Learning With My Boys

We love Family Movie Night and we love Disney as well. Tonight for our Lion King movie night, we made a Lion King themed dinner to eat first. The kids voted to watch the live action version this time. This was so much fun; with much of the family helping to plan, prepare, and enjoy the meal. I hope you have as much family fun as we did.

Appetizer:  Lion King Snack Mix

Ingredients:

• Cheetos Paws
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Dipped Pretzels
• Crunch N Munch with Peanuts
• Reese’s Pieces

Entrée:  Hakuna Frittata

Ingredients:

• 8 eggs
• 1 tub Chive & Onion cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup onion  finely chopped
• 3/4 cup fresh spinach finely chopped
• 1/2 cup green peppers finely chopped
• 1 cup diced ham
• Shredded Cheddar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a muffin pan (non stick or silicone).
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, cream cheese, salt and pepper until smooth.
3. Stir in peppers, spinach and onion and fill muffins cups (about ¾ full). 
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes until centers are completely set.
5. Sprinkle with cheddar and melt in the oven for a couple of minutes.
6. Serve immediately or cool to room temperature to store. 

Vegi:  Simba Vegi Tray

Ingredients:

• Carrots
• Red and Yellow Peppers
• Celery
• Cucumber
• Leafy Greens
• Olives
• Ranch Packet
• Sour Cream
• Large Round Wheat Crackers

Ranch Dip Instructions:

1. Mix a tub of Sour Cream with a packet of Ranch.
2. Place it in a small round bowl.
3. Save the bottom of a pepper with 3 humps for the lions snout.
4. Cut olives to place on the snout and eyes.
5. Use the end of a red pepper stick for the nose.
6. Add round wheat crackers for the ears.

Platter Instructions:

1. Cut the vegies into long strips.
2. Place the green vegie around the outside of a round tray.
3. Place the round dip in the middle of the tray.
4. Place the colored vegies around the dip for the lions mane.

Fruit:  Rafiki’s Fruit Salad

Ingredients:

• 4 cups 1/2 inch cubed fresh pineapple or 4 cups canned pineapple
• 2 oranges, peeled and divided into sections
• 2 mangos, peeled and diced
• 1 bananas cut in 1/2 inch slices
• 2 tablespoons Lime Juice
• 2 tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar
• 1 cup shredded coconut

Directions:

• Combine fruits in a bowl.
• Combine lime juice and brown sugar and add to fruits; toss to coat.
• Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
• Sprinkle with coconut.

Drink:  Circle of Life Sunset Drink

Ingredients:

• Sprite
• Pineapple Juice
• Grenadine Syrup
• Ice for glasses

Directions:

1. Fill glasses with ice.
2. Take glass and fill 1/2 full with Sprite.
3. Top the remaining half off with Pineapple Juice.
4. Add a splash of Grenadine Syrup.
5. Serve to friends and family with a straw.

Dessert:  Timon & Pumbaa Bug Grub Brownies

Ingredients:

• Brownie Mix
• Chocolate Frosting
• Crushed Oreos
• Gummy Worms

Directions:

1. Bake brownies according to the directions on the box.
2. Cool and cut 9 wholes the size of nickels.
3. Cover with chocolate frosting.
4. Stick the gummy worms into the wholes.
5. Crush the Oreos and sprinkle them on the top.

This meal was “Oh So Yummy!!! Thanks to my kids for having so much fun with me!