Family Fun Friday: The Wonderful World of Wonka.

At our local library, they have a reading summer reading program challenging kids to read 100 books/chapters. Well, I wasn't sure whether or not we'd read that many chapters, but I knew it was close. I pulled out the books we'd finished and counted up the chapters. Guess how many we've read. 136! Woohoo! My kids were so excited to tell the librarian how well we'd done and that we are well on our way to 25 chapter books!

This past week, we finished Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So, to celebrate, we had a fun Wonka Night.

Before I let the kids go crazy with sugar, I made sure they ate good dinner. At the beginning of the book, Charlie and his family eat a lot of cabbage. LOTS and LOTS of cabbage. So I made this!

Oriental Cabbage Salad

1 head Napa cabbage

green onions to taste

3 packages Ramen Noodles, crushed. (save flavor packets for dressing)

1 can water chestnuts (optional)

2 boiled chicken breasts, shredded.

Shred the cabbage and thinly slice green onions, place in a large mixing bowl. Add Ramen noodles, water chestnuts and chicken. Toss.

Dressing

4-5 Tbs. Rice vinegar

3/4 c. vegetable oil

2 Tbs. sugar

3 favor packets from Ramen noodles.

mix all ingredients together well. (I use a handheld blender.) Pour over salad and allow 2 or more hours for the salad to "rest" before serving. This is one of the only ways I can get my kids to eat cabbage. They LOVE IT!! We served it with homemade rolls. . . yum!

After Dinner, I gave the kids each a Wonka bar. They excitedly opened it to see if they'd won golden tickets.

And would you know it. . . THEY DID!!

We then we snuggled in to watch the newer version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (I think this one follows the book a lot more closely than the older version.)