If you want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by serving your friends and family a green meal or two, you can easily start adding a few drops of green food coloring to your usual recipes, or you can try making some of these fun green foods that are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! If you are looking for sweet treats for St. Patrick’s Day, check out this list of 22 St. Patrick’s Day Treat Recipes.
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30 Dr. Seuss Snack Ideas and Recipes
If you are hoping to serve a special themed snack on Dr. Seuss’ birthday (March 2nd) or want to plan a themed meal to go along with a Seuss book, check out all of these amazing recipes. You can make everything from green egg cookies to a Cat in the Hat Pizza.
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25 Fun Valentine’s Day Books for Kids
Instead of candy, give the gift of reading to your children for Valentine’s Day this year. These funny, silly and heartwarming books are perfect for young readers. From charming illustrations and sweet story lines to hilarious tales from popular kids’ characters, these Valentine’s Day books are sure to delight your kids at story time.
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How to Make Peanut Butter Pretzel Hearts
Who could possibly resist the sweet and salty combination of chocolate, peanut butter, and pretzels? With the recipe, large pretzels are filled with a peanut butter mixture and then dipped in chocolate, making perfect heart-shaped treats for Valentine’s Day.
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21 Fast and Easy Apple Snacks
While one of my favorite apple treats is my homemade apple crisp pie, when I posted the recipe I got to thinking about other apple snacks. There are plenty of amazing apple recipes online, but I thought I would focus on apple snacks that are quick and easy to prepare. These make great after school snacks or party treats.
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20 Crockpot Soup Recipes
Looking for a new recipe that will help warm your bones on a cold winter night? Check out this collection of amazing crockpot soup recipes. You can find everything from good, old chicken noodle to a slow cooker lasagna soup or meatball stew.
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20 Recipes Ideas for Father’s Day
Learn how to cook up a wonderful day for dad by following these amazing recipes for Father’s Day!
30 Creative DIY Ways to Plant a Garden
I love planting and I love being creative so I had a ton of fun looking for some creative ways to plant a garden.
Every other year, I have planted a garden plot that is about 50 feet wide and 100 feet long. Now that all of my kids are grown and gone though, it hardly seems necessary — especially since we spend a lot of time at our cabin during the summer months. I figured I would try to make my planting somewhat portable this year and that is what inspired me to search out all of these ideas. Of course, not all of these amazing DIY projects are portable, but they are all creative!
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Carrot Topped Cupcakes
When I was planning our Easter dinner and dessert, I figured the best place to start my search was on Pinterest. While there are certain dishes I could never get away with not serving on Easter (and most holidays), I like to look for at least a little something different for dessert or side dishes.
When I was looking around Pinterest, I found quite a few adorable cupcakes. They inspired to come up with my own fun cupcakes. I figured cupcakes are always a good alternative when you have little ones, right?
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16 Peep Inspired Recipes
This collection of Peep Inspired recipes are great to try before Easter. You can try one or more to add to the menu for your Easter meals. They are also great for after Easter. Can you think of a better way to use up Easter candy than to use it as part of another treat? Me either!
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