Some Cool After-School Kids Treats
This treats are so fun to make, that your kids will love the fact that they will be able to eat something they helped make. And what they don’t know is all of these treats are good for them too.
1. Ants and the logs:
• Ants On A Log: Clery pieces (any desired length), top celery with peanut butter and add on a few raisins.
• Ants On A Slippery Log: Mix peanut butter with apple butter, fill celery pieces with the filling and top with grated carrots and raisins.
• Ants On A Cement Log: Take cream cheese and fill celery pieces, top with chunks of apple or other fruits. Dried, crushed bananas work great.
• Ants On A Colored Cement Log: Mix the cream cheese with a few drops of vanilla extract (pure) and fill the celery pieces, then top with granola.
• Ants On An Island: Mix a few drops of Worcestershire sauce with cream cheese and fill celery pieces. Top the filling with a sprinkle of sunflower seeds.
• Then have fun with your kids while they try to find more combos to add to the ant farm of celery foods.
2. Candy fake out:
1 package of dried apricots
1 1/2 cups grated coconut
2 tablespoons honey
Chop the apricots in a food processor and mix with 1 cup of coconut and the honey. Form into balls and roll in remaining coconut. Then refrigerate.
3. Dating Penguins:
Slice dates open vertically and stuff with cream cheese. Use a sliver of carrots fro the beak and little pieces of date for the eyes or even use raisins.
4. Veggie roll:
Start by wrapping a whole-wheat tortilla in a paper towel and microwaving it for 15 seconds. Spread with cream cheese, or sprinkle grates cheese all over it. Add shredded carrot, lettuce leaves, celery, leftover vegetables, etc. And roll it up. You can pop it in the microwave for an additional 15 seconds if you want it to be a heated veggie roll.
5. Smooth freezing:
Pour smoothie mix into 3-ounce paper cups, cover with plastic wrap and insert a wooden stick. Freeze for at least 8 hours before cutting or tearing the paper cup away from the frozen delight.
6. Clear it away trail mixer:
Throw open the cupboards and toss together cereal, crackers, chocloate chips, nuts, popcorn, etc. Anything goes and everything will go.
7. Crayon colored smoothies:
2 cups ice
1 cup yogurt
some fruits (such as a couple bananas, or strawberries or even a can of fruit packed in its own juice will work)
1 cup liquid (like milk or juice or even flavored water)
Put all the ingreidents into a blender and mix on high for 1 minute. Serves 4
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Earthly Eating Recipe:
Rosy Pickled Turnips
Serves: Makes 4 pints
1 beet (3 inches in diameter) or a small can of beets
3 1/2 cups hot water
7 tbs. picking salt
1 1/4 cup white vinegar
4 turnips about 3 inches in diameter
8 cloves of garlic, peeled and halved
Cook the washed, unpeeled beet in 2 inches of water in a small saucepan for 20 minutes. Cool, peel and cut into 1 inch pieces. Set aside. Dissolve salt in hot water, then stir in vinegar. Peel turnips and cut into 1 inch pieces. Place turnips, beet and garlic in clean, 1 pint canning jars, and cover with salt water. Screw on clean canning lids. Kept at room temperature, these pickled turnips are ready to eat in 3 days.
Turnip Apple Slaw
Serves: 4
1 tbs. plain yogurt or kefir
2 tbs. soy or regular mayonnaise
1/4 tsp. freshly grated black pepper
1 tsp. honey
1 apple, quartered, cored and thinly sliced (use your grater’s flat blade)
2 turnips (3 inches in diameter), peeled and coarsley grated
1 scallion, finely chopped
Combine the yogurt, mayo, pepper and honey in a alrge bowl. Mix in the apple, turnips, and scallion. Chill before serving as a side dish or slathering onto burgers or sandwiches.
Happy Eating!
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