Category: Fourth of July

Red, White, and Blueberry Sundae Cups

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Get in the 4th of July spirit with this star-spangled dessert! If you want to go for something a little more gourmet, try pureeing the blueberries with a bit of water, cornstarch and extra sugar for a syrup on top instead, but we just liked our sundaes with fresh red and blue fruit!

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 (10-inch) flour tortillas
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • Non-Dairy vanilla ice cream
  • Fresh blueberries
  • Fresh strawberries, sliced

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  1. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
  2. Use a 4-inch round cookie cutter or glass to cut 3 circles from each tortilla. Brush the tortilla rounds evenly with the oil and sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  3. Press the tortilla circles into six cups of a muffin tin, and bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes. Let cool slightly.
  4. To assemble each sundae, scoop non-dairy vanilla ice cream of your choice into each tortilla cup. Top liberally with strawberries and blueberries!

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Flags for Breakfast

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Get patriotic with this adorable American flag breakfast! My husband has proudly taught Travis to say the words “American flag” so he was very excited to recreate one in our kitchen.

Toast one slice of whole wheat bread, and spread with about 1 tablespoon non-dairy cream cheese. Even the littlest toddlers can help with this part, although you’ll likely have to spread to the edges.

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Add four stripes of strawberry jelly across the toast with a small spoon. If you’re child is old enough, they can help out with this part as well!

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Finally, arrange blueberries in the upper corner of the toast for “stars.” Travis loved helping with the blueberries, even if they didn’t all quite make it to the right place.

The taste brought a huge smile to his face – a sure winner for Independence Day and beyond.

Happy 4th!

Fireworks Circle Prints

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This easy art project is a fun way to talk about a specific shape. Travis and I used circles, but if you’d rather focus on squares, triangles, or any other shape, it lends itself perfectly!

For the circle version, seek out a variety of round items in your home that you can dip into paint – jar lids and small (washable) circular toys work well.

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Fill pie tins or paper plates with paint in two or more colors, and show your child how to press the circular objects in the paint and then onto the paper. Travis quickly picked up on the fact that we were making only circles, and had fun playing with the different sizes and making small circles inside larger ones.

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Although we used purple and red paint for this project, the purple was so deep it dried nearly blue. When Travis had finished, I realized the resulting, overlapping circles looked like fireworks bursting in air!

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It turned out to be very appropriate for so soon before the Fourth of  July, and will hang on the fridge in celebration for the next week or so.