forget to buy it. You have a back up plan and can make your own.
During the holidays there are a lot of recipes for reindeer … Read More ...
I am happy to share the snow that we receive in the winter time, but it doesn’t work well when it comes to decorating your food items. Most people use white icing or frosting and then add sprinkles to make it look like snow on their baked goods. This website uses coconut flakes
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Ever have a bad night that snowballs into a bad day! Hoping the rest of the week doesn’t continue the trend. Speaking of snow, here are some cute cookies that were created from a scene in the movie “Frozen”. She even puts a clip, which is great, because I still haven’t seen the movie. After watching that clip, I need … Read More ...
Just before Thanksgiving, I posted a site that had several gluten-free recipes
. One of the Facebook readers requested more dairy-free recipes. So today, will be filled with dairy-free recipes and desserts. In New England, we have a lot of dreary days and cold nights perfect for drinking hot chocolate. Or when the kids come in after a day of … Read More ...
One of my all-time favorite book and show of the holiday season. It wouldn’t be Christmas in our house if I missed the original “How the Grinch Stole Christmas
” on TV. I do have the video if I do miss it, which has happened a couple of years due to our schedule.
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Here are a couple of sites that have lots of different cookie ideas for you to make for a cookie swap or just add to your current favorites. Maybe you are making your first batch of Christmas cookies, there are many choices for your new tradition.
Click here on Over the Big Moon for 12 different cookie recipe sites from … Read More ...