Surprise!

You're not eating what you think you are!

Food

DESSERT:

SNACK:

Faux Fries:

The website where I found the original idea (based on Family Fun magazine) is no longer working and I couldn't find a replacement link.

I used refrigerated pizza dough. I rolled out the dough and cut fry shapes and cooked them on a sheet pan. I used homemade pizza sauce (tomato sauce with herbs and spices) as the pretend ketchup.

Poundcake "Grilled Cheese":

The poundcake grilled cheese look-a-like I made for dessert was a big hit with my boys simply due to its look. I was pretty impressed with how the pound cake actually looked like toast once it went under the broiler of my oven for a few minutes (watch carefully so it doesn’t burn).

Again the link to the original recipe no longer works (another Family Fun Magazine idea). This recipe is very similar. The big difference is I used pre-made poundcake instead of making my own. http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/april-fools-grilled-cheese-lunch/1b196bb4-5cd2-4b3e-ba31-9038da71f350

Cherry Soup:

I wanted to create a surprise lunch by making more of a dessert soup and stumbled across a cherry soup recipe which I adapted by using frozen cherries and lemon rind instead of the more complicated cherry seeds. It is basically a chilled yogurt soup with mixed stewed and blended cherries in it. I can no longer find the recipe I used online as the link no longer works. There are many cherry soup recipes you might want to try. Just blend up some frozen cherries and add vanilla or plain yogurt to your blender.

DINNER:

Joke Theme Day/ April Fools' Day

Fake Fried Egg:

Add a dollop of yogurt to a plate and an apricot half from a can to create a faux fried egg.

LUNCH:

Faux-Berry Pie:

My boys were greatly amused by the Shepherd’s Pie that looked like a berry pie. The mashed potatoes were tinted pink by blending in canned beets. I will admit I never told them there were beets in the dinner and they never did ask why the potatoes were pink.

The link for the original recipe isn't working but this one is pretty much the same thing: http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/faux_berry_pie.htm