We have a classroom party coming up Wednesday at our nut-free school. This smore bag is a great and easy snack to share with everyone. I don’t have real measurements, just use a giant bowl, combine and add to small school safe kiddo bags for snacking. Approx: for 30 small bags 3 family size boxes chex plain cereal 18oz 4 bags enjoy life mini chocolate chips 4 bags mini marshmallows Mix together in a bowl Chocolate sinks, so fluff often Three handfulls, or about 1.5 cups of mix per bag.
Sunday Night Beef Roast
It’s cold, damp and dark in Wisconsin, so it’s the perfect time to make a hearty and filling Beef Roast with Vegetables. So bring out your dutch oven, turn on your fireplace and snuggle in with this winter favorite recipe. It’s the perfect addition to your Sunday, especially if you’re hanging out with friends or family before your busy week starts. The yield on this is about 6-8. We made it last week and it was excellent. I was busy searing the meat on the stove top, about 4 minutes on medium- high each side, when I realized I did not have any red wine to add to this recipe.…
Sugar Cookies
Today was sugar cookie day. It’s the cookie I hate the most. Making the dough is easy, but rolling it out and using it quickly, before it gets too mushy, can be challenging. Especially when you have two littles eagerly trying to help. This morning we rolled out the dough and used our cookie cutters for various holiday cookie shapes. This afternoon, I made 3 types of frosting and gathered some toppings to decorate the cookies with the kids. Here’s the recipe – I’m a little under the weather, so tonight’s post is quick. Sugar Cookies Ingredients 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 egg yolks 1 tsp baking powder…
Chocolate Reindeer with Vermont Skippers
This herd of chocolate reindeer is perfect for your upcoming kid-friendly holiday parties and gatherings. This recipe is always my favorite to make because it creates the most laughs. The chocolate dough does need to refrigerate, so keep that in mind before making this recipe with littles. Perhaps you want to make the dough the night before, so when your helpers are ready you can get right to business, their attention span is short, maximize it! Also, you decorate these cute little fellas BEFORE you bake them. Opposite to our classic sugar cookie. This year, we did not factor in the time it took to chill the dough, so my…
Lemon-Poppy Seed Melt Cookies
If you’re looking for a bake-ahead + freeze cookie, this is it. These cookies can last up to 6 months in your freezer. However, they taste so good, I think you’ll have a hard time putting these away. The lemon zest is bright and gives you the illusion these are “healthy” cookies. Not so much. But the creamy lemon poppy seed is a comforting flavor that has me coming back for more every time. Enjoy! Lemon-Poppy Seed Melts Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tbsp poppy seeds 1/8 tsp baking soda 1 egg yolk 1 tbsp milk 2 tsp grated / shredded lemon peel 1/2 tsp vanilla…
Dipped Creams with Artisan Kettle Chocolate
Dipped Creams are little delicious pillows that melt in your mouth. Literally, they just pooof before you have time to chew! They are very light and fluffy and highly addicting, especially with the melted chocolate on the top. Be sure to have your favorite holiday drink near by, these DO need some milk or egg nog to wash them down. Chocolate Dipped Creams Ingredients 1 cup of butter, room temperature 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1/8 tsp salt 1 cup cornstarch 1 cup sifted flour Extra powdered sugar for rolling 1 cup chocolate for melting; set up a double boiler so you don’t burn your Artisan Kettle Chocolate.…
Moroccan Oil Hairspray – Update
Happy Holidays! Each day I review nutfreemomblog statistics, and 9 times out of 10, someone has clicked or google searched my “Moroccan Oil” article about my daughter and her reaction to the Moroccan Oil hairspray last year. Today, I decided to do some investigating because I felt like my last write up was just a rant and did not prove to be useful. This morning at 9am CST, I called Moroccan Oil corporate and talked with customer service. I asked the woman why Moroccan oil did not contain an allergy statement on their hair spray products, specifically stating “this product is derived from a tree nut.” She said, “People with…
