Honey Balls

by Andrea
(US)

Mix equal parts honey, natural peanut butter, wheat germ, and powdered milk.

Form into small balls and refrigerate. Kids also enjoy making other shapes
(like edible play dough).

Cinnamon Tortilla Crisps

by French Meadow Bakery Gluten-Free Tortillas

For moms and dads that have children living with a gluten intolerance, the fight over food can be an every-meal challenge. Trying to find ingredients that kids will eat AND that will keep them healthy can be a daunting task. French Meadow Bakery is a brand that keeps parents? worries at bay and kids tummies full. The below recipes are great to try for kids (or adults!) with a gluten intolerance.


Cinnamon Tortilla Crisps

4 French Meadow Bakery Gluten-Free Tortillas
Cooking spray
Cinnamon and sugar

Pre-heat oven to 375° F. Slice each tortilla into 8 wedges. Spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Place sugar side down on pan. Spray other side with cooking spray and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake for 10 minutes. Flip chips over and bake for another 10 minutes. Serve with fruit salsa, yogurt dip or plain!

Apple treat

A green apple with peanut butter and a drizzle of caramel.

It will leave you an outstanding taste with healthy(the apple and peanut butter) and a forever loving dash of caramel.
Three of my favorite foods. My whole family loves them and I hope you do to.

Enjoy
Pink

Rabbit Droppings

by beanajack
(Oneco,West Virginia,U.S.A)

PUT ALL OF THESE INGREDIENTS IN A BOWL:

18 OZ. CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER

6 TABLESPOONS HONEY

1 1/4 CUP NON-FAT DRY MILK (PACKET FOR 1 QUART)

1/2 CUP POWDERED SUGAR

MIX WELL AND THEN ROLL INTO SMALL BALLS. REFRIGERATE FOR 20 MINUTES AND DIP INTO MELTED CHOCOLATE CHIPS.

Banana Dog

by Nellie.K
(Canada)

NEED:

-1 Banana
-peanut butter
-i hot dog bun

Spread Peanut butter on hot dog bun, then put banana in the middle. And cut in half if desired. Enjoy!

Fruit sorbet

by Angie
(Canada)

600g frozen fruit

1 pkg crystal light drink powder mixed with 1 1/4 cup water.

Blend all together until smooth.Enjoy a nice refreshing healthy summer snack.

Grab-and-Go Trail Mix

2 cups any nuts (almonds, cashews, peanuts, walnuts)
1 cup any combination of dried fruits (cranberries, blueberries, raspberries, raisins)
1 cup granola
1 cup mini pretzels
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup M&M's

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Store in ziplock bags or tightly sealed food storage containers. You may also like to divide the mix up into smaller ziplock bags so the mix is ready to grab and go. Store in cool place.

Yummy Yummy Berry Yogurts

by maria janet
(houston )

Ingredients:

any kind of yogurt
any kind of berry
nut(optional)

Mix the yogurt with the berries, and put it in the freezer. Keep it in freezer until frozen. Then serve and enjoy!

Banana Roll-ups

by Grace Hanusin
(Niagara Falls, New York)

Banana Rollups

Ingredients:
1/4 cup smooth or crunchy peanut butter
2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
1 1/2 tablespoons milk
1 large banana, peeled
1 whole wheat flour tortilla (8 Inches)


Directions:
Combine peanut butter, chocolate chips, 1 tablespoon milk in microwavable bowl.

Microwave on medium (50% power) 40 seconds.Stir well, and repeat in 10 second intervals,
(stirring after each time). Add more milk if necessary for spreading consistency.

Spread peanut butter mixture on tortilla. Place banana on one side of tortilla and roll up
tightly. Cut into 8 slices.

Enjoy! Makes 2 servings.

Strawberry Cheesecake

by Sian Meredith
(Oxfordshire)

Ingredients:
15g of Digestive biscuit's
7-8g of margarine
20g of strawberry yogurt
20g of Philadelphia cheese
20g of Greek yogurt
7-8g of Caster sugar
A Cooking cutter
Rolling Pin
7-8 Strawberries
WASH YOUR HANDS!

1. Crush Digestives with rolling pin

2. Melt margarine and add to the digestives and cut a circle and put it in the fridge.

3. Mix all the other ingredient's together except the fruit.

4.Chop up the strawberries and put it on top of the base.

