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Meals Can Be "Traditions"

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As a mother, I have always been a sucker for rituals or routines or traditions. Some of them I copy from my childhood or a book I have read or an idea shared by another mom. I have two "meal" traditions that I have done with my kids since they were babies. The first is Valentines Day! I love this day and it's always so much fun with my kids. Every Valentine's day morning, I wake up and make pancakes. I dye the batter red...cook them up and cut-out hearts. I also throw in a couple of handfuls of chocolate chips to make it even more sweeter. My kids always know they are coming and look forward to that "special" morning.


Just writing this post, I have quite a few. But, another "meal" tradition, I do are birthdays. The only thing is that I throw out the "meal" and replace it with dessert. The morning of my kid's birthdays I whip up an extra special cupcake on the birthday plate and they eat that! I know it's full of sugar and icing but my kids love it! Nothing like starting your special day with something "sweet".

I have also been known to dye the eggs "green" on St. Patrick's Day. Cinnamon rolls served the morning of our family Christmas or a big breakfast the FIRST day of school. Making "meal" time special and unique is another way to tell your family you love them!

What special traditions or meals does your family have?

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95 comments:

  1. We make cinnamon buns on Christmas morning.

    mami2jcn at gmail dot com

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  2. We make Christmas Crepes!!Which is fruit,honey and ice cream crepes!!OH BOY!
    jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com

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  3. http://twitter.com/meeyeehere/status/28822949726
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    Thanks and have a nice week.
    jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com

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  4. Sunday mornings are special. Banana pancakes. Mmmmm. <3

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  5. Tweeted

    http://twitter.com/HavensTwit/status/28830303570

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  6. red chocolate chip pancakes sounds awesome! we would just eat candy on valentines day breakfast - since my dad would buy us a little cute candybar.

    mermont84@yahoo.com

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  7. We have lots of traditions, especially ones that revolve around food! For starters, I can't wait for cornbread dressing at Thanksgiving!
    onecheaplady@yahoo.com

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  8. I have always made treats in colors and shapes coinciding with the holiday. Rice Krispie treats red and heart shaped for Valentines, Frosted Flakes wreaths dyed green for Christmas, etc.

    I love to make baby cupcakes and cakepops to coincide with the occasion as well.

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  9. On Christmas we eat crockpot french toast, but on Thanksgiving we eat turkey for breakfast :)
    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

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  10. Pumpkin Rolls - we make tons of them for family and friends and then my son has to make his very own.

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  11. tweet
    http://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/28843228606
    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

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  12. When I was growing up and we were all in middle school/high school, we would have lasagna for Christmas dinner, then go bowling.
    susitravl(at)gmail(dot)com

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  13. There's always the favorite meal for the birthday person, but aside from that, nothing I'd really call a tradition. I love the valentines day idea in particular. I recall many years where that day was a disappointment at school, and something like that would make it seem a real holiday.
    chainmail(at) iwon(dot) com

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  14. I tweeted this
    http://twitter.com/The_Sunshyn/status/28869303600

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  15. It's a tradition for me to make scrambled eggs with cheese every weekend for my husband. Also smoked salmon and champagne on Christmas morning, which is my favorite!
    Love the valentines day pancakes idea!

    ale.runawaybunny@gmail.com

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  16. We have family breakfasts on Saturdays when we are in no rush to get out of the house. My kids like french toast or pancakes.

    MCantu1019@aol.com

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  17. Our ritual consists of me cooking breakfast every morning. Scrambled eggs, sometimes waffles, crepes, french toast, or oatmeal. Then I help the kiddos get ready! On holidays we always make a little something holiday related for breakfast, like Boo-Berry Muffins!

    heatheranne99 at gmail dot com

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  18. Tweet!
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    heatheranne99 at gmail dot com

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  19. http://twitter.com/tigergal01/status/28918329692

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    ~eunice b
    tigergal01 @gmail .com

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  20. We enjoy Christmas caroling to the elderly & seeing Christmas lights on Christmas eve...we drive around through the neighborhood.

    ~eunice b
    tigergal01 @gmail .com

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  21. Christmas morning we make Berries & Cream French Toast!

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  22. Every year we have a Christmas morning strata!
    tattgiff at centurytel dot net

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  23. We have done the same for Bdays...special meals through out the day...funny, my husband thinks eating cake for breakfast is FINE...same as sweetrolls or sugar sweetened cereal he says...so had to laugh at that picture!

