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Green Juice of Awesome

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indexDid the picture freak you out? It shouldn’t. My kids beg me to make this juice and my potato chip loving husband that won’t get near kale in it’s original form sheepishly asks me to make him some juice (like it’s not manly to drink healthy juice). Fire up that juicer, I’m serious you will LOVE it.

Green Juice of Awesome

2 Apples (cored)

1 Pear (cored and quartered)

1 orange

1/3 Lime (this is the key ingredient)

1 Kiwi (peeled)

1 Mango (peeled and sliced)

3 Kale stalks

Handful of spinach

Juice and enjoy…you will cry tears of happy.

 

 

 

Best Deviled Eggs

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Do you always end up having a bunch of leftover Easter Eggs? It seems like we end up feeding ours to our dog after a few days. Not any more though! I found the best deviled egg recipe ever!!

Colorful Easter Eggs

Not SO Devilish Eggs

- 6 Hard boiled Eggs

- 1/2 c. Mayonnaise (I like the kind made with Olive Oil)

- 1 Tbs. Dijon Mustard

- 1 tsp. Paprika, plus some for garnish

 

Peel and cut open hard boiled eggs. Scoop out yolk and put in a medium sized bowl. Mix all remaining ingredients together (except garnish) and put back into the egg halves. Add garnish, enjoy!

 

Dr. Seuss Party Food

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Here is an easy way to add some fun to a party or baby shower for your little one! We love these cute ideas and they are easy for anyone to make.

 

 

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Green Eggs:

Use your favorite Deviled Egg recipe and add green food coloring to the mix.

Colored Popcorn:

Pop desired amount of Popcorn and separate into 4 bowls. Over the stovetop melt 1/4 stick of butter, 1/2 cup light corn syrup and 1 tsp. vanilla. Bring to a boil and let boil for 5 min. Turn off heat and add 1st color of food coloring. Working quickly pour the colored syrup over the popcorn of one of the bowls and toss to coat. Repeat with each remaining color. Once popcorn has cooled and hardened a bit, combine colors together in a large bowl.

Cat’s Hat Cupcakes:

Using a box cake mix of your choice bake cupcakes according to package directions. Once they are cooled frost cupcakes with blue and red frosting. Cut a marshmallow in half and place on top of a blue cupcake. Put red frosting on top of the marshmallow and add the other half of the marshmallow on top.

 

 

 

 

The Bento Box for Toddlers

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How fun are these? I have a few picky eaters at my house, but if I make the food fun to look at it magically gets eaten. This fish food feast was easy to make and fun to eat. I simply used a cookie cutter on the ham, with fruit leather strips for the stripes and a blueberry for the eye.

Bento boxes (the red case) can be purchased on Amazon.com or other sites and can even be used as a lunch box for older kids.

If you have a picky eater too, try introducing new foods in a fun way and you might be surprised at what gets eaten!

Alphabet Pretzels

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What’s more fun than playing with dough and then eating your creation? Not much. My kids sure loved rolling the dough into snakes and making pretzel letters. DSC_4107

Here’s our unbaked finished creations!

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Pretzel Dough Recipe

Ingredients

Makes 1 dozen pretzel

  • 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast

  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar

  • 1 1/8 teaspoons salt

  • 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 cup bread flour

  • 2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

  • 2 tablespoons baking soda

  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted

  • 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt

Directions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast, brown sugar and salt in 1 1/2 cups warm water. Stir in flour, and knead dough on a floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover, and let rise for one hour.
  2. Combine 2 cups warm water and baking soda in an 8 inch square pan. Line 6 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  3. After dough has risen, cut into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a 3 foot rope, pencil thin or thinner. Twist into a pretzel shape, and dip into the baking soda solution. Place onto parchment covered baking sheets, and let rise 15 to 20 minutes.
  4. Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Brush with melted butter, and sprinkle with coarse salt, garlic salt or cinnamon sugar.

