One more cute Halloween theme lunch for the month! I used an ornament cookie cutter for the body of the spider. The legs are stick pretzels and the eyes are mini chocolate chips.
For the popcorn I simply added some plastic spider rings from the $1 store.
Huge hit in the lunchroom!
Have a spook-tacular day!!!
This is a fun lunch for any Batman fan / Halloween fun. I used a bat cookie cutter for the slice of cheese on top of the sandwich. For the orange snowball I just melted some chocolate and snipped the tip off to pipe on the bat. Last but not least the easiest part was adding a tattoo to a mini banana I found at our local HEB.
Here’s a quick and easy addition to lunch that my son loved. For the buggy grapes I used a tooth pick to line up all the grapes. I used a dab of melted chocolate to attach the eyes and that’s it!
On the boiled egg I used 2 different size straws and pushed them in the egg till you reach the middle and then pull it out. If you pinch the larger straw a little you get more of an oval mouth.
This week I’ll be posting some quick fun spook-tacular school lunch ideas. First up is the classic witch. I used a cookie cutter to press into the sandwich bread to give more details. For the witches nails I used Bugles and melted chocolate. You can use the colored candy coating for fun color nails, but I just kept mine simple.
You don’t have to be super crafty to make this breakfast! I just bough some fangs at the dollar store. I cut mine apart since I had smaller doughnuts if I folded them and put them in they just broke apart the doughnut. I made a quick powder sugar icing using powder sugar a little milk and food coloring to get the red and black. I actually did the red first then just added the black to it so I just used one bowl. Bonus points for being lazy and less cleanup! Anyway I then put the icing in snack baggies clipped off the end and piped it on. Easy! The eyes are store bought candies you can find near the sprinkles. HEB, Kroger, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, etc they all have them.
Hope you have a spook-tacular day!
It’s FINALLY October! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. We got out our decorations in September over a rainy weekend and I decided to make a Halloween themed lunch. One dish for “mummy’s boy” and one for my “batty husband”. They got a kick out of them so I thought I would share. They are actually pretty easy to make the meatball bats are the most time consuming.
For the pasta and sauce I cheated and used ingredients from HEB since the sauce is one of our favorites, plus it’s orange so win for me. I used spinach pasta, you could also use squid ink for black pasta, but I couldn’t find it on my last trip there. They recently moved everything in the store and I gave up in frustration.
For the “mummy’s boy” I just used a mozzarella string cheese stick. I cut off 2 rounds for the eyes and used cracker crumbs for the pupal. Just shred the cheese and layer like a mummy.
For the meatball bats – I started with crackers and cut them on an angle to make them into wings.
For the eyes I did the same as above. If you want them perfectly round you can use a straw. We aren’t fans of olives, but if you need larger eyes for our meal, use a tapioca straw for the cheese and a regular straw on an olive.
Add to your pasta and have a spooky meal!
The holiday’s don’t mean that dishes you bring to a party have to be hard! I whipped up an easy red white and blue salad with a few ingredients. If you wanted more of white pop of color use feta or goat cheese to really make it stand out.
I simply used a small star cookie cutter to cut out shapes of cucumber to make it more festive too.
I used a white poppy seed dressing which I served on the side, but you could easily toss the salad before adding your red and blue fruits on top.
I’ll see you on Friday, I’m taking Wednesday off! Be safe out there!
Happy 4th of July!!!
We love our Preschool teachers! My son is really learning more than I would have ever imagined he would just from attending pre-k. He loves to read and do math equations, I know not a normal 5 year old right? lol Anyway, this year I did 3 days of gifts for the teachers and I’ll attach the links if you need last minute printable items!
The Target gift card I’ll use for the end of school (click HERE for printable)
Chick-fila gift card (click HERE for printable)
Amazon gift card (click HERE for printable)
Bag of chips card (click HERE for printable)
For the teachers lunch day I made the stuffed pasta shells I recently posted (click HERE).
