Dates add an incredibly luscious sweetness when added to smoothies. The sweetest of fruits, they taste sort of like toffee and are loaded with fibre. Be sure to blend well as it takes a slight bit more effort to properly puree/disguise them.
Ingredients:
1 banana
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 cup plain yogort
1/4 cup vanilla or regular soy milk
8-10 dates, halved
Directions:
Add ingredients to blender or magic bullet, then puree finely.
Serves 2.
My son refuses to eat any kid of potatoes except fries (I’m not a big potato fan myself). These sweet-potato fries are his favourite - way healthier than regular potatoes, plus they’re baked, not fried. Amazing for the grown-ups too with a lil wasabi mayo.
PREP: 10 minutes
BAKE: 45 minutes
YIELD: 6 servings
1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Peel the sweet potatoes, and cut them into 1⁄2-inch french fries.
3. Place potatoes in a large resealable plastic bag, and add oil, salt, and cayenne pepper, if desired. Secure the bag, and shake well until potatoes are coated with oil.
4. Arrange potatoes on the baking sheet, and bake for 25 minutes. Turn with a spatula and bake another 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden. Watch carefully, as thinner fries may not take quite as long.
5. Transfer fries to a serving platter. Taste, and add a little extra salt, if necessary.
HOW KIDS CAN HELP: Measure canola oil and salt; shake the potatoes in the bag; spread potatoes on the baking sheet.
PER SERVING: 181 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated), 399 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol
Source: Parenting.com
This is guaranteed to blow your kids mind! The secret to glowing food is tonic water apparently. When exposed to black light, quinine, which is tonic water’s main ingredient, will make food that’s mixed with it glow in the dark!
You can make juice but I think the most fun is making jello - mix it 50-50 tonic water/plain water and your clan will soon be eating this fun treat in absolute awe.
Check out the site’s other fun suggestions: Magic Milk Colours, Giant Bubbles, and more! I’ve bookmarked this site for future inspiration.
Source: Our Best Bites
Here’s a great little idea for a boy’s birthday party or a cute snack, although the sugar quotient might be a bit over the top… bugles as an alternative, perhaps?
Ingredients:
To make Construction Cones:
Take a candy corn and put a dab of peanut butter on the bottom.
Glue the candy corn in the middle of a cheese cracker.
Repeat until desired amount.
Source: Little Nummies
For a variation on this savoury popcorn: Toss popcorn with melted butter, 1 tsp. of ground sumac and 3 tbsp of Parmesan cheese. If you are feeling like a sweet snack: Toss popcorn with melted butter and sprinkle with some cinnamon sugar (3 tbsp. granulated sugar and ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon).
Ingredients:
Directions:
Makes about 8 cups of savoury popcorn.
Source: Food Network Canada
Just spread some of this yummy goodness on celery, crackers, or whole wheat bread and you have a satisfying, easy and great-tasting back-to-school snack.
Ingredients:
Directions:
Source: Food Network Canada
Ingredients:
Preheat the broiler to high. Put the cheese, egg yolk, cream, and Worcestershire sauce into a bowl and mash together. Season to taste with pepper. Spread the cheese mixture on the cut sides of the toasted muffin, spreading right to the edges. Place the cheese-topped muffin halves about 3 inches away from the heat source (one rack down from normal broiling position) — don’t have them too close, as the egg in the mixture can make them brown very quickly. Broil for 3 to 4 minutes, until the cheese has melted and is golden and bubbling. Decorate the cooked muffin halves with peas for eyes and strips of carrot or snow peas for ears, half an olive for a nose, chives for whiskers, and scallion for teeth. Serve immediately.
Source: From Anabel Karmel’s Top 100 Finger Foods via Parenting.com
I’ve started planning for my son’s third birthday party. It’s in about five weeks, but darn, these days, you gotta be planning these things EARLY! We just put a deposit down for a jumpy castle last night - the date was actually on a tentative hold by someone else but I managed to talk her into giving into us for the entire weekend. Woot!
So now the fun part begins - planning for food! We tend to invite all our family and friends over - it’s not just a birthday party but a great time to catch up with people we probably should see more of. Since all my friends having been having boys in the last couple of years, it makes for instant party friends for my son. I want to make sure they’re entertained to the max, and these “Dirt Cups” seem like a perfect complement to the madness.
Ingredients
Equipment
Source: Kaboose.com
2 pears
2 apples
1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
2. Using a mandoline or knife, thinly slice the apple and pears into “chips”.
3. Place the slices on a Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet making sure not to over lap the pieces.
4. Bake for 1 hour, turning the “chips” halfway through (if you live in a humid climate, they may take a bit longer).
5. Cool and serve.
*You can place several cookie sheets in the oven at the same time if you want to make a large amount.
Source: Weelicious
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