By EstherIrish, on March 17th, 2013% Since St. Patrick’s Day is on Sunday this year we celebrated with our green meal a little early. Our tradition is to have a green fun food for the kids for lunch and then a bigger family meal for supper with Daddy, but this year not much has been usual!
For our green lunch, I . . . → Read More: Green meal: Food for St Patrick’s Day
By EstherIrish, on November 15th, 2012%
I had been wanting to do a progressive dinner with the kids for some time. When we got Halloween coupons for McDonalds recently It seemed like the perfect opportunity! They had four coupons each-a free hamburger, drink, apples and ice-cream, but they could only use one coupon per visit. This is one advantage to . . . → Read More: Kid’s Progressive Dinner
By EstherIrish, on October 29th, 2012%
Since our fifth child Bobby was born we have had a tough time getting our game nights in like we used to. We’ve been missing them, so I decided to bring family game nights back with a party! We went to Sam’s Club in search of our party food.
I have . . . → Read More: Family Game Night #MealsTogether #CBias
By EstherIrish, on October 7th, 2011% Our menu this year is very similar to last year’s.
I thought about making something different, but in the end this meal just cries, “Nebraska!”
Runzas
French Fries (I actually fried them this year!)
Corn on the Cob
Big Red Cans of Soda
. . . → Read More: Nebraska Football Gameday Meal 2011
By EstherIrish, on September 23rd, 2011% It is my tradition to have a Mexican Meal for my family on cinco de mayo. My plans last year were sabotaged, but I promised my family that we would still have our Mexican meal on a different day. But with pregnancy, summer fun, and travels it just never got done. My kids didn’t let . . . → Read More: Mexican Themed Family Meal 2011
By EstherIrish, on July 16th, 2011% I made this meal for the 4th of July, but it would be great for Memorial Day or Labor Day as well. I have so much fun with family dinners. Some are easy, others I try my hand at gourmet, but they are always festive and the look on the kids’ faces when . . . → Read More: Our July 4th Patriotic Dinner Menu
By EstherIrish, on July 3rd, 2011% It has been a busy weekend with a birthday and family staying with us from out of town. It hit me that July 4th is tomorrow and though I’ve thought about it a little, I never did nail down a great plan for a celebration. I hope the creative juices are flowing today. I looked . . . → Read More: Our July 4th Family Dinner and Menu 2010
By EstherIrish, on April 14th, 2011% When I was young our tradition on Easter was to get up before the rooster crowed and head to church with all of our best potluck brunch items kept warm in crockpots. We would have a sunrise service, literally in the dark as the sun arose. Then we enjoyed a huge brunch with our church . . . → Read More: Our Traditional Easter Menu
By EstherIrish, on March 20th, 2011% This year I made a festive breakfast, lunch, and supper. I really enjoy celebrating (or have you noticed?) and cooking when I have the time.
The night before I still had not thought of what to do for breakfast. I tossed around the idea of making green eggs and ham, but finally decided on making . . . → Read More: Our St. Patrick’s Day Celebration 2011
By EstherIrish, on March 15th, 2011% Our celebration isn’t the same every year. The day of the week it falls on and what ever else I have going on determines how we celebrate. This particular year we had friends staying with us from out of town. I didn’t want to be cooking all day so I went with a brunch.
. . . → Read More: St. Patrick’s Day Brunch Idea
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