Toy Story 3 Dinner

We did a dinner for Toy Story 3!  What a great movie and we sure LOVE doing themed dinners for the Toy Story series.  For dinner, we had a Mr. Potato Head Quesadilla, Hamm's Pigs in a Blanket, Sunny Side (Up) Daycare Eggs, Alien Punch, Strawberry Yogurt Dip with Lotso Cookies. 

Mr. Potato Head Quesadilla

Ingredients:

Tortillas

Cheddar Cheese

Onions

Olives

Sour Cream

Assemble as you desire and cook on the stove top for three minutes on each side.

Hamm's Pigs in a Blanket 

I used this recipe from our Muppets Dinner.

Sunnyside (Up) Daycare Eggs 

Crack egg in a skillet with a dollop of butter on medium heat.  

Cover with pot lid and let steam for about three minutes

Alien Punch

Mix together green Hawaiian Punch and Sprite. 

Strawberry Yogurt Dip with Lotso Cookies

Noosa Strawberry Yogurt and Teddy Graham cookies. 

If you enjoyed this dinner, check out our dinners for Toy Story and Toy Story 2. 

Monster's University Dinner

Here's the themed dinner we did for Monster's University!  We had a great time!  For dinner we had Monster-o's Spiced Breakfast Bars, Monster Toes, Monster Ramen, Monster Energy Drink, and Randall's Be My Pal Cupcakes. 

Monster-o's spiced Breakfast bar

I found the recipe from my Disney Christmas Cookbook. 

I updated a bit - it was pretty good!

Ingredients: 

1/4 cup of brown sugar 

1/4 cup of butter

1/3 cup of honey

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon of salt

1/4 peanut butter

2 cups of Honey Nut Cheerios

1/2 cup of chopped almonds

1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13in baking dish with parchment paper.

2. Combine brown sugar, butter, honey, vanilla extract, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat.  Make sure it's well combined and butter is melted.  

3. Stir in the peanut butter.

4. Add cereal, almonds, and cinnamon to the saucepan and stir to combine.  

5. Remove from heat and press mixture into the baking dish- making sure it's evenly spread out among the bottom. 

6. Bake for 5-7 minutes.  Let  the mixture cool before cutting it into bars. 

Monster Toes

I used this recipe here but I did add purple and orange food coloring to the dough to give it more of a monster look. 

Monsters University Homemade Ramen

We made ramen according to package directions.  

To spruce it up, add a medium boiled eggs, mushrooms, and chopped green onions. 

Monster Energy Drink

Randall's Be My Pal Cupcakes

I got cupcakes from the grocery store and added sugar letters! 

Coco Dinner

We've finally done a themed dinner for Coco!  This movie is so good.  I mean it's so good that I almost don't care that I've seen it 1,200 times.  If you haven't had the opportunity to watch it, it's on Netflix and you won't be disappointed!

For dinner we had Papa Hector's Chorizo, Tamales, Frida Kahlo's Papaya, Spiced Coco, Poisoned Drink, and Ernesto De La Cruz's Guitar.  It was delicious!

Papa Hector's Chorizo
Tim cooked this up on a skillets until done

Tamales

I used this recipe and adjusted slightly.

Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons of olive oil
4 cups of salsa verde
3/4lb of chicken
16 corn husks
2.5 cups Masa Harina
2 cups of warm water
1 teaspoon of Baking powder
1/4lb of shortening 
3/4 cups of Chicken broth
1.5 teaspoons of salt 
1 teaspoon of onion powder
1 Tablespoon of garlic powder

Instructions:
1. In a crock pot, add olive oil, salsa verde, and chicken.
2. Cook on low for 6 hours. 
3. In a large bowl, combine masa, salt, baking powder, onion powder, and garlic powder
4. Add warm water
5. Knead the dough (in Kitchen aid with dough hook)
6. Add shortening and stock.  Beat dough until soft. 
7. Refrigerate for a half hour.
8. Soak the corn husks in warm water for a half hour and drain water.
9. Smear a layer of masa in each corn husk.
10. Add a tablespoon of chicken filling.
11. Fold in thirds lengthwise and fold up the bottom. 
12. Repeat for all corn husks and set aside.
13. Place the steam rack on the bottom of the Instant Pot.
14. Add 1 cup of water
15. Place all tamales on the rack standing upright.
16. Lock the lid in place and turn the valve to SEALING.
17.  Set the Instant Pot to pressure cook at high pressure 35 minutes. 
18. When completed, let steam release for several minutes.
19. Turn valve to venting and once all steam is out, remove lid very carefully.
20. Let cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!

Frida Kahlo's Papaya

Spiced Coco
I used this recipe here and it is DELICIOUS!

Poisoned Drink
Tequila- poisonous on it's own.  

Ernesto De La Cruz's Guitar

Ingredients:
White Long John Donut
1- Vanilla Wafer
Black Icing
Yellow Icing

Make it into a guitar to the best of your ability! 

"REMEMBER ME"

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad Dinner

To get in the spooky holiday spirit, we did a dinner for The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad!   It was very festive and a movie we weren't super familiar with!

For dinner we had Mr. Winkie's Beer Braised Ribs, Mr. Toad's Wild Rice Soup, Ichabod's Trail Mix, The Great Pumpkin Beer, and Headless Horseman's Pumpkin Pie.

  

Mr. Winkie's Beer Braised Ribs

I found this recipe here and adapted. 

Ingredients:

3lbs of Short Ribs

2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

1 onion, diced

4 garlic cloves, smashed

1-12 oz black porter beer

2 cups of chopped celery 

2 cups of chopped carrots

1/4 cup of parsley

1 Tablespoon of dried thyme

1 Tablespoon of dried sage

4 Tablespoons of cornstarch

Salt & Pepper

Combine ingredients all together in a crockpot and cook on low for 6 hours. 

