Years ago my mother-in-law would send these adorable burger bite cookies to the kids. I was reminded of it the other day when talking to my sister-in-law and thought "I really should post how she does these" for my Real Moms of Pinterest people. It's a super easy recipe that makes Mom look like a rockstar with minimal effort. No actual baking necessary. This is all simple assembly work and a little melting. Ingredients for Burger Bite Cookies: 1 bag peppermint patties 1 box nilla wafers yellow and red squeezable cookie icing 1/2 cup shredded coconut 2 drops green food coloring sesame seeds Directions for Burger Bite Cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lay half of the nilla wafers round side down on a cookie tray. Top each one with a peppermint patty. Place the shredded coconut in a ziploc bag with a few drops of the green food coloring and a few drops of water. Shake it up until the coconut reaches a shade of "lettuce" you like. You can add more food coloring if necessary. Melt the patties for about 90 seconds in the oven just until they are glossy. Take them immediately out of the oven and top them with your coconut lettuce. Use the yellow ...
The Real Moms of Pinterest Revolution #RMOP
Oh Pinterest. I love you so. The beautiful photos you post inspire me to bake beautiful cakes, dehydrate orchards of apples, redesign my home every season, and dress my children in perfect matching clothes at all times. NOT. What you really make me do is feel like a massive failure. And a little snarky. WHO has time for this stuff? Really? I am a working, homeschooling, traveling mom that has no time to color spaghetti (which actually doesn't work unless you use professional dye that they never tell you about). So when I saw this photo from SnarkECards on Facebook this morning I wanted to jump up and down on my couch shouting YES! THAT! And apparently I am not the only one. Holy FB reactions Batman. Apparently a lot of moms feel this way. So I started my own pinterest board...The Real Moms of Pinterest . Right now it just has one lonely pin. But couldn't this be awesome? Real pics of real lunches. Like the carton of ice cream you gave them, not the themed bento box. What your kitchen really looks like, not the Martha Stewart version. Who's with me? Anyone brave enough to post what the Real Moms of Pinterest actually live like? I will. Here ...