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Kid-friendly Snacks – Delicious Dishes Recipe Party #76

Lolli — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:00:03 +0000

Today is a happy day! Not only is it Amazon Prime Day (<--Amazon affiliate link...with SO many deals!!) but it's also Cow Appreciation Day at Chick Fil-A, which means that we'll be dressing up like cows to get lunch at our favorite restaurant! It's a good day! I think I may have to do some kid-friendly baking later this afternoon. I don't know about you, but these kid-friendly snacks look good enough for Moms!

Welcome to Delicious Dishes Recipe Party! In case you’re new to the party, here’s what you need to know:

Delicious Dishes is a weekly link party where bloggers can share their most delicious recipes while checking out the amazing recipes that other bloggers are sharing.

Each link you share here will be seen on each of the hostess’ blogs listed below >>

Food Fun Family – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

She Saved – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Walking on Sunshine Recipes – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

5 Minutes for Mom – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

This Mama Loves – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Clever Housewife – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Bunny’s Warm Oven –Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Cooking in Stilettos – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Each week we will be featuring our favorite recipes from the week before and pinning them to our Delicious Dishes Pinterest board.

We hope you’ll have fun with our party…we know we will!

The Recipes with the Most Clicks Last Week Were…

#1: Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix from Grounded and Surrounded

#2: Homemade Bisquick without Shortening from Coupons and Freebies Mom

#3: Coconut Surprise from Simply Stacie

Delicious Dishes Party Favorites from Last Week:

These are the recipes that the hosts loved the most…

I loved Monster Cookie Dough Dip from Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

Lois loved Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars from The Monday Box

Brett loved No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal Bars from Meatloaf and Melodrama

Susan loved Decorated Fudge Brownies from The Monday Box

Aly loved Raspberry Lemonade Yogurt Popsicles form Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

Keri Lyn loved Watermelon Rice Krispie Treats from My Heavenly Recipes

Emily loved Quick and Easy Cinnamon Pretzels from My Heavenly Recipes

Mary loved Pecan Pie Muffins from Joyful Homemaking

Follow us along on our Pinterest board. We pin a ton of recipes that are shared to our linky party each week. So get your recipes ready. We can’t wait to see what’s cooking in your kitchen this week.

Now let’s get this party started!

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10 Appliances You Need to Teach Your Kids How to Use

Lolli — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:25:47 +0000

This post on the top 10 appliances you need to teach your kids how to use is sponsored by P.C. Richard & Son, a family owned and operated appliance, electronics and mattresses store. All thoughts are my own.

It has been a couple of years since we packed up the van and dropped my oldest daughter off at her first college apartment. She’s now on apartment #4 and she’s getting ready to be married in just a few months (yes, you read that right. Married. My daughter!).

While daughter #1 is preparing for this new stage of life, daughter #2 is also getting ready for changes as she selects the colleges she’d like to apply to attend. Big changes are happening in our family in the coming year!

As each of my kids has gotten older and has prepared to live as independent adults, I have contemplated the responsibility we have as parents to teach them so many things. One of the things I’ve always considered important to teach my kids is how to confidently function in the kitchen, and so much of that independence comes in knowing how to use the kitchen appliances, large and small. I love cooking with kids but I love even MORE that my kids can cook and actually HELP me in the kitchen. I can call home while I’m out and have my 12-year-old start the rice cooker or have my 10-year-old load the dishwasher.

Here are the 10 appliances we’ve deemed the most important for kids to know how to use before they move out. Your list might be slightly different (ie, we don’t drink coffee, so we aren’t teaching our kids how to use a coffee maker, but that might be an important one for your family!).

What would you add to this list?

