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I thought of nachos, but don't really agree with the lack of nutrition. I think they would only eat the chips and side step the "good stuff"!

I think I will do blueberry pancakes for breakfast the next day, but I am stumped on dinner! Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Denice

 
That's a fun idea. I could buy pre made dough from the grocery and

have them roll it out. Might be messy, but so what!

 
make-your-own ice cream sundaes with little dishes of *everything*

like crumbled oreos, m&ms, sprinkles, sliced bananas, syrups (chocolate, butterscotch, etc.), cherries, whipped cream, etc.

 
You might want to reconsider blueberry pancakes...

Not that they aren't great and nutritious, but depending on how many kids that are, that might be a little time-consuming and unless you have a really large griddle, it might take too long to have them able to all eat at once, unless you reheat them (oh, dear, what did I start! ;o)).

When I had a sleepover for my daughter a few years ago, I made a big bowl of oatmeal and let them put the toppings on that they liked... nuts, fruit, chocolate chips!, etc. This was not only easy to do (started it hours beforehand, in the crockpot), but it was fun for them, as well, like cheezz's sundae-topper idea, above.

Just a suggestion.

 
maybe making a "baked" french toast would be easier? it saves all the griddle work...

and everything is done at the same time. you can heat maple syrup in a pot and add the blueberries to the warm syrup and spoon it over the toast.

 
My grandkids, 4 and 6, loved mini muffins. I made them healthy, but mini, and they gobbled them up.

 
I have made this and it worked great. I cut the pancake into squares...

put on a plate, covered with some sliced strawberries, then placed another pancake square on top, a few more strawberries and a dollop of whipped cream. I sliced the strawberries earlier and sprinkled a little sugar on them. It was really tasty, and easy. You could have a variety of sliced fresh fruits for the kids to choose from. I was able to assemble all of them and serve everyone at once, which can be helpful when they range in age from 2-12 yrs!

 
What about a pasta bar? Have different toppings...

maybe a cheese sauce, a "pizza" sauce (pasta sauce with pepperoni and sausage), cheese-broccoli sauce, "cheeseburger" sauce...you get the idea. Then have toppings like sliced black olives, parm cheese, bacon, etc. It would be easy and you could make everything ahead and just reheat.

 
Several more ideas....

Mashed potatoes with add ins - Michael Chiarello did a show in this with his daughters years ago so we did this with my daughter and her friends and they thought it was great - he had pesto, other veggies like carmelized onions - all sorts of stuff you can prep in advance and just sit out.

Pies - cornish pasties or stromboli, etc. Just take a premade dough and roll them out into rounds. Let the kids stuff them and bake them. Thinly sliced potatoes, beef, onions, other veggies are the base for Cornish Pasties and then peppers, sausage, ground beef, chicken, cheeses, pepperoni, with marinara, alfredo, pesto for more of an Italian style hand held meat pie. Do like they did on Cornish pasties and have a little extra dough that the kids roll out and apply to the top to 'mark' their pie. And you can do like some bakers and put meat in one end and dessert in the other.

Also baked potato bar - chili, stroganoff, cheese, veggies, bacon, taco, bbq

Pasta bar

Depending on how many boys you have - this is fun but can be labor intensive since you have to do the frying - egg rolls - have traditional ingredients as well as some other stuffings - I saute a little chinese cabbage or napa with some veggies as a base. Then I have pork, chicken and shrimp, water chestnuts, snow peas, bean sprouts and such for the oriental style ones. Then seasoned ground beef and chicken, beans (refried or not), cheese, salsa, corn, peppers and such for Southwestern style ones. Pulled bbq, white or baked beans, slaw, and cheese for 'Southern BBQ' style ones. Some fruit and fillings like cream cheese sweetened and flavored, marshmallow cream, peanut butter, and such for dessert egg rolls. Just make sure to drain as much liquid off things as possible before putting into egg roll wrappers to avoid grease popping.

Pretzels are fun to make and have different toppings and dips.

With this weather - salads - taco, frito pie, just all sorts of toppings to make their own.

Homemade ice cream with mix-ins - a friend did this recently with her boys and they all had a blast. Seems that making ice cream is a forgotten simple pleasure and the kids had a blast - I don't think most of them had ever seen it done. She had canned cherries, the magic shell, carmel, choc chips, all sorts of fruit, marshmallow cream, nuts, chopped up candy bars and off course to top it off - the whipped cream in the can!

 
I like your Frito Pie idea, MCM! I think most boys

would really love that! Most girls, too. I know my grandkids love it.

 
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