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Delightful Desserts - Disney Style
These recipes
are not exactly "throw-them together in 5 minutes" type, but will be worth the
time for that special occasion.
After School Snacks
An after-school snack is
a necessary component of a school-age child's overall nutrition intake. Here are some suggestions to bridge the snack gap, and they all can be
whipped up by school-age kids with minimal assistance.
Whichever treats your family settles on, be sure to keep in mind the commandments of
snacking.
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Snacks should not take
longer to make than to eat.
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Never eat snacks with
forks and knives. It's a proven fact that anything eaten with fingers tastes
better.
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Stock up on basic
ingredients, such as grated cheeses and cold cuts to pair with corn chips or
pita bread for microwavable snacks and fruit, granola bars or nuts for instant
snacks.
Some simple recipes for the little fingers
Play with your food!
Much like an
arts and crafts project, making a snack can become an after-school activity. The
bonus: Kids get to eat their artwork, and you get to sneak nutritious foods into
their diet.
BAG IT
For kids on the go,
snacks must be portable. When the kids are full (or, more likely, too busy
to eat), they can stuff the bags into their pockets and save them until
they're hungry again.
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Tex-Mex Popcorn
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Gobbledy Gook
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Baggy Bugs
DIP IT
Many
kids feel that food tastes better when it is dipped before it is
eaten.
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Fish in a pond
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Apple Fondue
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Say Cheese
MAKE IT
BITE-SIZE
MAKE AN
ANIMAL
Tap
into your child's fascination with animals by letting him make snacks that
resemble lions and tigers and bears.
FIND A FUN
CONTAINER
Kids are
more likely to try a new food if it is served in a fun container. For instance,
strawberries from a champagne glass or carrot sticks in a paper party hat.
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