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Rabu, 24 April 2013

Fun with FunBites!

Having Fun with our FunBites!
We made these cute and fun snacks the other day with our FunBitesCube it and I wanted to share them!  There are two FunBites cutters right now: the Cube it! and the Luv it! I love the Cube it, not only because it cuts everything in perfectly beautiful squares, but because with the squares I feel that your creativity has no limits! :)
The FunBites Cube it cutter cuts your food into 12 small squares. It is so simple to use and you can use it on nearly anything too. My favorite fruits to use it with are watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple and honeydew. To make the pineapple squares come out easier I cut the pineapple slices thin.

It works easily on any breads, pancakes, french toast slices, pizza, cold cuts, and cheeses too. Eliana loves when I make her mini Wowbutter, honey and cinnamon sandwiches. I make a normal sandwich and then use the cutter to make the pieces bite sized. I also like to cut a bunch of fruit with the cutter and then we get to play with our food. We made some cute snacks with our Cube it:
To make this cute Fruity Fish Snack use your Funbites Cube it cutter on cantaloupe.  For the fish lips you can just take one of the cantaloupe squares and use a knife to cut out a triangle. Below the fish I cut some pineapple and watermelon for the ocean floor :) The bubbles are Cheerios. This was so simple and easy to make and Eliana loved it! :)
To celebrate Spring weather and all the beautiful flowers blooming up we made this cute FunBites Flowerpot Snack. Using the Cube it cutter I cut watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple and bread. I used a slice of green pepper to make the stem. On the side I had honey for her to dip her bread into if she wanted to. This would be a perfect project for kids to make by themselves! If you have all the fruit cut up for them they could make their own designs :)
I also made this cute lion snack for Eliana to munch on. I cut cantaloupe, pineapple, watermelon and bread (crust side up) to make the lion.  Some of the cubes I cut in half or in other shapes to make the designs for his face and tail. 

...So looking back at the picture now I think our lion looks a little grumpy haha but I still find him to be super cute! And Eliana loved him so that is really all that matters :)

Linking up here :)

**Disclosure: FunBites asked for us to have some fun with their products in exchange for an upcoming review and giveaway.  However all opinions expressed in this post are my own**

Senin, 15 April 2013

Kids DIY Sun Crackers

Kids DIY Sun Crackers: A fun and creative snack for kids to make themselves!
The last few days the weather has been rainy and blah, which I don't know about you but it completely has an affect on my mood! So to bring in some sunshine Eliana and I made these Sun Crackers for a snack the other day! Eliana had loved when I made the DIY Turkey Snack Platter so I took my inspiration from there and went with suns. They were so much fun to make and we enjoyed eating them together! (I ate all the scraps.. she ate the cute suns hehe) :) 
This was such a simple snack and could be made so many different ways! We used orange and yellow bell peppers for the sun rays, but you could easily use another fruit or vegetable. 

To make the sun we used Ritz Whole Wheat crackers for the base.  Using my circle cutter I cut some cheddar cheese circles. Then with a mini square cutter I cut some squares with orange and yellow bell pepper. I used a knife and cut the square diagonally to make the sun rays. The eyes are edible candy eyes and the mouth is a chocolate sprinkle. Now, I must warn you. Not all chocolate sprinkles (or jimmies) are created equal. I will not say that I dug around my chocolate sprinkles looking for cute slightly curved ones that would make perfect mouths.. because who would do that? ;) For the platter below I made sure there was enough "materials" to make three Sun Crackers :)
To make your Kids DIY Sun Cracker Platter you will need:
Ritz Whole Wheat crackers
Cheese (I used cheddar)
edible candy eyes
Orange and Yellow Bell Pepper
chocolate sprinkles
Here is one of Eliana's suns that she ate right up :)
I think she did awesome! She had so much fun putting together this cute Mr. Sun and enjoyed making the rest. The best part was that she enjoyed eating it all up!

