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Mini-Milkshakes are the perfect summer treat for kids. They offer a sweet treat in a great size for kids. Our Strawberry Fudge Mini-Milkshake incorporates fresh local produce (and fudge) into the drink. Visiting the Farmers Market This morning, my daughter and I stopped at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market to buy fruit and vegetables for the week. …
Today I’m making my Mexican Shredded Chicken – both for dinner and to restock my freezer stash. I’ve shared the recipe before: I have always done the shredding by hand which is a time consuming process. However, I have read several recommendations to use a Kitchen-Aid mixer to shred the chicken. There are numerous pins on Pinterest about …
My daughter had a Star Wars Birthday party last year when she turned 8. We had her birthday party at home. In addition to Star Wars themed activities and cake, we wanted to theme her birthday lunch to Star Wars. When I think of Star Wars food perhaps the most iconic image is Princess Leia’s “cinnamon …
Last year, my daughter asked for a Star Wars birthday party. Even though she likes brownies and not cake, she always wants a themed cake as well as her brownies. I will often purchase the cake, but last year all of the cakes that I found in the stores were Clone Wars themed which she did …
As a pre-Easter treat this morning, I was making Cinnamon Rolls. Earlier this week, I had found the Cinnamon Roll Bunnies on Pillsbury’s website through Pinterest. Since we aren’t having Cinnamon Rolls for Easter Breakfast, I decided to make them this morning. Rather than use a long strip to make two ears as suggested in the method, …
For the last few years, I have heard about Snow Cream. We have never made it before. However, after the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum shared a recipe this morning, I knew we should give it a try. With 14″ of snow in Ann Arbor, today was a good day to try it since we had lots …
Do you have a staple meal in your freezer that you can pull out for a quick dinner? One staple in our house is Mexican Shredded Chicken. I make Mexican Shredded Chicken in my large Crock-Pot and freeze the extras. Then, I can thaw the chicken and use it to make a quick dinner of quesadillas, …
Last night I was inspired to make a Mexican dish for by cilantro I was given from my neighbors garden to create a Mexican dish, but wasn’t really in the mood for tacos or nachos. I decided to make a Mexican Pasta. In the past I have made a Mexican Pasta Casserole, but my husband …
When shopping at Meijer today, I was influenced by the great prices they had on berries to make a Mixed Berry Agua Fresca. Last week I was inspired by Lena’s Strawberry Mint Agua Fresca at Taste of Ann Arbor to create my own version of Strawberry Mint Agua Fresca. I loved having it in the …
Three weeks ago I attended the Mitten Moms Conference for Michigan (mostly Mom) Bloggers in Dearborn. It was the first blogging conference that I had attended and it was great to meet other Michigan Bloggers and to learn more about blogging. The conference ran from Friday afternoon through an optional Sunday Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village …