Mr. Toad's Wild Rice Soup

We found store bought Panera wild rice that was actually pretty good!

Ichabod's Trail Mix

Ingredients:

White cheddar popcorn

Apple chips

Pretzel sticks

Pumpkin candy corn

Halloween M&Ms

Mix together. 

The Great Pumpkin Beer

Headless Horseman's Pumpkin Pie

Individual pumpkin pies purchased at the grocery store!

Incredibles 2 Party (Maddie's 2nd Birthday)

For Maddie's 2nd Birthday we did a brunch for Incredibles 2!  Since Maddie is TOTALLY Jack-Jack- we thought it was pretty appropriate!

           

For Brunch we had The Happy Platter Breakfast Casserole, Bob's Incredible Waffles, Incredible Fruit Plate, Powerful Punch, Edna Mode's Coffee, Excellent Tap, Cookie Nom Nom, and Jack Jack's Ice Cream Cake. 

The Happy Platter Breakfast Casserole

I found this recipe and we loved it _ it did use WAY too many eggs for what we wanted to do.  The picture makes it looked burned but it was actually perfect! 

Ingredients:

1lb of Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles

1/2 of a red onion

30oz of Hashbrowns

1.5 cups of Shredded Marble Jack Cheese

4 Eggs 

1/2 cup of Milk

Salt and Pepper

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in dish

2. Cook for 35 minutes at 350 degrees. 

Bob's Incredible Waffles

Eggo Waffles for all!  We also had Maple and Blueberry Syrup for people to use. 

Incredible Fruit Plate

Blackberries, Strawberries, and Bananas are perfect for Incredible colors!

Powerful Punch

We did a Ginger Ale with a Cranberry Juice - it was so refereshing. 

Edna Mode's Coffee and Excellent Tap

Cookie Nom Nom

Pre-made chocolate chip cookies. 

Jack Jack's Ice Cream Cake

Our local Dairy Queen made this FABULOUS cake for our INCREDIBLE MADDIE!

If you enjoyed this, check out our Incredibles themed dinner! 

Pocahontas Dinner

FULL TRANSPARENCY: We did this dinner a LONG time ago.  Actually this dinner was done before we had kids AND before we were married.  It was one of the first few that we did before the blog.  I found these pictures and realized that we never posted our great dinner for Pocahontas!  

For dinner we had Bison Burgers, Pocahontas' Golden Corn, Fry Bread, One with Nature Cocktail, and Berries of the Earth Mini Tart.

Bison Burgers

We found Bison burger patties at the grocery store and made them up!  Delicious!

Pocahontas' Golden Corn

We steamed the corn for 4 minutes and served with butter

One with Nature Cocktail

4 parts Baileys

2 parts Frangelico

1 part of Amaretto

1 part of Cinnamon Schnapps 

*this was spectacular AND deadly.

Mini Berries of the Earth Tarts

Ingredients:

Puff Pastry

Raspberry Jam

Brie Cheese 

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. Cut (thawed) puff pastry into squares

3. Push squares into cupcake tins so they create a type of bowl

4. Cut cheese into cubes and place one in each pastry bowl

5. Spoon jam over the cheese

6. Bake for 9 minutes

*FUN FACT* John Smith was (is?) my Disney Crush!

Cinderella (Animated) Breakfast

Here is a Cinderella breakfast we did to get ready for Disney World! 

We had Pumpkin Carriage Pancakes with Pecan Maple Syrup, Pumpkin Wheel Donuts, Cinderella's Breakfast Granola, Fairy Godmother Fruit Wand, and a Glass Slipper Cocktail.

Maddie is all dressed up for Cinderella!

Pumpkin Carriage Pancakes with Pecan Maple Syrup

We found this recipe here and my mom made them! 

Ingredients:

1.75 cups of flour

2.5 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice

1 Tablespoon of baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

1/8 teaspoon of salt

1/4 cup of brown sugar

1/4 cup of vegetable oil

2 eggs

1.25 cups of buttermilk

1/2 cup of pumpkin puree

1/2 cup of chopped pecans

1 cup of maple syrup

1 tsp of cinnamon

Directions:

1. Whisk together vegetable oil, brown sugar, buttermilk, and pumpkin puree until mixed.

2. Add salt, baking powder and baking soda.

3. Add flour and pumpkin pie spice- let dough sit for 15 minutes. 

4. Heat pan to medium heat and cook for a few minutes on each side.

5. Pour maple syrup into microwave safe serving dish and add cinnamon.

6. Heat syrup in microwave until desired temperature.

7. Since we have a food allergy in my family, serve pecans on top of pancakes as desired. 

Pancakes and donuts to make a carriage

Pumpkin Wheel Donuts 

Found these at the grocery store. 

Cinderella's Breakfast Granola

We got this recipe from our Disney Princess Cookbook.

Ingredients:

Honey Greek Yogurt 

Granola

Banana Slices

Cranberries

Sunflower Seeds

Dried Apricots

Mix together to your liking. 

Fairy Godmother Fruit Wand

Use raspberries, blueberries, and banana slices to create your very own wand. 

Glass Slipper Cocktail

1oz Blue Curacao Cocktail Mix

Champagne

Corn Syrup

Sugar

Directions:

1. Dip champagne glass in corn syrup then in sugar

2. Pour Curacao mix in glass and fill with champagne

Olivia as Belle and Maddie as Cinderella 

If you like this meal, check out our Cinderella (Live Action) Dinner.