5. Smooth the other ingredients you mixed on the top and decorate it with fruit.

6.Enjoy your yummy cheesecake

Frozen Nana on a Stick

by Fe Louis
(Perth, WA, Australia)

Ingredients:
2 bananas (still firm but ripe)
4 pop sticks
100g healthy flavored yogurt (e.g. strawberry)
50g healthy flavored yogurt (e.g. vanilla)

Method:
1. Cut each of the bananas in half
2. Put each half banana onto the pop sticks
3. Dip each of the banana halves into the strawberry yogurt (3/4 of the way down)
4. Place on a non-stick tray until yogurt is set.
5. Dip each of the banana halves into the vanilla yogurt (1/4 of the way down)
6. Place back into the freezer until set and the banana is frozen.

Note: Any healthy yogurt can be used. It is better to have the base color as the darker one and the top coat as the lighter one. Kids love the snack because it is not overpowering with tastes and is fun as it's on a stick. Frozen really helps on warm summer days. Can be made without freezing the banana. Enjoy!!!

Apple Roll Up

by Pamela
(US)

1 can Apples

2tbsp. B Sugar

1tsp cinnamon

6 Soft flour tortillas

In a food processor blend apples brown sugar, cinn. together.

On a griddle warm tortillas and then add 2 tablespoons of apple mixture on tortillas, roll up, set on griddle roll around to toast just a bit put on plate, add a tsp of cool whip and sprinkle cinnamon on top. Enjoy

Perfect Peach Surprise

by Amy Rogers
(Oxfordshire)

You will need
A blender
A cup
A sift
Tinned peaches
200ml Orange juice
2, 3 or 4 teaspoons of honey
A peach yogurt

WASH YOUR HANDS!

1.First get your blender then get your sift and pour your tinned peaches in. After thay put your peaches in the blender.

2.Measure out 200ml of orange juice then pour it in the blender.

3.Tip all the peach yogurt into the blender.

4.Add your tea spoons of honey to the blender.

5.Blend all your ingredients together then pour into a cup.

6.Enjoy your yummy Perfect peach smoothie!

Fun Snack Ideas

Do you need a snack for your kids school party or a Holiday party? Here are a few ideas for some healthy snacks to counteract all those yummy treats around this time of year.

Fruit platter-Cut apples into rings and place in lemon juice and water mixture. Drain and align them on a platter. Add mandarin oranges, sliced kiwi, pineapple chunks, or other fruit.

Vegetable Platter- Cut vegetables into sticks or julienne carrots, celery and peppers. Add a homemade dip or store bought to the center of the platter. You can find a festive cheese dip recipe under our seasonal cooking Christmas food Gifts page.

Flavored popcorn- cheese, taco or plain all work great for a healthy quick snack. You can find some recipes for flavored popcorn on our easy kids meals snack recipes page.

Snack mix- Also on our easy kids meals snack recipes page follow the snack mix recipe or use your own variation. Add a different type of nuts, crackers, or cereal.

Muffins- Try mini muffins like banana bread, zucchini, carrot, etc. Add a touch of cream cheese frosting if you really would like a little sweet to go with it.

Sugared Nuts- These have a touch of sugar but the nuts still are healthier than other choices. The recipe can be found on the seasonal cooking with fruit and nut recipes.

No matter what you decide on for your holiday parties enjoy cooking and creating in the kitchen with your kids.

Snack in a Tray

by ~Editor

A great way to measure a healthy snack portion is to use a 6 cup mini muffin pan or small gelatin mold pan.(see examples below) Kids love to have their food separate anyway.


It also works well if you let them choose their snacks for the day and have them place the snacks in each hole for snacktime.

Eyeballs

by Melanie Oster
(Ancaster, Ontario, Canada)

We cut banana slices and spread them on a plate. Next, top with peanut butter or nutella (we use soy nut butter b/c of a peanut allergy). Finally, top with anything that looks like a pupil - chocolate chip, raisin, craisin, etc.
Even my daughter who doesn't like plain bananas thinks this is a delicious snack.

