I pretty much live in the kitchen… You know I love to bake some tasty goodies. I thought it might be fun to recap some of the dishes that I make through the month. Here’s what was going on in the kitchen in May.

I tried my hand at homemade Croissants, and it took three days but the results were so delicious. A few friends and I catered the final breakfast for MOPS, and I got to make these delicious pastries one more time. Dylan is hooked on them, so it looks like I’ll be making Croissants more often.

I needed a quick breakfast before school one day, so I got out my Pioneer Woman cookbook, and made a batch of her French Breakfast Puffs. They were amazing. I shared the batch with my hubby’s co-workers too.

We had guest speakers at our church, and although I couldn’t make it to hear them speak, I wanted to help out with the desserts. I made a batch of Chocolate Ganache Topped Brownies, and a few batches of cookies too. James suggested the Candy Bar cookies, and I thought that White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies would go great too.

You’ll remember these Blueberry Muffins, they were from my container of blueberries that Thade really though that we needed. I’ve been enjoying them with my morning coffee.

I hope to try out a few new recipes in June.

Every once in a while my hubby has to be away for meetings. To keep the kiddos happy, we’ve started making super-fun dinner night. We usually hit up Redbox and rent a movie for the night, and the kiddos get to pick whatever they want for dinner. A few of the favorites have been Chocolate overload dinner, we had Cocoa Pebbles and Chocolate Milk, and School-lunch dinner… I do my best to recreate a dish off of the school lunch menu. One  school lunch  was Little Smokies and Macaroni and Cheese, the kiddos loved that meal.

This week we have decided to make a meal that iCarly would approve of. My boys are really big fans of the show, and I though it would be really fun to make a meal based on some of the dishes that I have seen on the show.  I’m serving  Groovy  Strawberry Splat Smoothies and I’m also making Spaghetti Tacos, just like Spencer would serve Carly and her friends. The kids are really looking forward to the meal.

It looks super simple too, and I used everything that I had on hand.

For the Spaghetti Tacos you’ll need:

• Spaghetti Noodles
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Taco Shells

Then you simply prepare the Spaghetti just like you always would, and stuff it into the Taco Shells.

I’m also making Strawberry Splat Smoothies. I’m using Strawberries that I chopped and froze in the freezer, a little bit of sugar, and milk too. I was out of yogurt, and it was way too hot to take the kiddos to the store, so the milk will work.

The frozen strawberries gave the smoothies a icy texture.

I love the super bright pink color of the finished strawberry splat smoothies!

Let’s see what the kids think…

Dylan liked the spaghetti tacos, but he is a spaghetti fan anyway…

Thade loved them! He usually turns his nose up at the sight of spaghetti, but even he ate a taco and a half. I thought the spaghetti tacos were pretty tasty too. Both kiddos finished off their strawberry smoothies in record time too. This dinner is definitely a keeper.

While I was making a shopping list Thade asked if we could buy Strawberry Milk and Blueberries. Here is how the conversation went down…

Thade: Mom can we please buy blueberries and strawberry milk?

Mom: Thade, do you even like strawberry milk and blueberries?

Thade: I love them, I had them at school.

Mom: Really?!?

Thade: Yep, they are delicious, I promise I will eat them…

Mom: (thinking it over and realizing that Thade NEVER asks for fruit, so it might be a good idea) O.k. we’ll add them to the list.

Thade: Yay!

Then we went shopping, and I came home and made a delicious snack for the kids which included Strawberry Milk, Blueberries, and Bananas. Here is the result:

Thade: (popped a blueberry in his mouth) I don’t like blueberries!

Dylan: (also popped a blueberry in his mouth, and then spit it out quickly) Eeewwww yucky! I don’t like them, but I’ll squish them on my plate.

So this was a big blueberry FAIL! What to do with all of the leftover blueberries though…

I tried sneaking them into homemade blueberry muffins, but still this one was also a  miss. I like them, but none of the guys liked them one bit.

Yesterday I whipped up a batch of Strawberry-Banana-Blueberry Ice-Pops for the kiddos, and I’m going to see if they like the berries better in frozen form. We’ll see if they like them or not… I guess it is good that I didn’t invest in a berry patch for the backyard.

On Sunday we not only celebrated with another party for Dylan, but it was the return on Chickenversary ( a term James has coined). You see I only make friend chicken once a year, and it is usually on Father’s Day. This time around though, both sides of the family were  going to be  in town, so I needed to feed everyone. I stocked up on supplies at the store, but then right before the party, I found out that my brother wasn’t going to make it, and then my mother in law and sister in law weren’t able to come to dinner either. I decided that Chickenversary must go on. James was happy about that one.

If you take a look at this picture, you’ll see why Chickenversary is just once a year. It is messy business, but tasty business too.

The tenders were really tasty, and maybe this will get me to put fried chicken on the menu more often.

I made a double batch of Fried Chicken Tenders, a big batch of Biscuits, some Mashed Potatoes, a Cherry Pie for dessert, and a couple gallons of Sweet Tea too. My mom was able to stay for dinner, so that was pretty cool. The kiddos loved the meal too, so it was all worth the mess. I’ll still probably make Fried Chicken for James on Father’s Day, but don’t tell him, Chickenversary is supposed to only happen once a year.

I’m waiting for May…. That is the month when everything looks like it is going to slow down for a bit. This month is crazy, next month is crazy, and today I’ve got a migraine… Before I get way off subject from my title, I have a big dinner to plan for Sunday.

There is a certain little guy that is turning three this very week, and we have a small party planned for him this weekend.

That also means all of the family is going to be in town, and that means I’ve got to make some dinner for everyone…

I was chatting with my brother, and he suggested that I make fried chicken for Sunday’s dinner. Here is the deal, I only make fried chicken once a year, it is just too messy, but when I make it, it is so good. I make all the fixins too, fried okra, mashed potatoes, pies, biscuits, yeah I trash the kitchen in the name of fried chicken.

We also watched Food Wars about a week ago, and there was a fried chicken battle. So that really made the family want fried chicken. This family favorite just might make its way on to the menu for Sunday.I should probably make a few extra pies for my brother too…