Dr. Seuss-inspired family recipe ideas

Bring your favorite Dr. Seuss story to life with these unique food and snack ideas.

Spend some quality family time together: Watch Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax on DVD/Blu-Ray while cooking up a storm!

Green Eggs and Ham

I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam-I-Am. Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say. ~Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Your kids will enjoy this standard breakfast even more when it’s green!

Ingredients:

• 8 eggs
• 12 drops green food coloring
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 slices of ham

Directions:

1. Crack the eggs into a bowl, and add food coloring, salt and pepper. Stir or whisk to combine.
2. Pour the eggs into a heated skillet and scramble.
3. In a separate skillet, sear ham on both sides.
4. Serve immediately.

Try a recipe from the Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook >>

Red Fish, Blue Fish

One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. ~One Fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish by Dr. Seuss

Children love creating these JELL-O® JIGGLERS® fish shapes almost as much as they love eating them!

Ingredients:

• 5 cups boiling water
• 2 packages (8-serving size each) red JELL-O® gelatin
• 2 packages (8-serving size each) blue JELL-O® gelatin

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, stir 2-1/2 cups of boiling water into a red gelatin until its completely dissolved (about 3 minutes). Then, pour into 13 x 9-inch pan.
2. Repeat with blue gelain.
3. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until firm.
4. Dip the bottoms of the pans in warm water for 15 seconds. Cut the gelatin into fish shapes with a knife or cookie cutters. Lift the fish from the pan.
5. Reserve scraps for snacking, and store the leftovers in a covered container in refrigerator.

More fun with Jell-O® >>

Who Roast Beast

And he, he himself, the Grinch — carved the roast beast. – How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds boneless bottom round roast
• Garlic powder
• 1 can beef broth
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• White potatoes, quartered
• Medium crock-pot

Directions:

1. Rinse the roast and pat it dry. Sprinkle with garlic powder.
2. Place the potatoes in the crock-pot. Add the roast. Then, cover with the beef broth and cream of mushroom soup.
3. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours, then on low for 4 hours.
4. Remove the meat and potatoes.
5. Return heat to high and create gravy from the liquid remaining in the crock-pot.
6. Pour the gravy over the roast and potatoes and serve.

Try the Chuck Roast in a Crock-Pot Recipe >>

Cat in the Hat Snack

Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how. ~The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

This silly snack takes coordination to build — and eat!

Ingredients:

• Graham crackers
• Red and clear gummy Lifesavers candy
• Vanilla frosting

Directions:

1. Use a bit of vanilla frosting to glue the first gummy onto the graham cracker.
2. Continue to stack and glue the gummies, alternating colors.
3. Open up wide and eat!

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