10 Appliances You Need to Teach Your Kids How to Use

Microwave oven: The microwave seems like a simple appliance, but kids need to be taught appropriate times and temperatures for reheating, defrosting, and even popcorn-making (that’s an important one!). I also firmly believe that everyone, husbands included, need to know how to properly cover foods so that the interior is not covered with splatters of food.
Toaster: Do your kids know how to start and stop the toaster and how to remove a piece of bread that has gotten stuck?
Blender: We make a lot of smoothies at our house, so we’ve taught our kids how to add the right amounts of ingredients and liquids so that they get the perfect blend. It’s also important to teach them how to properly clean the blenders between uses.
Hand mixer: My kids love to use the hand mixer for making things like pancakes, cupcakes, and…cakes. Do you see the trend here? yes, the hand mixer is an important small appliance to know how to use! It’s critical that they know how to hold the mixer in the bowl and how to insert and remove the beaters properly.
Stand mixer: The stand mixer tends to be used for more heavy duty mixing, but it is just as important in our house. I’ve taught my kids which attachments to use for each use (ie, when to use the bread hook, the whisk, or the paddle).
Rice cooker: We make rice a few times a week, and I frequently call home to have someone put a pot of rice on while I’m out running kids everywhere. I laughed one time when my husband had no idea how to work the rice cooker so I told him to go ask one of the kids.
Slow cooker: I love to cook in my crock pot! And they are one of the easiest and most kid-friendly appliances for kids to learn how to use to make full meals.
Dishwasher: We go through a LOT of dishes in our big family, so my kids learn how to empty, load, and start the dishwasher from a very early age.
Cook top stove: The stove is one of the most important appliances in the kitchen, but it is also one of the more dangerous, so I recommend parents letting their kids work side-by-side with them while they cook so that they can learn how to use it, what temperatures are appropriate for their cooking needs, and what pans to use on which burners. They also need to learn a healthy respect for the dangers of hot burners.
Oven: Just like the stove, the oven is very important to learn how to use, but almost just as critical is to teach kids to know how to handle themselves safely around the oven.

Note: while the date that the kids move out of the house and into their first apartment is certainly a good “target date,” I recommend that parents don’t wait until their kids are about to leave to teach them how to use the appliances in the kitchen. Instead, I’ve taught my kids how to use each of these appliances as soon as I could. By the time my kids leave for college, they will have had years of experience so that using them in their own apartments will be second nature.

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Honey Maid Teddy Graham Snack Mix #ThisIsWholesome

Lolli — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:00:00 +0000

This post is sponsored by Mondelez.

Summer is flying by. I feel like we just finished the last school year and started our summer. And yet, as hard as it is to believe, the new school year will be starting before we know it. Pretty soon it will be time to get backpacks ready, first day of school outfits laid out, and lunch bags packed.

We may not have school supplies packed and ready quite yet, but we’ve got the perfect wholesome and delicious snack for school lunches and after school snacking – Honey Maid Teddy Graham Snack Mix! I love that I can throw together a big bowl of Teddy Graham Snack Mix in just a few minutes and have it on hand for all of our snacking needs…because, let’s face it, between school and team practices and scouts and all of the driving around that we do as a busy family, we need easy, tasty, and wholesome foods that we can grab on the go.

This snack mix is ideal for back to school snacking (and don’t all of you moms out there want something easy for back to school season?) and can easily be customized for the tastes of individual kids.

How to Make a Honey Maid Teddy Graham Snack Mix:

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Honey Maid Teddy Graham Snack Mix

Ingredients

1 cup Chocolate Teddy Grahams
1 cup Honey Teddy Grahams
1 cup air popped popcorn
1 cup chocolate candies
1 cup peanuts
1 cup pretzels

Instructions

Toss all ingredients in a large bowl. Store snack mix in a covered container or zippered plastic bags.
Additional optional ingredients: yogurt-covered raisins, cereal, marshmallows, dried fruits, etc.

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We took our Teddy Graham Snack Mix in a trial run the day after we made it. My son and I went on a hike and brought a bag of snack mix in our pack. It was so good! The perfect mix of sweet and salty.

Honey Maid has a ton of products that my kids love to eat and I feel good about feeding to them. Whether we’re eating Honey Maid Graham Crackers (my favorite are the cinnamon graham crackers) or grabbing a box of Teddy Grahams (the chocolate are delicious!), I know that my family is eating something wholesome.

