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<\/a><\/p>\nTo give Jonah an idea of some food he may enjoy at his game, the first meal is a collection of classic ballpark snacks.\u00a0 The top row is trail mix and chips and salsa.\u00a0 For the trail mix, I just threw in some M&Ms, raisins and peanuts, but this could be tweaked to your kids\u2019 liking or made with whatever you have on hand at the time.\u00a0 To make the \u201cnachos\u201d even more authentic, you could add some cheese, but my kids wouldn\u2019t have eaten that, so I didn\u2019t bother with it.\u00a0 The bottom row has cotton candy, corn dog nuggets and popcorn.\u00a0 I happened to have cotton candy on hand because I ran across it on clearance.\u00a0 While not nutritious at all, it\u2019s fun to have available when you need to add a yummy cloud to a themed meal.\u00a0 The corn dog nuggets could be done as a regular corn dog or even a hot dog or bratwurst if your kids would prefer those.\u00a0 Any of those would still fit the theme.\u00a0 Other than the cotton candy, these are all foods that people are fairly likely to have at home (or certainly be able to obtain easily).\u00a0 If you didn\u2019t have cotton candy, you could serve ice cream, another popular stadium treat.<\/p>\n
The second meal we had represents more of the actual game itself.\u00a0 I served square wheat crackers to symbolize the bases, with tortilla chips that are shaped like the infield (salsa is alongside for dipping.)\u00a0 In the bottom row, my favorite addition was the mini powdered sugar donut \u201cbaseball.\u201d\u00a0 This is a rare treat in my house, because even though I love these donuts, they\u2019re way too messy with kids!\u00a0 The middle cup holds hot dogs – not a part of the game, but definitely a ballpark classic.\u00a0 In the last cup is a baseball bat that I cut out of cheese.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have a cookie cutter for this, so I just cut it out with a knife.\u00a0 The boys gobbled this meal right up!<\/p>\n This last photo is from the Cubs opening day last year and gives you another idea of how to do a themed meal without having to cut up and decorate cutesy food.\u00a0 We have a tradition of watching the Cubs opening game together with a meal of hot dogs, chips, Cracker Jacks and bottled root beer (Jonah got a juice box \u2013 no pop until you\u2019re 5 in this house!).\u00a0 The boys look forward to this lunch every year and it\u2019s a great way to spend time together as a family!<\/p>\n Even if baseball isn\u2019t your thing, I hope you were able to get some ideas that you can use to celebrate your own family\u2019s interests!\u00a0 Remember, it doesn\u2019t take much to make your meals memorable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Baseball is huge in my family.\u00a0 My husband was born and raised in Chicago and he bleeds Cubbie blue.\u00a0 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!<\/span>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baseball_02.jpg\" "\\"Baseball_02\\"")
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