In the effort to shake things up here chez BeachMama, I have started increasing the fresh fruit we serve. I find quite often, I buy the fruit and nobody eats it. Today when I was at Ikea I saw these pretty blue dishes and I could just see the fruit sitting in them begging to be photographed then eaten.
No sooner did I have the fruit in the dishes that the kids were asking me for them. Apparently it appeals to children to have fruit in a pretty bowl as well. They have each polished off a bowl of grapes and are now working on the strawberries.
Here’s hoping that we can continue this much healthier snack trend. Next attempt, veggies!
Any tips or suggestions on how you get your kids to eat fruits and vegetables would be much appreciated.
I was recently asked to review A Zombie Ate My Cupcake by Lily Vanilli. I have to admit that at first I thought it was a children’s book with recipes intertwined, however, it is not. It is simply a fabulous recipe book, full of all sorts of ghoulish cupcakes to serve for Halloween or any other scary party one might want to have. And it is for children of all ages, even those who go to work every day.
I had to at least try a recipe before telling you that I loved it. I mean I love the idea of all these fabulous cupcakes and the recipes look wonderful, but I still had to try it out.
I decided to try the red velvet because I have never made red velvet before. Together with the buttercream icing, they were a huge hit in our house. The recipe was simple to follow and the instructions for decorating seem quite doable. I am also looking forward to trying the pecan, nutmeg and cinnamon cupcakes, they sound like a nice Fall treat.
Take a sneak peek at some of these funky and fun recipes:
And the best part is that I get to give one away to one of my readers! Yay! Thomas Allen and Son Publishing has offered a book to me and one to giveaway. All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me your favorite cupcake flavour. A winner will be randomly selected and announced on Thursday, October 14th at noon.
Miss Fish is always cooking up something fun for a photo an hour. This time around it is centered around the theme 10-10-10 or #10photos.
Most of my photos that I am posting are from my iPhone, purely for the convenience of it. I will keep adding as the day goes on…
1 of 10
2 of 10
3 of 10
4 of 10
5 of 10
6 of 10
7 of 10
8 of 10
9 of 10
10 of 10
And one last one for good measure