    We have a heart shaped waffle maker so we DO them on Valentines day! just like you tint the pancakes on St. Pats (and Lucky the Leprechaun tints our milk green too!)

    our big traditional breakfast is Christmas when we again make the heart shaped waffles topped with strawberries, then kids are allowed to go CRaZy with Redi whip! they mound it up and toss on a few sprinkles fast before their CHRISTMAS TREE melts! also have lots of baked omelet, breakfast meats, sweet rolls and yummy home made holiday candies to graze on! of course we r in total sugar coma's the rest of the day and watch movies like slugs!

    thanks much!

    ejrichter60 at gmail dot com

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  24. tweeted this too!

    http://twitter.com/2sic2mooov/status/28967930403

    thankyou!

    ejrichter60 at gmail dot com

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  25. Christmas morning is a special meal: breakfast casserole and french toast. Birthdays too are a special meal: birthday person pick! Usually it's pizza or spaghetti! Sometimes steak.

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  26. Birthdays are a treat for us~ Each person selects their favorite meal. Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Christmas each have their tradition inour family!
    kmiller@crosswind.net
    Kristi Miller

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  27. so far we only have birthday morning donuts
    nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net

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  28. Growing up our family special meal, oddly enough was burritos. I love my dad's burritos and I got to pick what dinner meal I wanted on my birthday and without fail every year I picked burritos
    hmhenderson AT yahoo DOT com

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  29. tweeted
    http://twitter.com/HendyMartin/status/29058476490
    hmhenderson AT yahoo DOT com

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  30. I always make a big homemade breakfast on Sunday mornings.

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  31. We try to have a special breakfast on Saturdays when my granddaughter is here. She likes her Grandpa's special oatmeal or French Toast.
    marcia.goss@gmail.com

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  32. Tweet.
    http://twitter.com/mgoss123/status/29111041281
    marcia.goss@gmail.com

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  33. Christmas day is the only time. I host the family brunch

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  34. http://twitter.com/sodahoney/status/29113935095

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  35. We usually have special breakfast days on the weekend with pancakes, bacon and eggs! :-) That is also the only time I allow myself the treat of having coffee! Thanks! kmassman gmail

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  36. I remember as a kid my dad made every Saturday special. When he woke every one up he had a big breakfast cooked and on the table for the whole family.
    marybug2@yahoo.com

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  37. I tweeted your giveaway
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  38. i fix my daughter sausage bread when she is home from college because it is her favorite

    debbiebellows[at]gmail[dot]com

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  39. tweeted about the giveaway

    http://twitter.com/bellows22/statuses/29136451609

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  40. Weekends are for bacon and eggs after healthy weekday breakfasts.

    scoopster(nospam) at yahoo dot com

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  41. Tweet
    http://twitter.com/LuigiFranco/status/29141661806

    scoopster(nospam)at yahoo dot com

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  42. My boyfriend loves to make Thanksgiving dinners and he is terrific at it! Even if we go to my Mom's for actual Thanksgiving, he usually still cooks a turkey with all of the trimmings for the two of us to have on another day close to Thanksgiving. And all of my relatives appreciate...(um, make that expect) my homemade fudge every Christmas. I can't blame them. It's really good, if I do say so myself :0)

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  43. New Years Day we all go to my parents house and eat pancakes and hamburger with gravy. It is good and the only day we eat it.

    prizeentry @ wesharewithyou dot com

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  44. On Thanksgiving every year we go to my fiances Mothers house for a huge Thanksgiving feast.

    Sparklezstars@cfl.rr.com

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  45. http://twitter.com/Sparklezstars/statuses/29152259498

    Tweeted

    Sparklezstars@cfl.rr.com

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  46. Breakfast in bed for adults in the family and a special breakfast outing for the kids! :)

    abitnerdygirl [at] gmail [dot] com :)

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  47. We have a beautiful Thanksgiving meal with all the traditional food...I love that tradition!

    leahforlove(at)aol(dot)com

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  48. For birthdays my wife makes chocolate french toast.
    hmman (at) centurytel (dot) net

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  49. http://twitter.com/#!/leahforlove/status/29186900234

    leahforlove(at)aol(dot)com

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  50. We love Egg Casserole for Christmas morn!

    tdongail@aol.com

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  51. I make cinnamon rolls on Christmas mornings

    s2s2 at comcast dot net

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  52. http://twitter.com/susan1215/status/29191211223

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  53. We like to have special breakfasts on sat. or sundays with a wide variety of breakfast foods!

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  54. Our special breakfasts were usually on Sunday or special occasions like birthdays. I cooked breakfast almost every day when my children were younger but it evolved into cereal on weekdays and DH made breakfast on Saturday.

