Ingredients:

• Chicken
• Baby Potatoes
• Spice Mix
  • Smoked Paprika
  • Garlic
  • Onion Powder
  • Salt
  • Pepper
• Olive Oil

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Make a spice mix from the smoked paprika, garlic, onion powder, salt and pepper.
• Rub the chicken with olive oil and the spice mix.
• Put the potatoes on a pan and drizzle with olive oil.
• Place the chicken on the pan.
• Bake for an hour or until the internal temp of the thickest part of the breasts are at least 165 degrees.
• Remove from oven and let items rest for 10 minutes.
• Serve & Enjoy!

Notes:

• I love a good one pan meal and this is no exception.
• You can use whatever spices you want to create your spice mix.

Now that we have everything plated up, I let the boys in on a little secret…we are going to eat with our hands! They totally flipped and I may have just become the coolest mom ever!! As a reminder…make sure you have LOTS of napkins ready to go! You are going to need them!

Next up, I made a delicious spiced wine for the adults. This is super easy to make and a tasty adult beverage to SPICE the fun fare up a bit!

Ingredients:

• Red Wine
• 2 Cups Pomegranate Juice
• Orange Zest
• Sliced Oranges
• Knob of Ginger
• Cinnamon Stick
• 1/4 – 1/2 Cup Sugar (optional to taste)

Directions:

• In a large stockpot, combine all ingredients.
• Simmer the spiced wine for 30+ mins.
• Pour into your favorite wine glass.
• Enjoy!

Notes:

• You can let this simmer all day as it smells amazing!!!
• I LOVE my Rachel Ray stockpot and I know you will too!

We had a blast eating dinner with our hands and laughing our heads off while going through a TON of napkins. Maybe next time we’ll add some good old fashioned jousting after dinner. So, to all me Lords and me Ladies, we hope you will all enjoy this savory fare with your family and friends!

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Summer is here! Woohoo! My 10 year old has been dying to make his own sushi. So much so, that we’ve purchased a sushi rolling kit, even though no one has any idea how to do it. I thought we could start with something easy and work our way up so today we made FRUIT SUSHI! It is SO much fun! Also, it was pretty darn easy.

Candy Sushi Rolls Ingredients:

• Rice Krispies Treats
• Candy Fish
• Fruit Rolls
• Fruit slices (optional)

Directions:

• Cut edges off of treats to make a round appearance.
• Add 1 candy fish to the top of the treat.

• Cut a strip of fruit rolls to wrap around the treat.
• You can add fruit strips as well.

Notes:

• You can always make your own Rice Krispies Treats.
• We added in a slice of mango for some of our rolls.

Fruit Sushi Ingredeients:

• Sushi Rice
• Coconut Milk
• Soy Wrappers
• Fruit Slices

Directions:

• Cook rice as directed.
• Add a splash or two of coconut milk to the rice once it is cooked to sweeten it slightly.
• Spread rice across your wrapper on your mat.

• Place fruit slices over half of the rice.
• Carefully start to roll your wrapper up.

• Continue to roll until your wrapper is fully filled.

• Cut up your sushi rolls into individual slices.
• Serve and enjoy!

Notes:

• If you don’t have sushi rice, you can use white or brown rice instead.
• If you don’t have a sushi rolling kit, you could use plastic wrap to help create these.
• You could use a standard fruit roll-up instead of a soy wrapper.

Even my 10 year old could create his own sushi! He was so excited! This was a great afternoon (or after school) snack. I love being able to spend time with the kids in the kitchen! We had so much fun and we know you will too!

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Ingredients:

• 4 cups Milk
• 3 oz. White Chocolate Chips
• 6 oz Orange Melting Candy Wafers
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• Optional Toppings:
  • Mini Marshmallows
  • Whipped Topping

Directions:

• Add all ingredients except toppings to a saucepan.

Simmer gently over low heat until candies and white chocolate are melted.

• Add your optional toppings of marshmallows or whipped cream.
• Enjoy!

***CAUTION – drink may be hot for a while, so please be careful!***

Notes:

• If you want a more orange color, you could use orange food coloring to the white chocolate.

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Ingredients:

• Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• Edible Silver Spray
• Red Food Coloring

Directions:

• Mix the Dark Chocolate Cake Mix batter according to the directions on the box and use a cookie scoop (or two tablespoons) to measure out even cookies.
• They took about 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Once they’ve cooled completely, the fun part can begin!

• I used a tiny round cookie cutter and two straws to give some shapes and dimension to our Death Stars.

• Using the Edible Silver Spray, give them a quick coat and move on to the next whoopie pie top.
• I made 24 pieces, and decorated 12 tops.

• I added some red food coloring to the store bought frosting because the Death Star is the epitome of the dark side, after all.
• You could certainly flip the cookies so they’re flat on the outsides, but I thought the rounded tops would make for a great Death Star shape.
• Spread the frosting on the bottom and top with the decorated tops.

• Come to the dark side.
• We have Whoopie Pies!

• That’s no moon!

We certainly love to geek out and watch Star Wars shows and movies at any time of the year, but especially for Star Wars Day! We hope the Force is strong with you and your family!

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