Raspberry Meringue Cookies with Enjoy Life Chocolate
These are probably my favorite holiday cookies to make. They look complicated, but they are super easy and very unique. Chloe and I love them because they combine two of our favorite things: the color pink, and chocolate. Enjoy life brand makes a nut-free / allergy free mini chocolate chip that completes this recipe beautifully. The taste is perfection, and I can’t describe it, you just have to make these. Light, pink and fluffy. Pink is the perfect color to add to your holiday cookie baking, or ladies night Holiday get-together. Raspberry Meringue Kisses Cookie Ingredients 3 egg whites 1/8 tsp salt 3.5 tbsp raspberry gelatin 3/4 cup sugar 1…
Sunbutter Temptation Cookies
This weekend was our annual cookie bake weekend in preparation for the upcoming holidays. This tradition started 7 years ago when I was 9 months pregnant and craving cookies. It worked out well, my mom needed a personalized gift for 15 co-workers and Cookie Bake weekend was born. Craving satisfied and gifts delivered, we have continued this tradition through babies, toddlers and now little people who actually help! It’s been fun talking about our cookie bake memories; the recipe mix-ups, spills, breastfeeding while baking, kid naps on the kitchen floor, burnt spatulas, burnt cookies, unidentifiable cookies, the list goes on. Each day this week, I’ll share a recipe of the…
Nut Free Advent Calendar
Since it’s challenging to find a nut-free advent calendar, I’ve purchased a Pottery Barn “fill-it-yourself” type and have stuffed a bunch of nut-free candy of my own in. It’s the same thing. Just a count down. Nothing fancy. Ok probably the fanciest advent calendar, but at least it’s 100% nut free and I know what’s in it! Other options I saw this year include the Target countdowns with Lego. Love that they are non-food based. Check the link to order online and pick-up in stores. Target Lego Advent Calendars\ A few ideas for a fill-it-yourself calendar….we raided our local Target tonight. Somehow I’ve missed the boat here for advent calendars.…
Nut Allergies and Kissing
A kiss seems so innocent. I give the kid’s kisses every morning before they are off to school, and rarely I think about it. Today I messed up. Big time. Luckily, I just got back from FaBlogCon where we talked about kissing and food allergies. And with the holiday season approaching, this is the perfect time to talk about your SMOOCHES! Please, if you can, just give hugs, they are always safe. This morning, I was making lunches and the kids asked for Oatmeal for breakfast (ok, winning on that one, patting myself on the back). Oatmeal takes a little longer than cereal or toast, so I was short on…
Dreamsicle Jello
Do you LOVE Dreamsicle? We do. And this recipe is safe, so I love it even more. During our Thanksgiving prep we found this recipe and decided to try it. Actually, the kids decided we were going to try it. WE all have our favorite things, and they chose this, and there were zero leftovers. Ingredients 1 large package (6oz) orange Jell-0 3 Cups water 1 large package (5.1oz) Cook and Serve Vanilla pudding mix 2 small cans or one large can mandarin oranges, drained 1 pint whipping cream, or 1 (8oz) cool whip Directions Stir together in a sauce pan the pudding mix (cook and serve vanilla) and water.…
Weeknight Lasagna
After eating the same boring flavor profile, aka, Thanksgiving leftovers, we are switching it up to Italian. Lasagna to be exact. I’ve got two kids in front of me right now fighting over a box, yes, a box. Why am I driving myself nuts over Christmas toys when apparently a box is the cats meow?! I’ll just skip right to the recipe since I need to referee….. Campbell’s 30 Minute Weeknight Lasagna Ingredients: 3 cups ricotta cheese 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese – Kraft is safe 2 eggs 1 pound organic, lean ground beef 1 jar (45 ounces) Prego® Traditional Italian Sauce or two jars (24 ounces each) Prego® Three Cheese Italian Sauce…
Nut Free Starbucks Gingerbread House
We had a little Gigi time today at Mayfair Mall where we visited Santa and had some chocolate milk and cookies. As we waited for our Starbucks chai tea lattes, we saw this adorable nut-free gingerbread house. Make sure you check the label, Starbucks notoriously has items made in a facility with nuts. But these are too cute!
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