Tomorrow is National TV Dinner Day. Did you eat tv dinners as a kid? Goodness, I hate to admit it, but they bring back so many memories for me. My parents were both working, and while my mom is a great cook, my brother and I would often see TV Dinners make their way into the dinner repertoire. My favorite part, of course, was always that chewy brownie. I can still remember sneaking into my brother’s red, white & blue plaid wallpapered room, with tv dinner in hand, to catch a glimpse of VJ Martha Quinn on MTV {circa early 80′s}. It was certainly my “tv” dinner! No wonder they called it that and made the original tray in the shape of a tv set! In honor of those memories, we created a board, complete with tv dinner inspired treats, to inspire you all to make your own tv dinner treats. Scroll down for the board and links.
Fun Fact: The first “TV Dinner” that Swanson produced was a Thanksgiving meal with turkey and gravy, sweet potatoes and frozen peas, and was sold for just 98 cents.
1. Top Left: “Mashed Potato” cupcake.
2. Top Middle: Duncan Hines Brownie
3. Top Left: Peas & Carrots cupcake.
4. Bottom Left: Corn on the cob cupcakes.
5. Bottom Right: Fried Chicken sugar cookies {brilliant!}
YUM!
So cute! I have that food for cupcakes book, it’s great. Although I’m not 100% sure I’d like to eat most of them – I like my cupcakes girly and sweet!
So clever ! love this.
Love this!!
I was a kid in the 60′s so I sure remember tv dinners
Fun post, love the cupcakes!
WOW! this is awesome. The cupcakes are too cute- the butter and gravy couldn’t look more real!!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for sharing the fried chicken cookies! HONORED to be on your blog!!! *happy dance*
Bridget – those chicken cookies are fantastic! Honored to have you on here:) Amy
I typically don’t’ like to mix my veggies with my sweets but I might make an exception for these!