Crock Pot Granola

Click HERE and you can find the greatest, easiest recipe for Crock Pot Granola and Granola Bars. Awesome breakfast and snack. For a little extra fiber and omega 3's you can add milled flax seed and kids never know :)

Building A Pirate Cake

After the pink lady bug cake disaster I was admittedly a leery of trying my hand at the pirate cake - but it's cheaper and in the end Pierce just wants to eat the icing anyway, so ...

I cut two round cakes in half and "glued" them together with chocolate icing.

Then poked drinking straws through them after one side split and threatened to ruin my day!

After icing the whole thing I relinquished my chocolate hazelnut Pirouette cookies for the deck and the cannons.

Finished product with chopstick sails and chubby pirates. My boys were totally impressed!

Tex Mex Calzones

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Pair this recipe with a little Black Bean salad and enjoy a little Mexican heaven!

Black Bean Salad

1 15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained

1 cup  quartered cherry tomatoes

1/2 cup chopped red onion

1/4 cup chopped celery

2 T lime juice

2 T chopped fresh cilantro

1 T olive oil

Toss well to coat  (I added some sweet corn as well).  Serve with chips or eat it all by itself - yummy!