If you come to my house on any given day you’ll be smothered with Star Wars figures, cars, legos, you name it (and it’s Star Wars) I’m pretty sure we have it, not to mention Alexa playing the death march loud and proud! I did this meal for movie night when The Last Jedi came out on video. My son LOVED it and now I find myself dreaming up more theme dinners lol. Hubby got a kick out of it too. So what did we do you ask?
I make mini pizzas that where looked like the Death Star
I made little Yoda Jell-O’s out of lime Jell-O, topped with whipped cream and then some chocolate candy melts I shaped like ears. Of course served with blue milk!
For movie time I coated pretzels with more candy melt to make mini light sabers for the trail mix.
I’m sure you’re still laughing at my little BB-8! She hates dressing up, but come on it’s a theme party right!!
Oh one last thing…I printed off a would you rather game from Pinterest and this was a huge hit during dinner! Gotta love the internet! We do this now for theme dinners and it’s a lot of fun and you learn new things about your family.
Make family night more fun with easy themes, trust me the kiddos will talk about it for a long time. It’s created some of the best memories for us!
Tomorrow is Saint Patrick’s Day! Are you ready? I made this dish and it was wonderful! The only difference was I used Italian sausage only because I have a ton to use up from our deer meat we got processed. I also tagged this in soups. The original picture from Mrs. Happy Homemade (link below) shows no liquid, however when I made it there was a whole pot of liquid. I’m almost wondering if the lid should be left off to cook down more. Either way, hubby is loving it and we are gobbling it down! May the luck of the Irish be with you this weekend!!
Dublin Coddle
(Adapted from Mrs. Happy Homemade)
6 pork sausages (or bratwurst)
12oz thick cut bacon, sliced into 1 inch pieces
3 pounds russet potatoes, peeled& sliced 1/2″ thick
2 large onions, sliced into 1/2″ half rings
2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
4-5 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup Guinness beer (or beef broth)
1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced – plus extra for sprinkling
pepper
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
In a large dutch oven, cook the bacon on medium heat until crispy.
Remove the bacon using a slotted spoon & drain on paper towels.
Sear the sausage (or bratwurst) in the bacon grease to brown. Remove the sausages from the pan to drain with the bacon.
Remove all but about 1/4 of bacon grease from the pan. Add the sliced onion to the pot, & cover.
Cook for about 7 minutes, stirring once or twice.
Add in the chicken broth, apple cider vinegar, minced garlic, & a sprinkling of pepper. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat. Pour the onion/broth mixture into a separate dish for a moment.
Layer the sliced potatoes along the bottom of your dutch oven. (I diced them up, because I was distracted while reading the directions and trying to cook lol)
Pour the onion/broth mixture over top.
Cover, cook for 45 minutes. Remove from the heat & pour in 1 cup of Guinness beer (or broth).
Replace the cover & return to the oven for another 45 minutes.
Top with the remaining bacon & a few more sprinkles of fresh parsley once it’s done. Serve with crusty bread to sop up the au jus.
*If you want all your bacon crispy, then save it all
for the end.
If you really know me you know I’m one of those Pinterest addicts. I’ve made over 700 things off of Pinterest. It’s such a great place to get ideas from and while I was looking for a non food teacher gift for Thanksgiving I knew I had to make this when I saw it.
I folded the baggie before wrapping the ribbon around it and attaching the tag. On top I traced my sons hand on a paper let him color it like a turkey and added a note “Happy Thanksgiving from one of your many little turkeys”. I used little plastic pumpkins to put the finished product in.
Speaking of cute, here’s the craft I made using pre-packaged snacks for all of my son’s classmates. The kiddos sure love them!
Fall Stovetop Pumpkin Pie Scent
(Adapted from Pinterest)
1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
2 to 3 cinnamon sticks
Place ingredients into a small pot of boiling water. Simmer on low heat until your home smells delicious.
