40+ Gingerbread Crafts, Activities and Recipes

November 21, 2016December 1, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Christmas, Holidays activities, arts, Christmas, crafts, dough, Food, gingerbread, house, kids, men, ornaments, painting, preschoolers, recipes, sensory, winter 2 Comments

I’m sure that I have mentioned it before, but I love gingerbread. It is one of my absolute favorite things about this time of year. I look forward to baking it, smelling it, eating it and my daughter and I have fun doing arts and crafts projects inspired by it. Here are some wonderful gingerbread inspired […]

Celebration Pancakes

April 23, 2016September 24, 2016 Pinparent Recipes art, breakfast, cupcake, eat, Food, fun, kids, pancakes, recipes, sprinkles, toddler 2 Comments

*This post contains affiliate links for convenience* If you follow us regularly, you probably already know that we love pancakes. Pancakes are one of the few foods that my daughter will always eat. We have gotten inventive with our pancakes over the last year & breakfast has never been more fun. Pancake art has become […]

Alphabet Pancakes

April 18, 2016 Pinparent Recipes breakfast, eat, Food, kids, letters, pancakes, reading, recipes, writing 1 Comment

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. I love to eat breakfast & I love to make it, pancakes, french toast, omelettes. I love making them all. *This post contains affiliate links* Pancakes are definitely my favorite. I have a lot of fun with pancake art. My daughter will put in special requests […]

Owl Shaped Breakfast

March 26, 2016October 4, 2021 Pinparent Recipes art, breakfast, eggs, Food, kids, owl, picky eater, recipes, sunny side up, toast 2 Comments

My daughter is a sweet girl most of the time, but mealtimes in our house are & have been a battle for quite some time. She is a very picky eater & mealtimes in our house are often very stressful. Over the years, I have found fun & creative ways to try to get her […]

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Bunnies & Sunday’s Best Link Up # 13

March 28, 2015March 28, 2015 Pinparent Dessert, Easter, Holidays, Recipes bunnies, chocolate, dessert, Easter, Food, kids, pretzels, recipes 27 Comments

I took a poll on my Facebook page yesterday. I was curious about what people preferred, sweet or salty. My husband is salty & I am definitely sweet, but the truth is I love the two mixed together the best. One of my weaknesses is for chocolate covered pretzels. With only one week left […]

Hershey Kiss Pancakes

January 11, 2015March 15, 2015 Pinparent Breakfast, Recipes bananas, breakfast, chocolate, motherhood, pancakes, parenting, peanut butter, picky, recipes, toddler 10 Comments

The battle at mealtime continues… As most of you probably already know, I have a picky eater on my hands. I have tried doing everything. I have tried doing absolutely nothing as well. For those of you out there that also have a finicky child, you know how frustrating it can be. Luckily, there are […]

Cinnamon Sugar Crescent Pretzels

November 22, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Breakfast, Dessert, Recipes baking, cinnamon, cooking, crescent, eat, family, Food, motherhood, parenting, pretzel, recipes, snacks, sugar, sweet, toddler 6 Comments

Cookie monster is to cookies as my daughter is to Play-doh. She just can’t get enough of it. Her favorite of all Play-Doh creations is crafting baked goods. She makes cakes & cookies and asks mommy to join in as well. I got creative the other day and made Play-Doh pretzels. This got a giggle out […]

Pancake Battered Banana Bites

November 17, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Breakfast, Recipes, Snacks bananas, bite-sized, breakfast, cooking, eat, family, Food, honey, kid friendly, pancakes, parenting, peanut butter, recipes, toddler 16 Comments

For those of you that have been following me for a while, you know that I have had a long hard battle with my daughter over eating. She has been known to be a picky one. Not only is she picky, she doesn’t like to eat. She has much more important things to be doing […]

American Fried Rice

October 7, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Dinner Main Courses, Recipes cooking, corn, eats, eggs, Food, fried, ground turkey, leftovers, potatoes, recipes, rice 5 Comments

It is dinnertime & I don’t have anything planned. Let’s play a little game. What is in my fridge? We have thawed out ground turkey, leftover rice, 2 aging potatoes & a half of an onion that is getting ready to be trashed. Mmm mmm, sounds great doesn’t it? Nobody likes wasting food. My husband […]

Mashed Potato Puffs

September 23, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Appetizers, Recipes appetizer, bacon, baking, chesse, crescents, eat, Food, leftovers, mashed, potatoes, puffs, recipes, side dish, toddler 9 Comments

A couple of weeks ago there was a sale on 10 pound bags of potatoes at the grocery store. I typically only buy half of that, but since the 10 pounder was cheaper than the 5, it was a no-brainer. 10 pounds of potatoes is a lot, even for a potato lover like me. There […]