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Flatout Healthy Kids Lunch Ideas

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Living in a world of mac & cheese and chicken nuggets, I am always looking for fun new lunch and snack ideas for the kids.

Yesterday was a rather rainy, dreary day so the kids and I took the dreary day as an opportunity to get creative in the kitchen for their lunch.

Thanks to our friends at Flatout, we were in the know and had already stocked up on Flatout wraps from Sam’s Club (You all know how I love my Flatout bread, and being able to buy it in bulk ROCKS.)

So we hopped in the car and headed for the produce isle of our local grocery store.

The mission? To create a fun and fruit filled lunch and post-lunch snack. The kids picked the ingredients all on their own, and I must say I believe this mission was a successful one.

healthy lunch ideas for kids lunches school camp summer

For Lunch

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Ingredients: 

– Flat out wrap

– Cream Cheese

– Vanilla Instant Pudding

– Granola

-Fruit variety of your choice

Instructions:

– Mix 4 oz of cream cheese with 2 tablespoons of vanilla instant pudding

– Spread mixture on Flatout bread

– Sprinkle granola and fruit on top of mixture and cut into pieces

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Post- Lunch Healthy Snack

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Banana Roll Up Bites

Ingredients:

– Flatout wrap

– Banana (1 banana can easily cover 2 wraps)

– Chocolate chips

– Peanut Butter

Directions:

– Spread peanut butter on wrap

– Cut up banana and sprinkle on top of peanut butter

– Sprinkle chocolate chips on wrap

– Roll up long way and cut into bites

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Flatout wraps are my favorite. They are high in fiber and great for healthy lunches (and snacks).

Now that they are available in Sam’s Club I’m able to buy them in a bigger quantity for parties … or to freeze! (Yes, they keep well in the freezer!)

To celebrate their new place on the shelves at Sam’s Club I’m teaming up with Flat Out bread to offer one Complicated Mama reader a chance to win a 1 year Sam’s Club membership– Just in time for those summer BBQ’s! 🙂

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Disclosure: To purchase FlatOut bread were provided a Sam’s Club for this post. As always the thoughts and opinions are my own.

7 Easy Steps To Make Cakepop Icecream Cones

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My kids LOVE cakepops (who doesn’t?)

Cakepops are the first thing they ask for when I mention stopping at Starbucks. We’ve had them as party favors, but we’ve never really made them before in the house.

The other day we were headed out to a get together and bringing dessert.  I wanted to try something different, so after seeing some adorable ice-cream cakepops on Pinterest, I was inspired to give this whole cakepop-making-thing a whirl.

I was surprised at how incredibly easy they are to make!

How To Make Cake Pop Ice Cream Cones

Ingredients: 

  • 1 box of cake mix of choice (I used yellow cake- my fave!)
  • Ingredients listed on back of cake mix (typically eggs and oil)
  • Tub of vanilla frosting (I used vanilla)
  • SMALL waffle cones (the size is important!)
  • Chocolate chips
  • vegetable oil
  • wax paper

Step 1-

Bake cake as directed on box. Remove from oven, let cool.

Step 2-

Crumble cake and mix in about 2/3 of the tub of frosting. The recipe I originally saw called for the whole tub of frosting but I personally thought that was a bit much, so I used less and was happy with the outcome. 

Step 3-

Roll mixture into cake-pop balls and place on wax paper. Refrigerate.

At this point if you were just making regular cake pops, you could put a stick in the center and refrigerate them until ready to dip.

Step 4–

Prep your cones!  You are going to need something to hold the cones upright. I poked holes in the empty cone box, but I think you could probably also use a cupcake tree to hold them up too.

As I mentioned in the ingredients, the size of the cone is SO important.  The bigger the cone, the bigger the cake pop ball has to be and the bigger the cake pop ball the heavier and harder to balance it becomes– I learned the hard way. Plus, as delicious as cakepops are, there is such a thing as “too much” cake-pops- no one wants to eat 3 lbs of cake and frosting.  Nabisco has a good size waffle cone.

Step 5–

Melt your chocolate with a teaspoon of vegetable oil. This makes the chocolate smoother.

Step 6–

Dip 1/2 of the cake pop ball into the chocolate and place inside the cone. This will help it stick to the cone.

Allow chocolate to dry. If you can move into the refrigerator this may make help speed up the process.

Step 7–

Dip the rest of your cone into the chocolate and add sprinkles!

 
Originally posted: Jun 5 2012

Chocolate Cake With Peanut Butter Mousse Frosting {Recipe + Photos}

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It would seem I’ve been bitten by the baking bug lately. I don’t know what it is… but it needs to stop because I am making delicious things, and running out of people to pawn my creations off on ( I luurrve cake but have a strict no-cake in the house for more than 1 day rule).

Last week, I woke up with this random idea that I wanted to create a cake with peanut butter frosting. The only problem was when I looked in my fridge, I didn’t have any of your typical frosting ingredients– and well, to be perfectly honest? I was too lazy to go to the store.  So I decided to do a little experimenting and created a mousse type frosting that by far exceeded my expectations.

