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My son and my husband have their birthday’s within one week of each other.  It is time for another celebration.  Here are some foods that we made for Daddy for his special day.

 

Bacon wrapped around egg in a muffin cup.  My husband really likes our goose and duck eggs, this is a great way to make them for breakfast for a special way. Plus they are easy to eat while driving to work.

Club sandwiches —all my girls have become quite proficient at making these at a young age.  They are a staple in our household.  We can make 2 loaves of bread’s worth and pack them in plastic baggies for an easy way to grab lunch. This was a great treat for Daddy to take to work.

My husband is a wonderful man and will take me to get a Starbucks iced hazelnut macchiato almost every chance he can get.  I wanted a way to re create our favorite drink without having to drive all the way to town—you know its about a 30 minute drive?@?@?  This was a great recipe that we made all summer long and will continue making again this summer.  Daddy really likes his iced coffee-–so does Mommy.

My husband is very simple when it comes to his food.  He is wonderful at letting me try out all new recipes and change it up every week, but he is a spaghetti, meatloaf, hotdogs, kind of plain dinner man.   For his dinner we made his favorite–-spaghetti.  

Here the children are singing to him while he is doing funny dances.  I told you he was the “not so plain” of my blog.

Dad does not particularly care for cake, but he absolutely LOVES banana splits.  So that is what we made for his celebration dessert.

I made it easier and pre sliced all of the banana’s into a bowl.  We used the following for toppings:

• chocolate syrup
• caramel syrup
• pineapple topping
• strawberry topping
• cool whip
• chopped nuts
• sprinkles
• mini chocolate chips

Each child got to make their own, that was a treat in itself.

Since we have a large family and nothing usually “stays” very long in our household as far as leftovers go,  I wanted to make a few extra desserts to keep in the refrigerator this week that he could grab a piece of when he came home from work.

 

 

His favorite pie, is chocolate pie.  This is again a simple, no frills pie.  Made with boxed pudding and milk.  Very simple but rates as the best around our household.

His other favorite is banana pudding.  He USED to be the only one that cared for this dessert, but unfortunately for him, most of the children like this dessert as well:)  That means less leftovers found around here.  See why I made these extra treats for him this week???

 

Here I am with my “hunk of a husband”  Happy Birthday baby, to a man who has turned my world upside down, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

Around our household we have a birthday celebration almost every month.  This past month it was my oldest son, Collin’s 18th birthday.

 

Here he is getting his “gifts” from his younger sisters.  Can you tell, we don’t buy pop or candy often?  I think he ended up with a few 2 liters of pop and bags of candy. Might seem like a strange gift for some, but for us it is a special treat:)

For each person’s special day, we like to let them choose what foods we are to eat on their birthday.  Collin is my non-complacent child.  He is happy with whatever I make.  I have to pay attention to what he says he likes and then make them because he won’t tell me:)

Since we just had Easter and have leftover ham in the freezer this was a great lunchtime meal.  Ham skillet, very easy and tasty.  This has been one of this favorite meals, since he was a little boy. Click here for recipe.

For his dinner meal, we went with party snacks.  This he was pleased with. We made a huge variety and then everyone can pick and choose their favorites.  Here are some that we made:

Hot dogs wrapped in turkey bacon--a staple for major holiday celebrations.

Homemade chicken nuggets.  These are great for the little ones and big ones too.

He loves our sub-style homemade pizza and we added this to the buffet for dinner.

 

Pigs in a blanket–isn’t this a staple at everyone’s home?

A snowman? You say, in the middle of spring?  Well we really like this cheeseball snowman recipe and make it for all our gatherings, but for some reason I do not have a photo yet of just  a regular shaped ball.  We serve this with Wheat thins, Ritz crackers and sliced sausage.  So simple to make, would never go back to buying a store made one, ever.Ham and pickle roll ups.  These might not look the best, but they are very tasty.  My “men” really can eat the entire plate that we put out.  Really?

Since I always have some cut up vegetables and fruit out with our meals, I made some of our homemade hummus and pita to serve as well.  We make hummus usually once per week at a minimum.  So simple and inexpensive.

Nacho taco dip.  This recipe is made by our 8 year old. It is one of her favorites to make.  

Okay, did that seem like ALOT of food?  Not in this family.  Now for his dessert……

Collin is not a big cake man.  He has ALWAYS loved Strawberry pretzel dessert since he was a little boy.  Since his birthday comes at about the same time that strawberries start appearing in our grocery store, it works out perfectly to make it for his celebration.

We even put candles inside of the jello?!!?!?He is looking a little too relaxed, think he was having a busy work day:)

Happy Birthday Collin!  We are blessed to have you as our son.  We are excited for what the Lord is going to bring into your life this next coming year and pray that you continue to seek Him diligently.  Love you.