Eat Crayons!! Edible Crayons Recipe

Are you always getting after your kids for eating crayons? lol! Here is some crayons that they CAN eat =D How fun is this? It would be such a COOL idea to make a crayon box from your Cricut machine and put these little treats inside and print out  "You Color my World" saying on the front and then place in their lunch box. What a great preschool or  "back to school treat". Have fun!  I found a crayon box template here. I used the 16 count crayon box and it fit four pretzels perfectly. Then I just did some typing in text boxes and adhered them to the front of the box 


Edible Crayons
Ingredients:
*Pretzel Rods
*Candy Melts (or white chocolate bark/chocolate chips with a little of your favorite food coloring added)*Paper Labels (make them yourself or download mine here. Print on colored paper of your choice)
Instructions:
-Break or cut pretzel rods in half.
-Melt candy melts or chocoalte chips in microwave on medium heat for 1 minute. Stir and continue cooking at 15 second intervals until melted. Stir well. Add a few drops food coloring if desired.
-Dip ends of pretzels in melted candy.
-Place on wax paper or aluminum foil to dry.
-When dry, wrap with crayon label and secure with tape


You can buy Candy Melts in white or brown at Wal-Mart. They're in the craft section in the wedding supplies. Wal-Mart also had white chocolate bark in the baking aisle. For colored Candy Melts, check your local cake supply store or you can get them athttp://www.sugarcraft.com/. On sugarcraft.com, do a search for "compound coating". To color melted white chocolate chips or chocolate bark, oil-based candy food coloring is best. If you have regular food coloring, just make sure the chocolate isn't too hot (just warm) when you add it or it might make it clumpy.
Thanks to www.partiesbyhardie for this idea!

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Mexican Salad Baked Tortilla Bowls

Less than ten minutes to make and not fried tortilla bowls, definitely a recipe worth sharing! This meal is also one that can be prepared in the morning and assembled right before dinner.

Mexican Salad Baked Tortilla Bowls
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
3-4 green onions, chopped
½ bunch cilantro, peeled from stems and chopped
1 (15 oz.) can black beans
¼ c. pitted black olives, chopped
Sweet Pork, shredded
Cheddar cheese, grated
1 lg. tomato, diced
1-2 avocados, diced
Lipton Spanish rice (warm or cold)

Arrange as many oven-safe bowls that will comfortably fit on a cookie sheet. (My ceramic cereal bowls happen to be the perfect size and tolerate the oven heat fine.) Place one tortilla in each bowl, pressing down the bottom and forming the shell up the sides of the bowl. Bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes until shells are brown around the edges. (For a fun twist, add grated cheese to the bottom of the shell the last few minutes of baking.)

Sweet Pork


4 lb. pork shoulder roast
2 c. Pace Picante salsa
2 c. brown sugar
In a small bowl, combine salsa and brown sugar and mix together. Place roast in a slow cooker and pour salsa sugar mix on top. Cook on low setting 6-8 hours, stirring occasionally to ensure even cooking. When roast falls apart easily, it is done. If you have more meat than what is needed for your meal, refrigerate or freeze the excess and thaw when needed for future use in tacos, enchiladas, or more salad!

Creamy Tomatilo Dressing


1 ½ c. prepared buttermilk Ranch dressing
2 tomatillos, peeled, seeded and cut in half
4 Serrano chili peppers, seeded
10 sprigs cilantro
1 lime, juiced

Combine ranch dressing, tomatillos, peppers, cilantro and limejuice in a blender or food processor and processing until smooth and creamy. Refrigerate dressing in airtight container up to two weeks. Liquid may separate, but simply stir dressing until well mixed. Assemble salads in Tortilla Baked Bowls and top with Creamy Tomatillo Dressing.
Enjoy!