This week in my preschool classroom we are learning about fire safety and prevention. Today we made a fun campfire snack using pretzels and licorice. Ingredients: Snyder's sourdough nibblers pretzels mini pretzels red licorice Arrange nibblers in a circle to represent a safe fire pit. Then break up mini pretzels to look like twigs, sticks, and large pieces of wood. Add licorice for fire. While we were making the Read More... {Read More...}
Cream Cheese and Tuna Cucumber Bites
As parents my husband and I do our best to teach our daughter to make good snack choices. One of her favorite foods is tuna and I'm always looking for ways to incorporate it into our diet. Cream Cheese and Tuna Cucumber Bites are the perfect snack for everyone in our family. They also make pretty appetizers when you're having guests over for dinner! Ingredients: low fat cream cheese canned tuna in water cucumber 1) Peel cucumber and slice. Read More... {Read More...}
Boating Fun Chicken Quesadilla featuring Foster Farms Oven Ready Entrees
Cooking for my picky four year old daughter is challenging. I am constantly bringing different foods into our home to give her a variety and hopefully pick up some new favorites. Tonight for dinner she ate an entire chicken quesadilla. The boating fun chicken quesadilla was easy to prepare with Foster Farms Oven Ready Entrees. Foster Farms Oven Ready Entrees are available in several different flavors including Chili Verde, Honey Roasted Read More... {Read More...}
Garden Snail Lunch {Bumble Bee Tuna and cheddar tortilla roll up}
From the time my daughter was a baby she has been a very picky eater. She is usually willing to try new things but rarely ever requests anything other than peanut butter sandwiches or tuna for lunch. I recently shared quick tips for a beach day and showed you some of our favorite food items to bring along, including Bumble Bee Tuna Salad with Crackers. In addition to the prepackaged meals when we are on the go, we eat a lot of other Bumble Bee food Read More... {Read More...}
Quick Green Eggs and Ham Sugar Cookies
Today I'm bringing six dozen Dr. Seuss themed cookies to share with the school where I work. I have seen so many amazing and ridiculously cute versions of these cookies. I didn't have hours to spend in the kitchen this morning so I put together a really quick version. All you need is cookies and frosting to create these yummy treats. With more time I probably would have made my own cookie dough. This morning I used ready to bake. The cookies had my kitchen smelling Read More... {Read More...}
Sugar Cone Santa Hats with Smart and Final
As a pre-k teacher, I'm always looking for fun kitchen projects to bring into my classroom. Sometimes we follow recipes but other times we build masterpieces with edible items. December is a busy month at school and thanks to Smart & Final, my students have a perfect kitchen craft for the holidays. I had a great time shopping at Smart & Final for the project supplies. I was amazed by the low prices! I was able to quickly find everything needed to make 17 sugar cone Santa hats in Read More... {Read More...}
Healthy and Quick Meals with Kidfresh
I knew this week was going to be busy at our house. With the holidays here I have a growing to do list in my office. Following a healthy meal plan is always intended but I dread cooking on the busiest days. We were not hosting Thanksgiving in our home this year so luckily I didn't have to plan an entire meal. But not having Thanksgiving at home also means not having yummy leftovers to end a busy week. Thanks to Kidfresh, instead of turning to fast food for my daughter, we had healthy and quick Read More... {Read More...}
L Week Preschool Snack: Rice Cake Lions
Today my daughter is sharing rice cake lion snacks with her preschool class. This snack was fun and easy to prepare! Ingredients: cinnamon butter (I used Land O' Lakes new cinnamon sugar butter) rice cakes chow mein noodles raisins craisins You can use a frosting bag and tip or a Ziploc bag to pipe the butter onto the rice cakes. If you're using a Ziploc, start by placing the empty bag in a cup to easily fill it with butter. Cut the tip off the baggie and pipe on the Read More... {Read More...}
Preschool Halloween Snack – Candy Corn Pizza
Earlier this week I shared the Frankenstein Jello Cups my daughter shared with her preschool class. In addition to the jello cups we also brought Candy Corn Pizza. The slices were extra small for little hands. I'm tempted to call them "Candy Corn Pizza Bites". I've seen this Halloween themed pizza everywhere online recently but I wanted to try and make a smaller version. Ingredients: Pizza Dough (homemade or store bought, we used Pillsbury canned pizza dough) Biscuit cutter (or if Read More... {Read More...}
Frankenstein Jello Cups
Last week we brought snacks for my daughter's preschool class. She was very excited to share Frankenstein cups! I've seen so many green pudding cups with funny faces drawn but I wanted to avoid adding dye to pudding. I used one of my daughter's favorite snacks, Jello, instead. Supplies: Clear cups Black pipe cleaners Hole Punch Black permanent marker Green Jello (not shown) Use the black marker to draw faces BEFORE pouring the prepared Jello (per Read More... {Read More...}
