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Recipes
Busy day, busy schedule, family members going in ten different directions. We understand what it is like for a growing family. Sometimes all you need is an idea on what to have for dinner. Well - here's the place.
Each month, we'll refresh this place on the site with new ideas and recipes for meals and snacks. So come back for new ideas and new ways to please your family.
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Source: Disney Family
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Directions:
Fold aluminum so that there is a double layer. Put ground beef (about the size of a small hamburger) on foil, in the center. Drizzle a small about of oil on it (about 1/2 tsp). Place carrots and potatoes (to your liking) and then onions. Fold over foil edges to make a flat packet. Be careful to fold over any edge so the package doesn't leak. Use tongs and place right on the coals. When you hear it "sizzle," flip it. Flip it often and cook for 7-10 minutes. Open carefully (the foil will be hot!) and poke a potato with a fork. When it pierces it easily, supper is ready. Serve with seasoned salt and catsup.
Source: dnr.wi.gov
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, why not spread out a buffet of all green food? All of these foods are healthy, nutritious and there are no dyes, preservatives or added sugars - just good food!
Can you think of any more?
Sparkling cider turns this fresh fruit cup into a fizzy soda fountain-style treat. For the best results, chill all the ingredients.
Ingredients:
1. Alternately spoon the grapefruit sections and the sliced strawberries into 6 goblet glasses until you have enough fruit in each to make a nice serving.
2. Slowly pour enough sparkling cider over the fruit to almost cover it. Add a sprig of mint to each goblet, and your treat is ready to eat. Makes 6 servings.
Nutritional Information (per serving):
Calories 137
Carbohydrates 34.1g (11% DV)
Total Fat .3g (0% DV)
Saturated Fat 0g (0% DV)
Cholesterol 0mg (0% DV)
Sodium 0.5mg (0% DV)
Vitamin A (28% DV)
Vitamin C (187% DV)
Fiber (10% DV)
Percent daily values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Source: Family Fun
Vitamin C Lemonade
Ingredients:
Mix all the juices together, then, while stirring, slowly pour in the water as well. Pour into a glass and add the ice cubes. Enjoy the Vitamin C goodness! Serves 1 person. If you want to serve a whole pitcher, multiply the whole recipe by 10.
Orange Julius
Ingredients:
Blend all ingredients in a blender for 30-40 seconds, pour in glasses, and serve this delicious drink.
Source: Easy-Kids-Recipes.com
Here's a treat that looks old-fashioned but is made with two favorite modern-day sweets: marshmallows and chocolate.
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1. Set the chocolate-striped cookies stripes down on a wax-paper-covered tray, spacing them well apart.
2. Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave or double boiler.
3. One at a time, stick a wooden toothpick into a marshmallow, dip the marshmallow into the melted chocolate, and promptly center it atop a cookie.
4. Using a second toothpick to lightly hold down the marshmallow, carefully pull out the first toothpick.
5. Chill the hats until the chocolate sets, then pipe a yellow decorators' frosting buckle on the front of each hat.
Recipe courtesy of Disney Family Fun
Don't throw away the seeds when you carve your pumpkin for Halloween. They taste great when roasted and you can add a flavoring of your choice. They make great snacks and are very nutritious, rich in vitamins and fiber.
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1. Pre-heat oven to 300°F.
2. Remove as much pulp from the seeds as possible but don't rinse the seeds.
3. Toss your seeds in a bowl with the oil and the seasoning of your choice. Make sure they are all coated. You can use just salt or choose from the list of flavorings here:
garlic salt
chili powder
Italian seasoning
cayenne pepper
cumin
soy sauce
4. Spread seeds in a single layer on an oiled baking sheet.
5. Bake for about 30 minutes.
6. Allow to cool. These can be stored for up to a week in an airtight container.
For ultimate freshness, prepare this treat right before serving. Present it with toothpicks for spearing the fruit and a bowl of your favorite dip, if desired.
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1. Hull and halve 29 large strawberries and set them aside.
2. Arrange 30 large blackberries, as shown, in the upper left corner of a serving tray or cutting board (it should be at least 8 by 13 inches).
3. Cut 58 banana slices, 3/4-inch-thick, into a bowl. Sprinkle on lemon juice and toss the slices gently with a rubber spatula to keep them from browning.
4. Assemble the banana slices in rows as shown and top each slice with a strawberry half.
Recipe courtesy of Disney Family Fun
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Take any type of circular bread or cracker (English muffin, rolls or bagels cut in half, boboli, pita, ritz, rice cake) and allow children to create their own pond. A variety of ingredients to choose from adds to the descriptive pond vocabulary. Suggestions are: cream cheese (tinted blue), grated cheese, olives, black olive slices (old tires), sprouts, and pinches of dried spices such as fennel, dill weed, celery seed and basil. If a hot pizza is desired, substitute tomato sauce for cream cheese and heat in a 350° oven for 8 minutes.
