If you're hungry, grab your apron and get cooking! Making food yourself - with a little help from a parent - is a great way to learn about food and meal preparation.
- Ants on a Log
- Polar Bear Drink
- Over the Rockies Trail Mix
- Gone Fishing!
- Tic-Tac-Toast
Ants on a Log
You will need:
- 4 celery stalks
- Peanut butter
- Raisins
- Knife
Instructions:
Spread the peanut butter on the celery stalk Sprinkle with raisins
ENJOY!
Variation: Use sunflower seeds or currants instead of raisins. Use cheesespread instead of peanut butter
Polar Bear Drink
You will need:
- 250 ml Chocolate milk
- 1 Banana
- Strawberries
- Blender
- Wax paper
- Freezer
- Measuring cup
Instructions:
Half peel a banana. Lay it on the waxed paper and freeze it for about 30 minutes in the freezer.
Take the frozen banana out and peel completely. Mix it in the blender with the chocolate milk.
Place a strawberry on top!
Over the Rockies Trail Mix
You will need:
- Cheerios or Shreddies
- Dried apricots
- Dried bananas
- Dried pear
- Dried apples
- Raisins
- Bowl or bag
Instructions:
Cut up the dried fruit into small pieces. Mix together with the Cheerios or Shreddies in the bowl or the bag.
Now you have a snack for that long hike over the Rockies!
Gone Fishing!
You will need:
- 125 ml cream cheese
- 2 drops of blue food colouring
- 2 handfuls of pretzel sticks
- 2 handfuls of goldfish shaped crackers
Instructions:
Put the cream cheese into the bowl
Using the spoon, mix in the food colouring. When it is mixed, spread it evenly around the bowl to create your pond.
Sprinkle the pond with your goldfish crackers
Now dip your fishing pole (pretzel) into the fishing pond and see what you get!
Tic-Tac-Toast
You will need:
- 1 slice of bread (try brown or rye bread for a nice change)
- 1 thin slice of white cheese
- 1 slice of cheddar cheese
- 1 black olive
- 1/4 red or green pepper
- knife
- toaster oven/oven
- plate
Instructions:
Put a slice of bread on a plate. Cover the bread with the slice of white cheese Cut the cheddar cheese into skinny strips and place them on the bread in a tic-tac-toe grid pattern. Cut the olive for your O's. Cut up the green or red pepper into strips to make your X's. Place your X's and O's on your bread. Melt the cheese under the broiler and before you know it, you will have TIC-TAC-TOAST.
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