Memory-Making Meals Monday: Gourmet S'mores (and Lewis & Clark)
"Memory-Making Meals Monday" is a regular blog post feature that includes meal ideas for fun-filled family dinners and/or kid-friendly snacks.
It was a rainy weekend, but that didn't stop us from having some family fun! If you are looking at the title of this blog post, you are probably wondering "what do s'mores have to do with Lewis and Clark?" I know, it's a stretch. However, with some imagination and some background information, you will soon understand.
Our family fun nights usually have some type of theme. This week we went with an explorers theme, learning about Lewis and Clark. We did a frontier style dinner: cornbread, beans, chicken, fruit. We talked about how in the wilderness the explorers ate what they could catch or hunt. We also talked about how they would roast meat over an open fire.
After dinner, we headed outside for one of the last campfires of the season. It was time to roast our own rabbits. But not regular rabbits. Marshmallow bunnies, the last of our stash from the Easter season.
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