Easy Fruit Pizza

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I remember making this in my Creative Cooking Class in High-school. It was life-changing. Back then we made our own dough, but this recipe makes it even easier using the pre-made dough.

Ingredients:

Crust:

1 pkg (16.5 oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough

Frosting:

1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1 pkg. cool whip (lite works too!)

1cup powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Toppings:

blueberries, banana (sliced), straberries, kiwi, mango, peaches, pineapple (use them all or pick your favorites)

Photo and recipe (inspired by) pillsberry.com

Weekday Bruschetta Chicken

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This chicken is an easy weekday meal idea that tastes AMAZING!

recipe and photo courtesy of Lindsey M

1/2 cup flour
2 eggs, beaten
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup crushed garlic croutons
1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 large tomatoes
3 tablespoons minced fresh basil
2 garlic cloves, minced (appox. 1 teaspoon)
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt & pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 9×13 baking dish. Place flour & beaten eggs in separate shallow bowls. Dip chicken into flour, then into eggs. Place into baking dish. Combine parmesan cheese, crushed croutons, & melted butter then sprinkle on chicken. Loosely cover with foil. Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until top is browned and chicken is cooked through. Chop tomatoes and combine with last ingredients. Spoon mixture over chicken, and return to oven for 5-7 minutes or until tomato mixture is heated through.

*note: bruschetta (tomatoes, garlic, basil, olive oil) can also be made in blender.

My Favorite Popcorn

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You may have heard that microwave popcorn isn’t so good for you. It’s not the actual popcorn per se, it’s the chemicals that are released when it’s zapped in your microwave that are living inside the bag.

A few years ago I bought an inexpensive air-popper and some kernels and started making my own. It wasn’t until my husband stepped in that the popcorn became good…really good. I’d like to say it was a team effort though. He brought the butter, I brought the coconut oil.

Best Ever Home-popped Popcorn

1- Pop 1/2 cup popcorn kernels.

2- While popcorn is popping, melt 1 Tbl. salted butter and 1 Tbl. Coconut oil in the microwave.

3- When popcorn has popped drizzle butter and coconut oil over popcorn. Shake or stir to coat.

4- Shake Sea Salt over popcorn to taste.

5- Bring on the movie and popcorn night!

 

Snow Ice Cream

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Easy to make and fun to do!

Are you getting any snow? We’ve gotten a few storms, but everything keeps melting. If you live in a place that is cold enough for snow you should really try this fun recipe your kids will think is a blast to make! Just make sure you stay away from the yellow snow :)

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Recipe by Paula Dean

Ingredients

  • 8 cups snow, or shaved ice
  • 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean (scraped seeds)

Directions

Place snow or shaved ice into a large bowl. Pour condensed milk over and add vanilla. Mix to combine. Serve immediately in bowls.

Optional: add sprinkles, chocolate or strawberry syrup or any other toppings you love on your ice cream.

Chocolate Cake for One

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Ever have those days where you are desperately craving some sort of chocolate fix, but the last thing you want to do is make something? I sure do. This recipe is not only easy it’s delish! Plus, you can make it in a pinch.

For more ideas check out this website Chocolate Covered Katie, where this recipe is from!

One-Minute Mocha Cake

  • 1 tablespoon plus 2 tsp cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons spelt flour (or white, or Arrowhead Mills)
  • 1/2 tsp instant coffee granules (optional)
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp evaporated cane juice, or sugar (edit: xylitol works)
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 stevia packet (or 1 more tablespoon sugar)
  • 1 tablespoon coconut or veg oil
  • 3 tablespoons milk of choice (I used almond milk)
  • 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

Combine dry ingredients and mix very, very well. Add liquid, stir, then transfer to a little dish, ramekin, or even a coffee mug. Microwave 45-50 seconds (or more, depending on how powerful your microwave is). If you don’t want to eat it straight out of the dish, be sure to spray your dish first (and then wait for the cake to cool before trying to remove it).