ApRiL fOoLs DaY {Reprise}

April Fools Day is just around the corner (how on earth is that possible??) and I have nothing new up my sleeve.  (Though I desperately need to come up with something.)  So, I thought I’d share with y’all our silly mixed up unbirthday dinner party of yore in the event that I’m not the only one out there lacking inspiration at the moment.  It was a rollicking good time…

It's ApRiL fOoLs DaY so what did I do?

Act silly and goofy and mixed up too!

I surprised the littles and Honey as well

With a dinner party that was awfully swell.

We sported goofy glasses and festive party hats

And celebrated our four un-birthdays just like that.

We had dessert for supper and supper for dessert.

Our crazy mixed up meal was totally berserk.

Our funny milk was blue and the mood was gay.

We told stories about the silliest things in our day.

It's certainly no birthday without a candle to blow.

You HAD to make a silly wish on your turn to go.

Finally it was time to eat our cupcakes.

And lo and behold if I didn't make a mistake!

The cake was meatloaf and the icing po-ta-to.

A cockamamy meal like a circus side show!

Everyone was confused when I brought to the table

A more conventional looking supper time staple.

But no un-birthday party would be fun without sweets

And this changed up version was a super big treat!

Ice cream potatoes with caramel gravy were good to the tummy.

And the chocolate rice krispie meatloaf was so fun and yummy.

It was a night of laughs and smiles and tales so tall.

Happy Un-Birthday to many and ApRiL fOoLs DaY to all!

Meatloaf Cupcakes
1 lb ground sirloin
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 cup grated Monterey jack cheese
3 T. ketchup
1 egg
1/2 tsp. celery salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 cups prepared mashed potatoes (I used Hungry Jack)
Food coloring
1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups.
2. In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixture evenly among the lined cups (the liners should be about three quarters full).
3. Place the filled muffin tins on cookie sheets and bake the cupcakes for 20 minutes or until cooked through.
4. Add a couple of drops of food coloring to potatoes and mix well.. Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake. Should make 12 cupcakes - mine made 11.

Rice Krispie Meatloaf
6 cups cocoa flavored rice krispies
2 rolls of red fruit roll up (and green too, if you can find it)
1/2 stick butter
1 1/2 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
10-oz. package marshmallows
1. Coat a bread/meatloaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.  In food processor, briefly pulse the rice krispies. Tear or cut (I used kitchen shears) the fruit roll ups into small pieces.
2. In a large microwave safe bowl, add butter and marshmallows.  Cook until melted (2 minutes).  Stir well to combine and add cocoa powder.  Stir again.
3. Add rice krispies and fruit roll ups.  Stir quickly.  It will be very sticky.  Press mixture evenly into prepared pan. Let the loaf cool, then remove from pan and slice with a serrated knife.

 

Ice Cream Potatoes
Vanilla ice cream
Caramel sauce
1. Scoop ice cream onto plates to look like mashed potatoes.
2. Drizzle with caramel sauce "gravy".

So start collecting your zaniest ideas for the silliest day of the year!!  It's bound to be FUN!!

xoxo