Christmas Tree Food Platter with Broccoli Bites and Carrot Crackers

How to Make a Tasty Christmas Themed Platter with Healthy Broccoli Bites and Carrot Crackers:

One batch of Broccoli Bites (refer to recipe here)
One batch of Cheesy Carrot Crackers (refer to recipe here)
Grape tomatoes
1 block (or pre sliced) cheddar or colby cheese cut into star shapes

Katie MilesDecember 18, 2014Toddler Food, Healthy, Christmas/ HolidayComment

Painted Gingerbread Cookies, Fun to do with Kids

I really wanted to make sugar cookies with Ruby this year and let her use sprinkles, red hots and those weird silver BB-looking things to decorate them when they came out the oven. But then I picture the mess. Sticky red and green sprinkles and silver BB's undigested in Ruby's poop. No thanks. So I came up with a fun way for her to decorate cookies and still maintain my sanity. These gingerbread men covered in white icing are the perfect substrate for a toddler's natural artistic skills. Set out the red and green icing bowls and unleash your toddler's artistic abilities.

Katie MilesDecember 18, 2013Toddler Food, Cookies, Christmas/ Holiday, DessertsComment

Peppermint Truffles

Katie MilesJanuary 3, 2013Desserts, Christmas/ HolidayComment

Cinnamon Hot Chocolate in a Jar

This year I attempted to make most of my Christmas presents. I wanted to make hot chocolate in a jar because I feel like it is a classic present that the whole family can enjoy, but I wanted to give it a little twist so I added cinnamon. You can purchase dehydrated mini marshmallows online if you can’t find them where you live. I bought mine from Amazon. I used some birch bark from my yard to create a personal message and tied it to the ribbon on the jar. I also made mixing directions on the computer, printed them and put them in the jar. Merry Hot Chocolate drinking!

his year I attempted to make most of my Christmas presents. I wanted to make hot chocolate in a jar because I feel like it is a classic present that the whole family can enjoy, but I wanted to give it a little twist so I added cinnamon. You can purchase dehydrated mini marshmallows online if you can’t find them where you live. I bought mine from Amazon. I used some birch bark from my yard to create a personal message and tied it to the ribbon on the jar. I also made mixing directions on the computer, printed them and put them in the jar. Merry Hot Chocolate drinking!