Skip to main content

Dr Seuss Inspired Recipes Your Kids Will Love


What child doesn’t grow up with Dr. Seuss's books? We have quite a few of them lying around the house. The kids love the silly characters and therefore the rhymes. Dr. Seuss-inspired recipes that I’m about to share with you have been a good hit in my house. Of course, the famous green eggs and ham are included, but they're also are quite a few other snack and meal ideas. Create a fun Dr. Seuss-inspired afternoon with a number of these recipes and in fact don’t forget to read a few of the books together with your kids. (If you don’t own any, enjoy a trip to your local library.)


Green Eggs and Ham

This has to be the most famous Dr. Seuss-inspired dish. Scramble a couple of eggs, add a few drops of blue coloring to the mixture and cook as was common. You can serve a warmed-up slice of ham with it, and if you want to go all out, brush the ham with a little green food coloring.
My kids love either biscuits or mashed potatoes with this dish. Add a touch of coloring (either green or a complimentary color like red) to the biscuit dough or the finished mashed potatoes for even more fun.



Cat in The Hat Snack

Make the Cat’s Hat for a fun snack. All you need maybe a few Ritz crackers, gummy lifesavers (preferably in white/clear and red), and a bit of vanilla frosting. Put the Ritz cracker on a plate. Use a little bit of vanilla frosting to attach the first lifesaver to the cracker. “Glue” more lifesavers on top of the first one alternating between red and white.
These snacks are so cute; you'll want to take a picture of your child’s creation before it's devoured.



Wiggly Fish

This snack was inspired by “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”. Prepare several different colors of Jello per package directions and pour each flavor into a shallow pan. Use a fish-shaped cookie cutter to cut the Jello into fish shapes. (If you don’t have a fish-shaped cookie cutter you'll also just cut fish shapes with a knife.) you'll also add small pieces of fruit to the Jello mixture before it cools. This is an excellent way to sneak an additional serving of fruit into your child’s diet.



Pink Ink for The Yink

The Yink in “One Fish, Two Fish” likes to drink pink ink. Make your own version by combining a couple of strawberries (either fresh or frozen and thawed) and some milk inside a blender. Add a few drops of red food coloring if the “ink” isn’t pink enough.



A Fruity Hat For The Cat

How about this for a fun Sunday breakfast? Whip up a batch of silver dollar pancakes and cut some fresh strawberries. Grab some whipped cream and let the kids assemble the Cat’s hat by stacking pancakes, and strawberries on top of each other using the whipped cream as “glue”.


Enjoy a few of these Dr. Seuss-inspired snacks and meals with your family, or invite a few neighbor kids over for a Dr. Seuss party. Either way, they're tons of fun and an excellent way to bring a number of the Seuss stories to life.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

60 SALT HACKS

  Although you may not realize it, simple table salt has a great number of uses other than simply seasoning your food.  The following list will give you sixty uses of salt, many of which you probably didn't realize: 1.  Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing. 2.  Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away. 3.  Soak fish in saltwater before descaling;  the scales will come off easier. 4.  Put a few grains of rice in your  salt shaker for easier pouring. 5.  Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting. 6.  Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of saltwater;  fresh eggs sink;  bad ones float. 7.  Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs;  a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way. 8.  A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier. 9.  Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up. 10.  Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your  flapjacks won't stick. 11.  Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first
1 comment
Read more

WHAT MAKES AN IDEAL KITCHEN

  It is a mistake to suppose that any room, however small and unpleasantly situated, is "good enough" for a kitchen. This is the room where housekeepers pass a great portion of their time, and it should be one of the brightest and most convenient rooms in the house; for upon the results of no other department depend so greatly the health and comfort of the family as upon those involved in this 'household workshop'.  Every kitchen should have windows on two sides of the room, and the sun should have free entrance through them; the windows should open from the top to allow a complete change of air, for light and fresh air are among the chief essentials to success in all departments of the household. Good drainage should also be provided, and the ventilation of the kitchen ought to be even more carefully attended to than that of a sleeping room. The ventilation of the kitchen should be so ample as to thoroughly remove all gases and odors, which, together with steam from
2 comments
Read more

60 VINEGAR HACKS

  1.  Arthritis tonic and treatment; 2 spoonfuls of apple cider vinegar and honey in a glass of water several times daily. 2.  Thirst-quenching drink:  apple cider vinegar mixed with cold water. 3.  Sagging cane chairs:  sponge them with a hot solution of half vinegar and half water.  Place the chairs out in the hot sun to dry. 4.  Skin burns:  apply ice cold vinegar right away for fast relief.  Will prevent burn blisters. 5.  Add a spoonful of vinegar to the cooking water to make cauliflower white and clean. 6.  Storing cheese:  keep it fresh longer by wrapping it in a vinegar-soaked cloth and keeping it in a sealed container. 7.  Remove stains from stainless steel and chrome with a vinegar-dampened cloth. 8.  Rinse glasses and dishes in water and vinegar to remove spots and film. 9.  Prevent grease build-up in your oven by frequently wiping it with vinegar. 10.  Wipe jars of preserves and canned food with vinegar to prevent mold-producing bacteria. 11.  To eliminate mildew, dust, and
4 comments
Read more