Friday, April 1, 2011

April Fool's Menu

When Jackson woke up this morning, I told him to go look out the window, that God had pulled the best April Fool's joke on us.....the ground was covered with snow!!  What a crazy way to begin the month!  I didn't have any pranks ready throughout the day, but I did have a few jokes up my sleeve for dinner tonight.
I have been seeing the cupcakes that are actually meatloaf and mashed potatoes, so I used that idea and changed it up a bit...
After putting cupcake liners in the muffin tin, I flattened out refrigerator biscuits (I had the big ones so I tore them in half first) and pressed them into the liners, leaving a little "well."

I then added a spoonful of ground beef (I had cooked it in advance) and a little cheese and baked them at 350 for about 17-18 minutes.  I wasn't really expecting the biscuits to rise that much, the "well" I expected to be filled with meat kind of disappeared, but oh well!


I added the icing (mashed potatoes and food coloring) and the cupcakes were ready!


Jackson wasn't quite sure what to think!!  Thankfully he thought it was funny and wasn't too disappointed that we weren't actually eating cupcakes.  We also had applesauce, but I served it warm....which is something we did quite often growing up, but I don't think Jackson had ever eaten it like that before.

Yep, that's right, there were no vegetables.  I kind of forgot, and then didn't want to add just plain ole veggies to a special fun meal....so we were vegetable-less tonight.  On to dessert!  :) 

Our dessert was a breakfast theme!  I know most of you have probably seen this "toast" already, it's been pretty popular in blogland....


If you haven't, I'll share the secret....it's sliced poundcake, toasted!  To go along with the breakfast theme, I also made the "fried egg sundaes" I saw here, and although mine didn't turn out quite as good, they were still fun!  (The "eggs" are marshmallow whip with a dollop of lemon pie filling.)


I love this little smirk when he tasted his toast....


We had a fun April Fool's "party" (if there's cupcakes, it's a party, right?), and I already can't wait to start planning for next year!  Did you pull (or fall for any) April Fool's pranks today?  I had to make a quick stop at the grocery store to get some of my ingredients, and when I got to the cashier I realized I had left my wallet at home ~ guess THAT joke was on ME!


Linking up to some of my usuals!

7 comments:

Angie @ Thrifty Like Me said...

Such cute ideas! Love the "egg" sundaes!

Crazy Wonderful said...

That is awesome! Great ideas that I will definitely use next year :D

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Shelley
www.westermanfam.blogspot.com

Maney said...

So cute, Angie! I definitely have to try those cupcakes!

Nicole@Thrifty Decorating said...

LOVE your new header and colors!! Very nice!! :)

Brandi said...

So Fun! I love how you changed things up a bit!

Sugar Swings said...

cute! i bet they loved all of it :)

Anonymous said...

I had lots of ideas this year, but when it come to doing them, I didn't get them done. I'll have to store those away for next year.

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