Category: birthdays

Ice Cream!

There is not much better than an ice cream sundae! Ice cream is also one of the easiest desserts for a crowd. You can make an ice cream sundae bar as fancy or as basic as you want. Make your own fudge sauce or use the bottle of Hershey syrup that you already have in the fridge. Cut up some bananas or just put out a jar of maraschino cherries. Make your own whipped cream or buy a can of it.

Whipped cream is something I love to make. Don’t get me wrong, we buy the Redi-Whip cans sometimes (they are gluten-free!) and have been known to spray it into an open mouth 😉 but I LOVE fresh whipped cream. It is very easy to do.

Fresh Whipped Cream

Ingredients

1 pint of whipping cream

2 Tablespoons of confectioners sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla

Directions

Place metal mixing bowl in fridge the morning you want to make whipped cream. Take out when you are ready to mix. Pour entire pint of whipping cream into bowl. Start whipping. When it is frothy, add confectioners sugar and vanilla. Whip until stiff peaks form.

Put the bowl out with your other sundae toppings, fudge, sprinkles, cherries and an assortment of ice cream flavors. For our holiday dessert we had Hood Peppermint Stick, Vanilla and Fenway Fudge (all gluten free).

Whether you are running around returning things, doing more shopping or relaxing around the house, this is a fun way to do dessert! Especially would be fun for a kids party. A dessert both kids and kids at heart will love!

 

Birthdays

Birthdays. We all have them and celebrate them for our loved ones. On the eve of my twin boys 2nd birthday, I’m still figuring out what the menu will be. They can’t really tell me yet what they want to eat. One of them is a human vacuum and eats anything and everything you put in front of him. The other is very picky and would live on a liquid diet if I let him. So I’m basically allowing my 4.5 year old dictate since she definitely has an opinion 🙂

Someone previously asked me about serving food at birthday parties where adults and children will be present. Here is the link to the previous post (with photos from the boys’ 1st birthday party). Make your own pizza, tacos, Asian lettuce wraps are easy entertaining ideas. Thinking about what the boys like and input from Karina and Pinterest 🙂 I have decided on a hot dog bar for the family party (with tuna salad as an option for pescetarian guests and vegetarian chili for the vegetarians) I am making onion rings, chili and cole slaw for toppings, including the common ketchup, mustard and relish. The hot dogs can stay warm in the crock pot. I’m serving with smiley face fries (special for the boys), sweet potato fries, fruit salad and of course 2 cakes, each with Lightening McQueen all over them.

Tomorrow is their actual birthday and the plan is for Karina and I to make whole wheat banana muffins for breakfast and then I’ll give them chicken nuggets for lunch (which they love) and we’ll make some pizza for dinner. I’ll have to throw in some smoothies here and there to make sure they getting some nutritious food and won’t be cranky.

My suggestion for kids birthdays – keep the food simple and nutritious. If they like pasta, make pasta. If they like pizza, have pizza. Don’t stress! or at least try not to 🙂 It should be a fun celebration for all. You survived another year as a parent. That is something!

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