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Make Snow Ice Cream – Winter Family Fun!

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Snow Ice Cream

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Originally posted in 2014

Here in northeast Ohio there is a TON of snow on the ground!  Make the most of it and create your own Snow Ice Cream!

With many kiddos off with another snow day, grab some simple ingredients and make some Snow Ice Cream.  We did this Monday evening and my boys loved it.  I wasn’t particularly a fan but then again, I don’t eat much regular ice cream.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1/4 – 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4-5 cups of CLEAN snow
  • a few drops of food coloring (optional)

In a bowl, mix together milk, vanilla, and sugar until the sugar is dissolved.  Pour mixture over snow that is in another bowl and stir until smooth. Do not over stir. Serve immediately.

If you’d like, you can add a few drop of food coloring to the milk/sugar mixture.  You may also want to add some of your favorite toppings before serving.

snow ice cream

Thanks: Ann Arbor Mom




Halloween Monster Mouths – Halloween Foods for Kids

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Halloween Monster Mouths

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Here’s another recipe my boys love to make during the Halloween season….Monster Mouths!  Scary, huh?  The best thing about this recipe is that you probably have most of the ingredients already on hand.  Here’s how to make this simple little snack.

Check out these other Halloween foods for kids:

** Yummy Mummy Hotogs
** Mini Mummy Pizzas

What you’ll need:

Apples
Peanut Butter
Lemon juice
Teeth: These can be many things.  While I used mini marshmallows,  you can also use peeled almonds, jelly beans, yogurt covered raisins and much more.

Directions:
Slice the apples to make them look like lips
Put sliced apples in a bowl of lemon water for about 10-15 minutes so they don’t brown (we didn’t do this since we ate them right away)
Spread peanut butter on the tops of each apple slice
Stick the “teeth” into the peanut butter of one apple and add another apple on top




Mini Mummy Pizzas – FUN Halloween Food for Kids

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In addition to the Yummy Mummy Hot Dogs, you and your kiddos may also want to try out these Mini Mummy Pizzas!  These are easy to make and a perfect Halloween food for kids.  Grab your ingredients, round up the kids and get ready for some spooktacular fun!

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Mini Mummy Pizzas

Fun Halloween Food for Kids

What you’ll need:

Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, thawed to room temperature
     **you can also use English Muffins but my children prefer the taste of the rolls

pizza sauce

string cheese

sliced olives

cooking spray

Instructions

Spray counter with non-stick cooking spray and flatten each roll into a circle.

Place on a sprayed baking sheet.

Top each one with pizza sauce and poke each one several times with a fork to prevent bubbles.

Place two olives towards the top on each for the eyes

Tear string cheese into thin strips and crisscross the layers to resemble a mummy. Break off little pieces that hang over the edge.

Bake at 350°F 10-12 minutes, until cheese has completely melted.

 

Source: Rhodes




Yummy Mummy Hotdogs – Great Halloween Food for Kids!

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My kiddos enjoy helping me cook and this is one of their favorites.  They love that they can do it all by them self and I love that there is very little cleanup.  While these little treats can be made anytime of year, they are super fun during Halloween!

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Yummy Mummy Dogs

What you’ll need:
1 can of crescent rolls (here’s a coupon)
1 package hot dogs
mustard
nonstick cooking spray
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F

1. Separate crescent roll dough at perforations and cut into thin strips of dough.
2. Wrap strips of dough around each hot dog to resemble a mummy.  I also made sure each one had a “hat”.
3. Place wrapped hot dogs on a baking sheet and spray dough lightly with cooking spray.
4. Bake for 13 – 17 minutes, or until dough is light golden brown.
5. Use mustard to dot eyes onto mummy faces (I used a toothpick to make them really small)
Source:  Pillsbury



Low Calorie American Flag Fruit Salad! Great for 4th of July!

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Looking for a yummy but low-calorie dessert for your 4th of July celebration?  Look no further!   This American flag fruit salad is sure to be the hit of the party.

When you’re watching your calories like I am, picnics can be rough with fatty burgers, mayonnaise coated pastas, and high calorie desserts galore.  To help stay away from that tempting food, I try to bring a few side dishes that I know that I can eat.  Here’s one I made just this weekend for a cookout we attended.

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American Flag Fruit Salad

* 9×13 glass dish
* 1 pint of blueberries
* 1 1/2 lb’s of strawberries (cut in halves)
* about 3-4 bananas (cut in slices)

**Simply cut your berries and assemble in the pan.

Coupon tip:  I saved a ton on money by buying my fruit at Aldi.  You can also price-match the Aldi prices at Walmart.




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