My granddaughter loves plastic bugs {yes, that is granddaughter, not grandson} – give her a bucket of them and she is as happy as a bird with a french fry {pardon the Pinterest quote}.  I figured if she appreciated the bugs, certainly the boys would too; so here’s a fun way to wish Happy Valentine’s Day to all the boys and girls in your class.

I found some cute finger puppet bugs at Party City.  They  have big bags of all kinds of bugs!  If you don’t have a Party City you can always order at Oriental Trading.

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This recipe holds a lot of nostalgia for me.  I remember making Magic Mousse when I was young.  I thought it was the most wonderful and elegant dessert there ever was! 😉   When I recently came across the recipe, it brought back fun memories.  {Anybody else remember this Jello treat?}

I wanted to share it so you’re kids could enjoy the magic too!  Wouldn’t this be a fun treat for them to make on Valentine’s Day ?  It’s quick and easy, yet they’ll be so thrilled to pour it into fancy glass and see the mousse form at the

I just heard on the radio that the number one food that will be consumed on Super Bowl Sunday is chicken wings – 1.25 billion of them!  Yikes- that’s a lot of wings.

If you are a football fan planning your Super Bowl nosh we’ve got you covered {even if you are just in it for the food and the commercials…}.  This buffalo chicken dip is always a game-day favorite – all the flavor of wings without the mess! 😉  Serve it up with chips, celery sticks, or crackers, but make sure you have plenty- it will go fast.  Not

YUM! I could just introduce this recipe with a simple YUM! A simple homemade pizza crust, topped with Nutella, semi-sweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and chopped hazelnuts. It is ooey-gooey delicious.

Triple Chocolate Pizza

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 Tbls. kosher salt
1/2 Tbls. Yeast
3/4 cup warm water
1/2 Tbls. olive oil

2 tsp. butter, melted
1/3 cup Nutella
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup white chocolate chips
1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts, toasted

Directions:

Place flour, salt and yeast into a mixer with the dough hook attached.  Slowly

Funny story-This mug that my soup is photographed in is know in my house as Mom’s Hot Chocolate Bowl.  It really is more of a small bowl than a mug and I do often drink hot chocolate from it.  So when I put something else like soup in this mug, my family was astonished.  However, I have since gone back filling it with hot chocolate.

As much as I love hot chocolate, I love soup on a cold night for dinner.  {Of course its most likely to be followed by a small bowl of hot chocolate sometime later that evening,