Fellow foodies sharing their food-related tales
The minions are here!! My son Jonah LOVES the movie Despicable Me. He’s probably seen it 50 times. I put it on my iPad and we’ll often find that he’s snuck the iPad off the counter and is hiding under Continue reading Making Meals Memorable: Despicable Me 2
Baseball is huge in my family. My husband was born and raised in Chicago and he bleeds Cubbie blue. He has passed this love on to our boys and they spend all winter waiting for Opening Day (March 31 this Continue reading Making Meals Memorable: Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
Here in Illinois, it doesn’t feel like Easter is coming any time soon. It has snowed every day for the past week, and we have almost a foot of the white stuff on the ground. When school was cancelled for Continue reading Making Meals Memorable: The Easter Bunny is Coming!
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like a Valentine’s-Themed Meal! The Valentine’s merchandise has been out in the stores since at least the day after Christmas. My kids are starting to plan what Valentines they will pass out at school. I’m Continue reading Making Meals Memorable: Valentine’s Day Themed Meals
Is your house all decorated for Christmas yet? We’re going to be traveling for much of December and at my in-laws’ house over Christmas, so we went really light on the décor this year. We actually don’t even have a Continue reading Making Meals Memorable: Using Themed Meals to Keep the Holiday Spirit Alive
If you haven’t been following Leah Zanolla’s fantastic series on Making Meals Memorable for your children I’m posting links to all of them in the hopes of getting you hooked. Leah has some incredible ideas and offers a lot of Continue reading Foodie Tales Series Highlight – Making Meals Memorable
Our family loves fall – the sights, the smells, the tastes. As a result, we seek out activities that will allow us to experience these as often as possible. A tradition that David and I started when we were first Continue reading Making Meals Memorable – Giving Thanks for the Flavors of Fall
Last time in my A Peek Inside My Toolbox – Part 1, I showed you a few of the supplies I use to make themed meals for my kids. In this second installment, we’re going to check out some of Continue reading A Peek Inside My Toolbox – Part 2
Halloween isn’t my favorite holiday, but one thing I do love about it is that it gives me a built-in theme to make fun meals for my kids. Any time the theme presents itself, I’ll take it! The theme for Continue reading Halloween Themed Meals for Your Little Ghouls and Goblins
So, now that you’ve heard about my passion for making themed meals for your kids, are you unsure about how to get started? I’m going to give you a peek into my kitchen (don’t you love snooping through other people’s Continue reading Making Meals Memorable: A Peek Inside My Toolbox – Part 1