Foolish Food

Last year I made a few April Fools Day recipes. I didn't mean for it to become a tradition, but Wesley wasn't about to let April 1st pass without making something fun to eat.

I get a freebie subscription to Family Fun magazine and they have had several cute "trick" food recipes that work perfect for April Fools. If you don't get Family Fun you can still get plenty of ideas here, on their website.
We started off with a hearty breakfast of eggs and bacon. Reactions varied.
Justus: "That's all we get?"
Everyone else: "Oooh! Candy!"

Of course, that wasn't their real breakfast, but it was a special treat to get candy that early in the morning. Unfortunately, it was only one M&M in a bit of white chocolate and a third of Tootsie Roll.

We didn't do anything crazy for lunch, but we went all out for dinner!! For the main dish cupcakes:
That would be meatloaf cooked in muffin liners topped with mashed potatoes dyed blue. Hayden insisted they were real cupcakes until he tasted one! Justus likes to follow rules so this whole idea of tricking people with food didn't go over well with him. Everyone else seemed to really get a kick out of it, even Roz requested we save her a "cupcake" to eat after she got home from work.

Let me tell you... it is quite weird to take a bite of blue mashed potatoes and have them taste... normal. It really does mess with your mind!
Cupcakes for dinner and pizza for dessert? Craziness! Wesley requested that we make the same thing we did last year. So, while the twins were playing outside and the little ones napping, he helped me make jello "drinks" and "pizza" cake. Wesley loves to cook and as an added bonus we did this instead of his regularly scheduled math lesson.
The big boys weren't fooled at all by the jello this year. They have great memories. JD, on the other hand, was a prime target. He tried and tried to suck that jello through the straw. We don't use straws very often and when we do it usually means there is something very tasty in the cup (shake or smoothie). He wanted to make sure he wasn't missing anything good! And, FYI, it is possible to suck jello through a straw if one sucks hard enough!

I have one year to come up with some new April Fools recipe tricks so if you see any send them my way!