Bugs on Logs

by Alyssa
(Pembroke Ontario)

Ingredients:
-Celery sticks
-Peanut butter
-Raisins

How To Make It:

1.Smear some peanut butter on the celery sticks.
2.Place raisins every centimeter away from each other on the peanut butter covered celery.
3.Enjoy!




I learned this recipe from my mom. I'll probably not be the only one to submit this, but it is delicious and fun to eat. It's on the internet just because it's that common. You might even already know it! If you don't it's really easy to make, I hope you enjoy it!

Nut and Seeds Trail Mix

2 cups almonds
1 cup other mixed nuts
2 cups raisins
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup sunflower seeds

Put the almonds and other nuts on a baking sheet (no oil needed) and roast in a 300 degree oven for about 7 or 8 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.

When cool, put the nuts in a big bowl and add the raisins, and seeds, and toss together until mixed well.

Put mixture in glass jars with tight lids or in other tightly sealed food storage containers or ziplock bags. Store in cool place or refrigerate.

Peanut Raisin Honey Apple

by Nancy Sparks Morrison
(Cross Lanes, WV, USA)

Blend 1 Tbsp crunchy peanut butter with 1 Tbsp honey and add 1 Tbsp of raisins.

Wash and core one Red Delicious or other apple, leaving the bottom on the apple.

Using a teaspoon push the peanut butter mixture into the core of the apple.

Wrap apple with aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes for peanut mixture to harden a little. Or leave overnight and include in lunch boxes for the next day.

Healthy and good tasting!

Cinnamon Tortilla Chips

by Connie
(US)

2 T. sugar

1 t. cinnamon

8 (4") flour tortillas

6 T. butter, melted

Combine sugar and cinnamon. Set aside. Brush each tortilla w/ melted butter.
With pizza wheel cut tortillas into wedges. Lay on a baking sheet in a single
layer. Sprinkle w/ cinnamon mixture. Bake at 400º for 4-6 minutes.

Tortilla Snowflakes

by Deana Cornish
(Pawhuska,OK)

"Snowflakes"
Microwave a large flour tortilla until pliable (about 20 seconds).
Fold tortilla in half, fold in half again, and again (forming a triangle). Using sterilized child scissors, let the kids start cutting shapes in the edges of the tortilla triangle (just as they would a paper snowflake). Gently unfold, revealing their tortilla snowflake. Spray the surface of an electric skillet or griddle with non-stick cooking spray (we used butter flavored PAM). Lightly brown both sides of "snowflake". Sprinkle with powdered sugar and ENJOY!
Ingredients: Large flour tortilla, PAM, powdered sugar
Utensils: Microwave, child safe scissors, electric skillet, spatula

Seasoned Oyster Crackers

10 cups oyster crackers
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 TBSP dill weed
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp paprika

Put oyster crackers in large bowl and drizzle with oil, tossing to coat evenly.
Put oyster crackers in large paper bag and add seasonings, then shake vigorously to coat the crackers with seasonings.
Store in an airtight container.
You can eat these as a snack or add them to soups and salads.

Yummy cheese ball

by Tamara Blake
(Woodbine, Kansas)

5 oz. grated cheese ( we used sharp cheddar)
1 Tab. sour cream
1 Tab. butter
chives

Combine cheese, sour cream and butter in a blender. Mix until smooth. Give children a small amount about 3 tab. on a paper plate. Have the children roll their cheese into a ball.

Then sprinkle some chives on their plate and have them roll the cheese ball in the chives. We served these yummy cheese balls with round crackers.

They were Yummy!

Microwave Cheese Almonds

Microwave Cheese Wrapped Almonds

2 tbsp butter, softened
1 C of sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 C of flour
1 dash cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp celery seed
1 (3-oz.) pkg. hickory smoked almonds

How to Make It:

Mix the butter and cheese together until smooth.
Add the flour, cayenne pepper and celery seed and knead until the mixture forms a ball.
Place a teaspoonful of the cheese dough around each almond to completely cover the almond.
Place the covered almonds into a circle of 9 on 4 microwave safe plates.
Microwave the cheese almonds on high for 2 minutes, rotating the plate a quarter turn after 1 minute.
The cheese dough should be slightly dry and puffy when done.
Repeat until all the cheese almonds have been cooked.
Allow to cool slightly before serving.

Makes 3 dozen