The result?

peanutbutter moose chocolate cake

If you love chocolate and peanut butter, this cake is heaven. For real.

The chocolate cake is made from a boxed cake mix but this frosting will make it taste like it you made it from scratch- I promise.

I must warn it contains 1/2 cup of peanut butter, so it’s not exactly low-fat but the recipe is sans cream cheese or butter so that has to be some sort of plus, right?

My mother in law uses a powder peanut butter that has 85% fewer calories and fat, that I am considering trying out on this recipe. Not sure if it will mess with the consistency too much. So for now… below is your recipe to peanut-y-chocolate-heaven.

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Fresh Mozzarella Tomato Soup Recipe

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steps to making creamy roasted tomato soupFamily Sunday is usually hosted at my mother’s house. My stepfather loves to cook and he is always whipping up something new and delicious –but don’t tell him I said so. He tends to get a big head about it 😉

When we host Family Sunday here, it quickly becomes a friendly competition between my stepfather and I because he knows, that even though I don’t enjoy cooking as much as he does, I’ve been known to whip up a good meal when I want to.

Soup has become somewhat of a signature course for me when I am playing host on Sundays– which is surprising because for the most part? I’ve never been a huge  soup fan.

I’m learning though that there are some truly amazing and delicious soups to be made out there.

The  loaded potato soup I made was a fast favorite, but  the recipe for Strudel and Cream‘s creamy tomato soup just may tie for 1st.

I made slight variations to the recipe and it was still WAY easier than the loaded potato soup, which of course scored bonus points with me.

Fresh Mozz Tomato Soup

( Serves 6-8 )

Ingredients:

– 8 tomatoes
– 1 onion
– 3 cloves of garlic
– 2 cans of chicken broth or veggie broth
–  1 cup of water
– 3 sprigs fresh thyme
– 1 bay leaf
– 1 ball  of fresh mozzarella
– Italian seasonings
– Salt, pepper
– Olive oil
– 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
 – Optional: heavy cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees

2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper

3. Cut each tomato into 4 pieces. Peel and slice onions into pieces. Place both on baking sheet.

4. Dice garlic and place on top of tomatoes

(For a short cut: you can use already minced  garlic in the jar- I won’t tell.)

5. Sprinkle vegetables with olive oil, salt and pepper

6. Roast vegetables on baking sheet by placing in oven and for 35-40 mins

7. Transfer roasted vegetables into a pot and add vegetable broth, 1 cup of water, italian seasonings, bay leaf and thyme twigs

{For a creamier soup, add 1/2 cup of heavy cream here}

8. Boil and simmer for approx 40 min

9. When soup is done cooking, remove bay leave and thyme twigs. Sprinkle in parmesan cheese. Mix all ingredients til’ creamy.

10. Slice fresh mozzarella (Thin slices melt better- but I used thicker slices in ours)

11. When ready to serve soup add mozzarella slices to each bowl and stir

Creamy Roasted Tomato Fresh Mozzarella Soup

Moms Cheesy Potato Stuffed Meatloaf {Recipe + Photos}

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Every mother, knowing it or not- has a signature dish or two that leaves a lasting impression on her children. These dishes taste like home and bring you back to you childhood with every bite.

While I’m not sure what my signature dish is– or if I’ve even found one yet; My mother certainly has one. In fact, she has two. One of those signature dishes is a cheesy potato stuffed meatloaf.

It is the perfect comfort food on a cold winter day. So, last week I decided to reach into my childhood and make it for my family.

 Moms cheesy potato meatloaf slice recipe

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RECIPE for Cheese Potato Stuffed Meatloaf

{Skinny} White Chocolate Keylime Pie – 3 ways

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Keylime pie and white chocolate are two of my husband’s all time favorite guilty pleasures. I knew combining the two would instantly be a hit– So last week for Valentine’s Day, I searched around for a recipe… but in true Corine-fashion, I couldn’t help but attempt to cut calories and swap out ingredients.

{Did You Know?} Traditional Keylime pie recipes are approx 480 calories per serving, with 13 grams of fat!– YIKES!

I wanted to make this white chocolate keylime pie as low-cal and healthy as possible… because being able to say it is “half the calories and just as delicious” makes it just a little bit sweeter.

White Chocolate Keylime Pie Weight Watchers Points Plus

I spent a lot of time calculating calories and such and came up with 3 different versions, each cutting out a few more calories. I couldn’t decide which I wanted to share… so, I am sharing all three–

The Skinny White Chocolate Keylime Pie,  The Super Skinny White Chocolate Keylime Pie (6 Points Plus® Points), … and The Ultra low points White Chocolate Keylime Pie in a glass– which is just 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus® points! {woohoo!!}

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Ultra Low Points Plus® White Chocolate Keylime Pie

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