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A night of yummy food and festivities from the South. Spend some time learning about the deep South and the season of Lent.
Mardi Gras Night Instructions

DINNER & DESSERT

Jambalaya & Grits
Pick up an easy jambalaya box mix in the rice aisle of your local grocery store. Add shrimp for an authentic Southern meal or choose chicken or sausage if it's easier. Grits are a traditional Southern food and take just 90 seconds in the microwave if you use the instant grits packets. Mix in some butter and cheese if you want or just eat plain. 

Beignets
If you don’t have beignet mix in your cabinet, easy homemade beignets are as close as a pot of oil and a can of biscuits. Flatten biscuits on counter and divide into halves or quarters. Shape into a square with your hands. Drop in 1-2 inches of oil heated over medium high. They will begin to puff and turn golden. Continue to baste with oil on top until puffed then flip and cook on other side. It will be approx. 30 seconds to 1 minute on each side. Remove onto a cookie cooling rack and dust with powder sugar.  Enjoy with a  cup of chocolate milk, hot chocolate or coffee.
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CRAFT: Mask Making

Purchase mask forms from your neighborhood store, cut out mask shape or use template from here.
Decorate with glitter, sequins, feathers, markers, etc.
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ACTIVITY: Make a King Cake

King Cakes are a sweet roll dough filled with cream cheese, fruit filling and shaped in a circle. Icing is sprinkled on top in the colors of gold, purple and green to represent the 3 gifts that the wise men brought Jesus; gold, frankincense, myrrh. Several quick recipes can be found using store bought ingredients. I wanted to use a sweet roll bread recipe found here, and also want to try this crescent roll recipe found here, but I had cinnamon roll dough so I tried that instead. It would have been a great success if the pieces would have stuck together. But the I must say I’ve tried (and failed) twice to actually ‘make’the dough so for a stress-free family night I recommend the above methods. A fun addition is to add a small plastic toy or baby in the dough roll. Tradition says whoever finds the baby has to bring the King Cake the next year. For family night, you can make it fun and have the finder get a special prize, such as an extra book at bedtime, late bedtime, movie pick, etc. Use premade icing or make your own icing with powder sugar and milk stirred in until a thin consistency. Color icing gold, purple and green in 3 separate bowls. Once cake is baked and cooled, drizzle icing on top. Slice, eat and enjoy.
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roll out dough into rectangle (recommend thawed bread dough over cinnamon roll dough)
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spread sweetened cream cheese and fruit filling down the middle (this is a little much, but yummy)
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roll into a log and form into circle. using bread dough will make this MUCH easier
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color icing. hint: 3 drops red, 1/2 drop blue = purple
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drizzle with icing
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Bake, eat and enjoy.
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  • Devotionals
  • Family Night Activities
    • Family Night Blog
    • Gallery
    • Just for Fun
      • A Year in Review Night
      • Baseball Night
      • Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
      • Cowboy Night
      • Doctor Night
      • Drive-thru Night
      • Home Tweet Home Night
      • March Madness Night
      • March Madness 2
      • Music Night
      • Pirate Night
      • Potato Night
      • Pot 'o Gold
      • Rocket Night
      • Under the Sea Night
    • Holidays
      • Valentine's Night
      • Mardi Gras Night
      • Pot 'o Gold
      • Shamrock Night
      • Easter
        • HOP to it
      • Christmas
        • Star Night
        • Angel Night
        • Bell Night
        • Christmas Tree Night
      • Thanksgiving
        • Turkey Night
        • Thankful Hands
        • Thankful Words
      • New Years - A Year in Review Night
    • Seasons
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        • Valentine's Night
        • Garden Night
        • Butterfly Night
        • Kite Night
        • Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
        • Home Tweet Home Night
      • Summer
        • Rocket Night
      • Fall
        • Turkey Night
        • Tailgate Night
        • Pumpkin Night
        • Leaf Night
      • Winter
        • Snow Night
        • Angel Night
        • Bell Night
        • Christmas Tree Night
        • Star Night
        • Snowman Night
        • Santa Night
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