First I told the kids we were having cupcakes for dinner. They actually believed me even though we had been playing April fools pranks already that day.
Cupcakes for dinner?
They were actually meatloaf cupcakes.
Before praying, my son snuck a swipe of 'frosting' and said, "hey, how come this frosting tastes like potatoes?" My daughter told me later in the evening that she did not like potato frosting.
Then I told them we were having Chicken nuggets with peas and carrots for dessert.
mmmmm! They were pleasantly surprised to find out their veggies were candy.
There's a couple ideas on the family fun website for the chicken, but I used Nutty Putty, which is in one of my kids cook books. It makes a great dough that they can play with or use cookie cutters on, decorate and eat. The recipe follows. For the peas and carrots I used those flavored tootsie roll things, I don't know the name, they're in the bulk aisle by all the bulk candy.
Nutty Putty:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tbs honey
1 cup nonfat dry milk
Just mix it together and have fun! I halved the recipe and it made me about 9 'nuggets'.
For the 'cupcakes', use your favorite meatloaf recipe and put it in foil baking cups about 3/4 full. After baking them, topped with mashed potatoes colored with food coloring.
Did you do anything for April fools day? I would love to hear about it!
You are way to fun!
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