Easy Kids' Recipes
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Crunchy Apple Treasures
Serves 6
Ingredients:
3 apples
1/2 cup smooth or crunchy peanut butter
1/2 cup crisp rice cereal or dried cranberries or raisins
Directions:
- Cut each apple into 8 slices.
- Combine peanut butter and cereal and mix well.
- Spread mixture on apple slices.
Did you know? 1/2 apple provides 174 calories, 11g fat, 0mg cholesterol, 17g carbohydrate.
No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Serves 12
Ingredients:
3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
2 Tbsp. honey
3/4 cup nonfat dry milk
2 Tbsp. raisins
3 graham-cracker squares
Directions:
- Mix together peanut butter and honey.
- Add powdered milk.
- Mix in raisins.
- Roll into 24 balls (about 1 Tbsp. each) and place aside on a piece of waxed paper.
- Put graham crackers into a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.
- Pour crumbs onto a piece of waxed paper.
- Roll cookies in the graham-cracker crumbs.
Did you know? 2 cookies provides 133 calories, 8g fat, 0mg cholesterol, 11g carbohydrates.
Tortilla Roll-Ups
Serves 10
Ingredients:
10 flour tortillas
10 oz. grated cheddar cheese
1 Jay mild salsa
1 can black beans, drained
Directions:
- Put tortillas on microwave-safe plate, cover with paper towel, and microwave on High for 1 minute.
- Spread a thin layer of salsa, cheddar cheese and black beans on tortilla.
- Roll up, eat, and enjoy!
Did you know? 1 tortilla provides 153 calories, 6g fat, 20mg cholesterol, 16 carbohydrates.
Graham Cracker Sandwiches
Serves 4
Ingredients:
4 Tablespoons reduced-fat cream cheese
8 graham-cracker squares
1 small pear, cored and thinly sliced *Ask a grown-up for help cutting the fruit!
Directions:
- Spread 1/2 Tablespoon cream cheese on each graham cracker square.
- Top half the squares with pear slices, then close sandwiches with remaining squares.
- Serve immediately!
Veggie Pick Pockets
Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 Small pita bread rounds
2 to 4 tablespoons creamy salad dressing (like ranch)
8 Thin cucumber slices
1 Small carrot, thinly sliced *Ask a grown up for help cutting the veggies!
Directions:
- Cut pitas in half.
- Open pockets and generously spread inside of each half with salad dressing.
- Arrange 2 cucumber slices and several carrot slices in each pita half...
- Enjoy!