Another thing I love about Honey Maid Graham Crackers? They are perfect for baking things like Sand Pudding Cups, Mason Jar Mini Key Lime Pies, Holiday Butterscotch Bars, or these unbelievably delicious S’Mores Bars.

No matter how things change, what makes us wholesome never will. Honey Maid provides wholesome snacks for every wholesome family.

What is your favorite way to enjoy Honey Maid Graham Crackers and Teddy Grahams?

Sand Pudding Cups

Lolli — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 04:05:33 +0000

A few weeks ago, when I was making (and then pinning) my Dirt Pudding recipe, I noticed a bunch of recipes for “sand pudding” kept popping up. I was introduced to dirt pudding in it’s many varieties as a teenager, but I had never heard of sand pudding.

My curiosity got the best of me and I clicked a few of the pins to see what this was all about. It seemed that, unlike dirt pudding, which is almost always a combination of Oreo cookies, chocolate pudding, Cool Whip, and gummy worms, sand pudding is not simply it’s vanilla counterpart.

I decided to make a version that took ideas from several of the ideas from the pins I found (like this one and this one and this one) and make it my own. My kids and I had a blast creating something not only yummy, but fun, too.

You are going to LOVE this recipe! Whether you’re making it for a summer party for a crowd or an afternoon snack just for the family, this is a treat that you do not want to miss!

How to Raise Confident Cooks #BensBeginners

Lolli — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:18:56 +0000

When I was growing up, I had certain responsibilities in the kitchen. Mom always had me take a turn stirring our traditional holiday caramels, which made me feel so grown up! And anytime we had ground beef on the menu, I was the designated ground beef-browner. It was an easy job, but it taught be something very important – that cooking was something I could do, and that helping my mom make meals for the family could be fun. I love that Uncle Ben’s has asked me to participate in a campaign that is so completely up my alley! All opinions and thoughts are my own, as always.

When I became a mom, one of my early goals for my kids was to teach them to cook. I didn’t only want them to know HOW to cook, but I wanted them to be confident cooks and enjoy the process. Because I started my kids cooking at an early age, they each have the confidence to look up a recipe, gather the ingredients, and whip it up. Their recipes don’t always turn out perfectly, but I love that they aren’t afraid to try.

Raising confident cooks is something that anyone can do – even moms who don’t consider themselves to be fantastic cooks themselves can help their children love cooking (with the added benefit of having built in kitchen helpers in the end!).

How to raise confident cooks:

Let your kids watch you cook. Set them up on a stool or a chair and observe dinner preparation.
Let your kids help add and mix ingredients.
Give your kids responsibility over a portion of the recipe (like my mom did with the ground beef when I was little).

Teach your kids how to make simple recipes, supervised.
Let your kids help with the meal planning.
When they’re old enough, assign a day for them to cook each week.
Let them be creative in the kitchen – not every recipe creation will turn out, but that’s ok!

Did you know that research has shown that cooking with your kids while they’re young teaches them better eating habits later?

According to University of Michigan’s Project EAT, kids who prepare meals with their parents are more likely to eat healthier as adults while those who are not taught cooking skills resort to quick fixes like fast food. In other words, teaching them how to cook teaches them how to eat.

Do you have kids who love to cook….or do you want to get your kids involved in the family cooking? The Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest is perfect for kids and families to get excited about cooking together!

Here’s what you need to know: the Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest is a cooking video competition for kids nationwide that helps bring families together to cook a healthy rice based meal.

Check out UncleBens.com/BensBeginners for all of the details on how to create your own video for the contest and how to get your kids excited about cooking! Even more exciting? The Grand Prize is $15,000 for your family and a $30,000 cafeteria makeover for your school.

Hurry over to learn all about the cooking contest on www.facebook.com/unclebens or on unclebens.com and how you can get involved!

Cooking with your children makes for a great beginning! Visit www.unclebens.com and click on The Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest page to learn more!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Uncle Ben’s. The opinions and text are all mine.