Navigating the joys and challenges of motherhood.
Welcome back! We are back with the Theme Park Cooking Challenge! We recently recreated the California Chicken from The Land Grille Room from The Land at Epcot. I hadn’t even heard of that restaurant so a little research led me to the D23 website which told me more about the restaurant. The Land Grille Room […]
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Can you believe we are already on week FOUR of the theme park cooking challenge? We’ve been having a lot of fun with all these new dishes! So far they’ve been pretty healthy. Well today, we break the healthy with Chocolate Bacon Bark from Epcot! I got this recipe from the Epcot International Food & […]
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This week’s challenge is Butter Cookies from Hong Kong Disneyland! In case this is the first post you saw, we are doing a theme park cooking challenge where we make an allergy friendly theme park recipe a week. We want to show our kids and any kids with food allergies that just because you have […]
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As you all probably know, we LOVE recreating theme park recipes! Not only do we love theme parks and good food, as a mom of two kids with food allergies, it’s a fun way to empower them that they can still eat good food! I thought a fun activity for the summer would be to […]
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We are working our way through the states. Next up: Alaska! We had a fun time learning about the state of Alaska. The 49th state is very unique and had some unique activities. Lots to do for my animal loving kiddos. Starting with coloring pages from Crayola! I put together some activities and a list […]
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During the pandemic, we’ve been doing a lot of cooking. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that we LOVE recreating Disney and Disney Parks recipes. There are so many theme park recipes that I want to try. When we cook at home, we know it is a great way to make safe and delicious […]
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“Try the Grey Stuff, it’s delicious!” Well we did and it was! Actually, we’ve made the Grey Stuff quite a few times but this time we used the official Disney Parks recipe from the Disney Parks Blog! Yummy in our Tummies! The Grey Stuff from Disney Parks including the Be Our Guest restaurant at Walt […]
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One of the best things about a Disney vacation is the food! Such a delicious variety of meals and snacks, there’s always something new to try! Dining out with food allergies can be complicated but Disney is one of the best! When we can’t be at the parks, we like to recreate allergy friendly Disney […]
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Hello and welcome to the NEW Navigating Joyful Challenges. I’ve finally moved over to my new home on WordPress! I thought I’d start off this new blog with a little bit about me. I’m Kelly! I’m a mom, wife, daughter friend. I love navigating life with my husband and our 2 children: a 6 year […]
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