Linking up here :)

Selasa, 19 Maret 2013

Rice Krispies PEEPS and over 20 PEEPS ideas!

PEEPS PEEPS Glorious PEEPS! What says spring more than PEEPS? For me PEEPS is to Easter/Spring like Conversation Heart Candy is to Valentine's Day.

When Michelle of Sugar Swings! Serve Some and Christi of Love from the Oven asked if I wanted to join in on a celebration of PEEPS with a blog hop and a giveaway I was so excited!!! Plus it is the 60th anniversary of PEEPS! 

So to celebrate I went straight to BJ's and bought a ginormous pack of PEEPS. 
 But what to do with all these PEEPS?! Seriously. There were over 40 PEEPS in that package. So I finally came up with the idea to make Rice Krispies PEEPS! I felt like a genius! Before weighing them all out to try to figure out how many would be necessary to replace regular marshmallows I did some searching online-- because I figured I couldn't have been the first genius with this idea. And I wasn't ;) I found this recipe on Serious Eats and decided to try it out!

Rice Krispies PEEPS:
Ingredients:
3 TBSP butter
6 cups Rice Krispies Cereal

Directions:
1. In a large pot melt butter over low heat.

2. Take the PEEPS and put them in your saucepan. Continue to stir and let them melt. Don't mix the colors until you add the Rice Krispies, but do move the PEEPS around so they don't burn/stick to the bottom of the pan. Remove pot from heat once PEEPS are all melted. (I kind of jiggled them around in their own section to keep them from sticking to the pan)

3. Add Rice Krispies cereal and stir until well coated.

4. Press mixture into desired pan coated with cooking spray (I used a 13x9 inch pan)

5. Cool completely before cutting.
So I separated my PEEPS like this when melting. I kept them in their own section without mixing the colors before adding the Rice Krispies. The package of PEEPS I got from BJ's only came with these three colors, but you could use any colors you want! However I would keep it to only three colors of PEEPS. When I was mixing the Rice Krispies in I was very careful because I didn't want to get any brownish colors from overmixing (which did happen in a few areas).

What you'll get is something that looks like this:
Aren't they pretty!? I loved the mix of colors! And they look nothing like the bright neon colors of the PEEPS. My brother had thought I used Fruity Pebbles!
And look who's PEEPing behind these yummy treats! ;)
These were seriously SO easy to make and Eliana loved helping me make them!

Now Hop along and check out over 20+ PEEPS ideas from these amazing bloggers!! 
I am so thankful to be included among bloggers who I virtually stalk admire!

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Minggu, 10 Maret 2013

Easter Bunny Lunch and over 20 Creative Easter Food and Craft Ideas!

With Easter right around the corner, and seemingly so early this year I am honored to be a part of this round up of creative Easter food and craft ideas! Be sure to check them all out at the end of this post!

For this round up I made an Easter Bunny Lunch for Eliana and she loved it! I took inspiration from my Groundhog Day Lunch and made a cute bunny popping out of a hole (bread crust) :)

I made this Easter bunny using my nesting circle cookie cutters. The Easter bunny is a Wowbutter sandwich (with mini chocolate chips sprinkled inside as a nice surprise) cut with the largest circle cutter. Its ears are sliced banana and its eyes are mini chocolate chips on cheese cut with a circle cutter. The nose is fruit leather and his whiskers are spaghetti noodles.  Since bunnies eat carrots and celery those were the vegetables we chose to put in this lunch :) 

And what Easter Bunny is complete without an Easter egg? You can easily make an Easter egg with some cheese, a cookie cutter, and decorate it with fruit leather.

So that is it! An easy to make healthy and creative Easter Bunny Sandwich for Lunch! :) Eliana loved it and nibbled it all up... just like a bunny ;)

Make sure to stop by and check out all of the Easter Extravaganza Posts! Full of fun food, cakes, cookies, snacks and craft ideas for Easter made by many bloggers whom I admire greatly!
I, Robot Egg Cookie by Hani - Haniela's

Linking up here :)