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  55. Tweet - http://twitter.com/willitara/status/29212690270

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  56. Christmas morning is the certainly my favorite morning. My kids are early morning risers, and Christmas morning is no different. They are up usually at about 6am. We watch them open all their presents while my husband and I drink our coffee. The stash of new toys keeps them busy while I start cooking breakfast. Our tradition is french toast (made with my mother's homemade Challah bread), bacon, eggs, and homemade home fries. We feast and it usually keeps us full and satisfied until Christmas dinner is ready!

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  57. Now that my kids are grown and have kids of their own, my husband and I can do whatever we want when we want...sometimes we are able to join them but other times they are visiting other relatives and my husband and I go out to eat..no mess, no clean-up It works for me

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  58. tweet
    http://twitter.com/#!/Grandma3710/status/29259641013

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  59. Holiday breakfasts I make homemade waffles and we have orange juice (we don't usually have it around for regular breakfast, because the kids drink it all as soon as it is bought).

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  60. It used to be to eat breakfast every Sunday morning together but now so much anymore.
    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

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  61. Tweeted here
    http://twitter.com/gmissycat/status/29279543749
    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

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  62. WE celebrate every sunday morning with a big breakfast! scg00387 at yahoo dot com

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  63. http://twitter.com/#!/DesMoinesDealin/status/29291200311 scg00387 at yahoo dot com

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  64. We like to make taffy apples during the fall. We dip them in caramel sauce, roll them in chocolate chips, sprinkles, or candy corn.

    pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  65. http://twitter.com/lpauld68/status/29299651780

    pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  66. Easter we have ham and eggs, OJ and warm cinnamon rolls
    adrianecoros(at)gmail(dot)com

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  67. tweet! http://twitter.com/LAMusing/status/29307494920
    adrianecoros(at)gmail(dot)com

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  68. My favorite holiday breakfast tradition is New Years Day - we go out to eat!
    bingomamanorma(at)gmail(dot)com

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  69. We give breakfast in beds on each other's birthdays

    shopgurl101 at gmail dot com

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  70. tweet http://twitter.com/shopgurl/status/29322358268
    shopgurl101 at gmail dot com

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  71. blogged: http://sweetqt.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/win-visa-gc-from-kellogs-and-blogher/

    shopgurl101 at gmail dot com

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  72. One special tradition that we have is we have my special sliced beef gravy over biscuits on Christmas morning before any presents are opened.

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  73. I usually make the Christmas overnight casserole with the eggs and bread - we love a big Christmas morning breakfast!
    nuthouse(at)centurytel(dot)net

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  74. tweeted: http://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/29331304837
    nuthouse(at)centurytel(dot)net

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  75. We always have breakfast at my house Christmas morning! We invite my aunt and uncle, mom and dad, grandparents - and everyone sits down for a nice family breakfast and my 5 year old son gets to show off his gifts from Santa! This year we'll have a new addition - I have a baby due in a week, so it will be a little more challenging, but definitely special! I'll be out on unpaid maternity leave through Christmas, so I would LOVE to win this to help actually purchase our breakfast items. Thanks for the chance! Here's crossing my fingers!! :)

    jamieandandre at bellsouth dot net

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  76. Tweet Tweet!

    http://twitter.com/ChampagneWisdom/status/29333767056

    jamieandandre at bellsouth dot net

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  77. We make Breakfast caserole the night before Easter and bake cookies the evening before Christmas

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  78. Tweeted
    http://twitter.com/#!/jjudy04/status/29391588385

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  79. We don’t really have a special breakfast day but during the fall and winter months, its very common to find pumpkin bread or cake or donuts on the table!
    Scott
    nynekats at aol dot com

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  80. tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/RePurrPussed/status/29397908052
    Scott
    nynekats at aol dot com

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  81. For us its all about pumpkin and apples this time of year. Pumpkin pancakes and fried apples, apple and pumpkin bread or butter…mmmmm
    Angie
    one 4 earth at aol dot com

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  82. I tweeted here:
    http://twitter.com/#!/FotoMacro/status/29400004826
    Angie
    one 4 earth at aol dot com

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  83. Tweeted

    http://twitter.com/jillyrh/status/29405331517

    Thanks!

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  84. Sunday mornings are always a special morning. We have a big breakfast that varies from week to week as we each take turns picking our favorites! Now that we are older, we all take turns preparing the meal. We turn off the telephone, gather as a family, and share our stories, joke around, and spend quality time together.

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  85. We take the kids out to eat on their Bdays at wherever they want to go
    sweokgrl@gmail.com

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  86. I tweeted
    sweokgrl@gmail.com
    http://twitter.com/bdiane34/status/29413253922

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  87. During the week it’s quick breakfast and every sunday we have a huge waffle breakfast!!!

    pittsy82@hotmail.com

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  88. Tweeted http://twitter.com/pittsy82/status/29426410626

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