Again, I apologize for my lack of blogs lately. It has been super CRAZY around here! I barely have time to think, let alone type. But I feel things are slowing back down to a pace I can handle again.
So, I've been trying to think of things to write about, staying on the topic of kids in the kitchen. It came to my head that I rarely have to fix snacks anymore. That's because the kids will fix their own snacks many days. Not only are these yummy, they are healthy as well.
Some adult supervision in necessary. I help myself out a little by doing the chopping and cutting ahead of time and simply putting the cut up food in little snack size zip top baggies and store them in the refrigerator.
Super simple snacks:
1. Fruit of any kind
2. Vanilla yogurt - made even better by adding a drop or two of food coloring - the kids love to mix the colors in
3. Cheese crackers - I buy a block of cheese and cut it into slices, then package the slices into zip top baggies
4. Cottage cheese - easily dished out by the little ones - add food coloring and let the kids mix it in for another fun colored snack
5. Easy baked apples - peel, core and chop an apple, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and microwave on high for 20-30 seconds
6. Peanut butter crackers - let the kids spread the peanut butter on the crackers with a non-sharp spatula
7. Bugs on a log - cut celery into 3-4 inch sticks and have the kids spread the peanut butter into the celery, top with some raisins
8. Veggies with peanut butter or dressing (my kids love ranch and honey mustard for dipping the veggies) - some great veggie choices are raw carrot or celery sticks or fresh broccoli.
9. Cheese cubes - another block of medium cheddar, cut into chunks - the kids think these are best if they can spear the cheese with toothpicks
10. Popcorn - help the kids learn to pop a bag of microwave popcorn
There are some super easy snack ideas. And the best part, they are all healthy and kid friendly!
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