The Santa Clause dinner

Our kids were OBSESSED with this movie.  We watched it like eight times this year.  "The Santa movie" was a big hit.

For dinner we had Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast, Neil's Weenie Whistle, Stuffed Mystery Dates, Cookies and Cocoa from the Cookie Cocoa Dispenser. 

Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast
When Tim Allen burns the turkey, he and Charlie go out to Denny's for dinner!  We did a homemade version of a Grand Slam Breakfast.

Neil's Weenie Whistle
I took small cocktail weenies and wrapped them in strips of crescent rolls.  I baked in the oven at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Stuffed Mystery Dates
I cut the dates in half and stuffed them with goat cheese.  I drizzled with honey and popped in the oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Cocoa and Cookies from the Cocoa Cookie Dispenser
Tollhouse cookies made to package directions and Cocoa made to package directions.

This was such an easy and festive dinner!!

The Little Drummer Boy dinner

We did a dinner for The Little Drummer Boy to prepare for Christmas and it was a lot of fun!  Olivia and Maddie loved the drums.  In fact, they even got their own drum (plastic) for Christmas!

We had Israeli Couscous with Lamb, Mallets, Hot Buttered Pa-Rum-Pa-Pa-Rum, Rum Pum-Pa-Punch, and The Little Drummer Boy's Cheesecake.

Israeli Couscous with Lamb
I used this recipe here and tweaked it because ain't nobody got time to cook things for 90 minutes when there are two kids under three roaming around the apartment.

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 clove of garlic
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon of ground coriander seed
1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon of ground cardamom
1lb of ground lamb
2 small onions
1 cup of couscous

Directions:
1. Cook couscous according to package directions
2. Mix together lamb, garlic, cinnamon, salt, allspice, coriander, black pepper, cumin, and cardamom together.
3. Heat the olive oil on a skillet and add chopped onions.
4. Once the onions are translucent, add the meat mixture and cook until meat is golden brown.
5. Fluff couscous with fork and add to the meat mixture and serve warm.
6. Adding raisins is optional.

Mallets/Drumsticks
Pretzels and Olives

Hot Buttered Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum
I used the Hot Buttered Rum packet you can find in the grocery stores and mixed it with a tablespoon of butter, hot water, and of course, rum.

Pa-Rum-Pa-Rum-Punch
Cranberry Ginger Ale mixed with Rum if you'd like.

The Little Drummer Boy's Cheesecake
I got a pre-made cheesecake from Hornbacher's and used gold sprinkles and chocolate icing to give it a drum look.

For more dinners like this, check out our other Rankin/Bass dinners: Santa Claus is Comin' To Town, Frosty The Snowman, Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, and Pinocchio's Christmas!

Pinocchio's Christmas Dinner

We did a dinner for Pinocchio's Christmas which is part of our Rankin/Bass Christmas movie marathon!  It's 13 movies long and maybe our favorite day ever!  This particular Christmas special is pretty bonkers but it has a special place in our hearts. 

For this dinner we had Geppetto’s Christmas Oatmeal, Marionette String Cheese, Blue Fairy Berries, Jiminy Cricket’s Cherry Vanilla Freeze, and Pinocchio Cookies

        

Geppetto’s Christmas Oatmeal

We made Quaker Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal according to package directions.

Marionette String Cheese

Blue (Fairy) Berries

Jiminy Cricket’s Cherry Vanilla Freeze

We used Godiva white vanilla chocolate pudding mix and made according to package direction and added chopped up maraschino cherries. I found the recipe here!

Pinocchio Cookies

I got the idea here!  I made it a little easier but this one definitely looks better!

Ingredients:

Nilla Wafers

Pink Food Coloring

Red Icing

Pretzel Sticks

Candy Eyes

Godiva Candy Melts

Yellow Starburst

Directions:

1. Using the tip of a sharp knife gently cut a circle in the Nilla Wafer to fit the pretzel stick in. 

2. In a bowl, mix two drops of pink food coloring and 1 teaspoon of water.  Mix together.

3. Apply food coloring mixture to the cookie to look like blush.

4. Melt a handful of Candy Melts and dip the cookie in to look like hair.

5. Cut each yellow Starburst in half and stick to the hair to make a hat.

6. Add a smile and a stripe in the hat with red icing.

7. Add a small dot of icing to the back of each eyeball and place accordingly.

Here are our cuties in their snowman jammies!  

For more dinners like this, check out our other Rankin/Bass dinners: Santa Claus is Comin' To Town, Frosty The Snowman, and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July!