Muppets Movie Night Party

At the point I am writing this post, we are 9 days out from leaving for Disney World! We will be visiting Hollywood Studios and I have plans to go see the Muppets Show while we are there. I thought it was appropriate for the girls to meet the characters and see the movie before we head to the park. I definitely didn’t want them watching the show and hating it because they had no idea what they were watching. This was the perfect introduction to the Muppets before we go!

My movie night adventures started because I wanted to introduce my girls to a lot of Disney characters before we went on our first trip. Check out my first post here that tells how all about how I got started: How I started my movie nights

The Muppets Movie Night Menu

I went a little crazy with the food but I honestly couldn’t pick! They were all so delicious so I’m glad I didn’t pick just one. I have so much to share with you so let’s get into the how-tos!

Chef’s Swedish Meatballs – The Muppets Movie Night Dinner

I love that Swedish meatballs have a totally different flavor than regular meatballs. There are nutmeg and cloves in the recipe which provides such a different flavor. If you haven’t made Swedish meatballs, do yourself a favor and do it now!

My FAVORITE recipe is actually an Instant pot recipe. If you have an Instant pot and haven’t checked out Rootitoot’s Instant pot recipes, do yourself a favor and go check it out now. They are grandma’s homecooked recipes converted to Instant pot. I have been cooking her recipes for a few years now and every one of them comes out perfect every single time. So naturally, I chose her recipe for my Muppets movie night.

Check out the original recipe here: Rootitoot Swedish Meatball Recipe

You’re going to make your meatballs with ground pork and ground beef. As I said, the difference between Swedish meatballs and Italian meatballs is the spices that go into your meatballs. Nutmeg and cloves are the main ingredients that give me Swedish meatballs their flavor.

You make up your meatballs according to her recipe.

Once they are baked, if you do not have an instant pot, you want to cover and simmer your meatballs in the same sauce on the stove for at least 45 minutes. The recipe is the same from there.

I would most definitely serve this with egg noodles. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much we did!

Animal’s Drumsticks Breadsticks

I really liked this recipe because honestly, they taste just like the recipe says. They came out delicious (even though I couldn’t get them to look like even shaped drumsticks)

This recipe came from Handle the Heat. Check out the original recipe here: Handle the Heat Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks

These were easy to make. Combine your ingredients, let the recipe rise. Split up the dough into your drumstick shapes and let them rise one more time.

Finally, let them bake and brush with melted butter, garlic powder, and salt and serve!

Rainbow Connection Fruit Kabobs

This was super easy and a great way to get more fruit in my kids. They LOVE fruit so this was an awesome healthy part of the meal for them.

We chose fruits that were all red, orange, yellow, green. and blue and I let my kids string them along on wooden kabob skewers.

They wanted strawberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple, green apples, blueberries, and grapes.

They had fun helping with this part of the meal and it was the first thing that they ate when we sat down to eat!

Kermit’s Green Drink