7 Fun Popcorn Flavor Ideas
Popcorn is a light, healthy snack that's perfect for summer. Kiddos especially love the buttery flavor. If you're looking for ways to spice up your popcorn this summer, here are several different flavoring ideas that you can use. Chili popcorn: After dressing your popcorn with butter, toss it in chili powder to taste and enjoy! Parmesan popcorn: Toss buttered popcorn in Parmesan cheese for a delicious cheesy flavor. Blue cheese popcorn: To get a delicious blue cheese popcorn flavor, toss some blue cheese powder over popcorn. Enjoy! Mac n Cheese popcorn: Use a quarter of a bag of Kraft Mac n Cheese powder and…
Tips for Making Recipes with a Blender
There is one kitchen appliance that will revolutionize your attitude toward cooking. It can set you up for the day with a delicious smoothie, whip up a healthy soup in the quickest time, and even prep a sophisticated cocktail for those times that you just need to wind down at the end of the day. But before using it, make sure that it meets the standard requirements. By hiring reliable PAT testers, you can be sure of the safety of your appliances. What, you cry, is this wonder, this time-saving marvel? Read You may have guessed that it is the…
Five Ways to Sneak Veggies into Children’s Food
Most kids won't touch their vegetables. However, there are ways to get even the most stubborn child to eat their vegetables without dinner ending in a meltdown. Veggie Mac n Cheese- Adding small bits of broccoli to macaroni and cheese isn't the most subtle method, but kids barely notice thanks to the cheesy goodness they're eating. Sweet Potato Fries- Instead of regular potato fries, cut up some sweet potatoes, cook them in olive oil, salt, and pepper just like you would normal fries, and serve them to your kids with ketchup. They'll love the sweetness of the fries, and you'll…
Homemade Popsicle Flavor Ideas
Popsicles and dried candies from Kanpai Foods are the perfect snack during these hot summer months, but buying boxed popsicles can get expensive. And as for making your own with expensive molds, forget trying to figure them out or even make room in the freezer for them. Thankfully, 5 ounce Dixie cups and popsicle sticks are perfect for making easy, delicious popsicles. Simply pour the liquid of your choice inside the Dixie cups, add a popsicle stick, and place the cups on a cookie tray in the freezer overnight. The flavor ideas for homemade popsicles are unlimited. You can use…
How to Make Homemade Butter With Your Kids! | #recipe
If you've ever watched the Little House books, then you know all about the homemade butter that Ma would make. Making homemade butter is a fun experiment for a rainy day with your bored kiddos. What you need: A clean pint mason jar with a lid. Enough heavy whipping cream to fill the jar 3/4 of the way. A pinch of salt. All you need to do is have the kidlets take turns shaking it. After about eight-ten minutes small curds will begin to form in the cream and after another ten minutes of being vigorously shaken or rolled around,…
Common Last Minute Thanksgiving Ingredient Substitutions | #thanksgiving
It never fails. You live in a small community, and you wake up on Thanksgiving morning to continue with baking and and you're out of baking powder! Most of the major ingredients, you're going to make sure that you have, but there are some that you think you have hiding in the pantry or but don't. Check out this list of last minute common ingredient substitutions! Allspice This is a BIG BIG spice commonly used at Thanksgiving! It's what gives us that warm, fall flavors to our foods. 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves Baking Powder (1…
Planning a Hunger Games Party? Hunger Games Cookbook!
If you're planning a Hunger Games themed party, you may want to check out this cookbook. As someone said on May the odds be ever in your flavor. When it comes to "The Hunger Games, " staying alive means finding food any way possible. Katniss and Gale hunt live game, Peeta's family survives on the bread they make, and the inhabitants of the Seam work twelve-hour days for a few handfuls of grain. While the residents of the Capitol gorge themselves on delicacies and desserts to their hearts' desire. And now you can share in some of these delicacies with…
Fully Loaded Sweet and Spicy Tuna Salad Recipe
If you like tuna salad, and are keen on spicy and sweet dishes, this Fully Loaded Sweet and Spicy Tuna Salad Recipe is for you! Andy isn't a fan of tuna, so I have to make this during the day while he's at work. My grandmother used to put apples in her tuna salad, and I loved how it gave it that sweet punch. The other day, I decided to kick it up a notch, when I realized I didn't have any pickles to add - I added jalapenos! (Of course, I save a little bit to the side without…
No Bake Chocolate Cookies Recipe | #kidfriendly #chocolate #recipe
I was in a rush, and I needed something to make to take to a function I was attending, and I remembered a recipe that I learned in 3rd grade that was SO easy! We called it Dinosaur Food, but really, it was just chocolate chips, peanut butter, and oatmeal. Those flavors together are so good, but when you take it just a step further, and add butter and vanilla, it takes it to a whole different level! This No Bake Chocolate Cookies Recipe is easy to make with the kiddos, and very quick! No Bake Chocolate Cookies Recipe Ingredients:…
Braided Spaghetti Bread Recipe | #food #recipes #recipe
A while back, I ran across a great Braided Spaghetti Bread Recipe pin on Pinterest. I love to make bread, from scratch, and my family loves spaghetti. There was no way this could tank! I decided to make it, and it turned out so good, I made it again. It's definitely one of the prettiest meals I've made - and a definite hit! Braided Spaghetti Bread Recipe I'm not going to tell you how to make spaghetti, because frankly, you probably already have a spaghetti recipe that you love. So here's what you'll need to do. Spaghetti Cook your…