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Fun Kid's Recipes
Sandwich Art - use the following ideas to turn sandwiches into artwork that looks back at you!
What you need: Hoagie buns, sliced lowfat cheese, lean luncheon or deli meat, shredded carrots, lettuce or sprouts, olives, cherry tomatoes, miscellaneous condiments, toothpicks (or broken spaghetti pieces).
What you do: Make a hoagie sandwich, using desired ingredients. On one end of the sandwich, use toothpicks or broken spaghetti pieces to position olives for eyeballs, and cherry tomato for nose. Arrange shredded carrots, lettuce, or sprouts on top for hair. If desired, stick a small piece of lunch meat out of the "mouth" for a tongue. **Don't forget to remove the toothpicks before eating!**
Fruity Shake - Makes 2 servings
What you need: 1 very ripe banana, peeled; 1/2 cup strawberries, cleaned; 1/2 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt; 3/4 cup fruit juice.Return to Top
What you do: Break banana into small pieces and put in the blender with the fruit juice, yogurt and strawberries. Put the lid securely on the blender and blend until smooth.
Enjoy: Divide the shake between two glasses and serve immediately.
Incredible Edible Veggie Bowls
What you need: 1 green, yellow, or red pepper, washed; 1 bunch of celery, washed; 1 carrot, washed and peeled; your favorite salad dressingReturn to Top
What you do: Ask an adult to help you use a knife in the following instructions.
Cut the pepper in half from side to side. Clean out the seeds and gunk from the inside of the two pieces. One piece will be your bowl. Cut the other half of the pepper into skinny slices. Cut the carrot into skinny sticks about 4 inches long. Cut celery into skinny sticks about 4 inches long. Put a little salad dressing in the bottom of your pepper bowl. Put celery sticks, carrot sticks, and pepper slices into the pepper bowl. Now you have a portable veggie treat! You can pull out the veggies and eat them with a little dressing. When you're finished with the veggies you can eat the bowl!
Using your creativity is the only rule !!
What you need for the body: Nutter Butters, Oreo's, or Sandwich Cookies.
What you need for the legs: Pretzels, Twizzler Pull String.
What you need for the eyes: Jelly beans, M & M's (attach to body with peanut butter.
Open cookie and place legs on icing. Secure cookie. Dip eyes in peanut butter and place on head of your insect.
Cheese & Apple Sailboats
What you need: 1 small apple, 4 slices of cheese, and toothpicks.
What you do: Ask an adult to help you cut the apple into 4 wedges and remove the core. Trim the cheese slices to make triangles that resemble sails. Thread the cheese triangles on wooden toothpicks and stick the toothpicks into the apple wedges for sails.
Rainbow Fruit Kabobs
What you need: 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup green seedless grapes, 1/2 cup red seedless grapes, 1/4 cup cantaloupe, cut into cubes or balls, popsicle sticks.
What you do: Wash the fruit and remove any leaves. Ask an adult to help you cut or scoop the melon. Carefully spear fruit using various colors on each stick to resemble a rainbow. Serve as a snack or dessert.
Other options: Kiwi, apple, pear, pineapple, orange wedges, star fruit, papaya. (A spritz of orange or lemon juice will keep fruits such as bananas, apples, and kiwi from turning brown.)
Orange Delight
What you need: 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate, 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1/2 cup milk
What you do: Blend ingredients together in a blender. A banana can be substituted for the yogurt.
Spiral Silos
What you need: 1 (7-8 inch) flour tortilla; 2 tablespoons dairy sour cream ranch or chive dip; 2 slices very thinly sliced cooked beef, chicken, turkey or ham; 1/4 cup sprouts or shredded lettuce; 2 tablespoons finely chopped mushrooms; 2 tablespoons finely chopped tomato.
What you do: Ask an adult to help you use a knife in the following instructions.
Place the tortilla on the cutting board. Spread the dip over the tortilla with a table knife. Place the meat in a single layer on top of the tortilla. Top with sprouts or lettuce, the mushrooms, and the tomato. Roll the tortilla up tightly. Place the tortilla with the seam side down on the cutting board. Use the knife to cut off the uneven ends. Cut the remaining tortilla roll into 4 pieces. Stand the pieces upright on the serving plate so they look like the silos we see next to barns!
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