Facts About Lakes and Ponds:
• Lakes are large bodies of water found on many part of the earth's surface.
• Lakes usually are made up of a depression, called a basin, that is filled with water. Lakes form in many ways. Some formed as the result of movement in the earth's layers from a volcano or glacier. Some lakes were formed from rivers when trees, brush and other debris clogged up the river, making the river back up to form a lake.
• Water gets into a lake or pond through rainfall, water run off, or by a river flowing into the lake.
• Ponds are small, still pools of water. Ponds can be formed when people or beavers dam up a stream. A pond is a fresh-water habitat with many kinds of plants and animals.
• Small lakes and ponds can dry up and disappear if the weather is very hot and there is little rainfall, or if the river that feeds it changes course.
Source: Incredible Edible Geography by Veronica Getskow PhD & Bruce Pierce, published by Thomas Bros. Maps® Educational Foundation
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Option 1: Core seeds from the cucumber with a sharp knife, leaving a tunnel through the center of the cucumber. Firmly insert or push a straight shaped peeled carrot in the cucumber tunnel. To serve up a slice of healthy earth, slice the cucumber in 1/2 inch circle slices. This will create a cucumber wheel with a carrot center. The carrot represents the core of the earth; the white, light green area of the cucumber the mantle; the outside skin of the cucumber the crust.
Option 2: In the center of each orange slice, place a raisin. For the apple circle slices, remove the seeds and seed chamber and replace with a raisin or nut. Give each child a "slice of earth" and discuss the layers prior to eating.
Earth Layers: Facts About The Earth
• Scientists believe that out Earth is made of layers of rock. The hottest part is the core, at the center. Around the core is the mantle. The outer layer, the crust, ranges in thickness from 3-1/2 miles to 42 miles. It is thicker under the continents than it is under the oceans.
• Scientists now know that the Earth's crust is cracked, like the shell of a hard-boiled egg that has been dropped. The cracks are called faults.
• Huge sections of crust, called plates, divided by faults, are able to move. An earthquake occurs when the plates move.
Source: Incredible Edible Geography by Veronica Getskow PhD & Bruce Pierce, published by Thomas Bros. Maps® Educational Foundation
Here and idea for healthy fruit kabobs that are easy for children to make and will work well for a patriotic Inauguration party. You can use it for a dessert or an hors d'oeuvres.
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Alternate these three ingredients on your skewers.
You can add more fruit depending on what is available in your local supermarket. Here are some suggestions:
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1. Roll out the cookie dough to a 1/4-inch thickness. Set the cardboard pattern on the dough. With the point of a sharp knife (parents only), cut out the reindeer's head. Bake as directed.
2. Let cool. Break apart the pretzels to form antlers and attach them at the top of the reindeer's head with dabs of frosting. Add M&M eyes and don't forget the red hot nose. Makes 40 Rudolph cookies.
Source: FamilyFun.com
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Directions:
1. Line cupcake tins with the liners. Fill the cupcake liners two-thirds full with the batter and bake the cupcakes as directed in the recipe.
2. Mix a drop of red and black food coloring into the frosting to make it a pinkish gray brain color.
3. Using the pastry bag, pipe the frosting in a squiggly pile on half of each cupcake top (brains have two hemispheres, you know). Now pipe the frosting in a squiggly pile on the other half of the cupcake top.
Source: Epicurious
Ingredients for Ghost Cupcakes:
Ingredients for Spider Cupcakes:
Directions:
1. Coat each baked cupcake with chocolate frosting and partially insert a Nutter-Butter cookie into the top. Frost the remaining cookie with vanilla frosting. Draw a spooky expression on each ghost with the decorator's icing. Makes 24.
2. Make the spiders by combining the chocolate chips and milk in a glass bowl. Microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until smooth. Stir in the peanuts or cereal and chow mein noodles.
3. Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper. Stick on extra noodles for spider legs and chill. Frost the cupcakes white. Then top each cupcake with a spider. Makes 24.
Source: FamilyFun.com
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Frost the cupcakes with white icing. Smooth the surface.
Place a candy eye in the center (or draw one with black frosting).
Use red gel frosting to drizzle squiggly lines from the center of the cake to the edges, giving the top of the cupcake a bloodshot look.
Source: EveningEdge.com
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Foods for dipping:
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1. Stir together the peanut butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl.
2. When thoroughly mixed, pour into a smaller bowl for serving.
3. Have an adult help you cut celery, carrots and apples into sticks and slices.
4. Collect together all your dipping ingredients and serve.
This makes a great after school snack.
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Directions:
1. Place your pita on the plate.
2. Add the cheese slices and tomatoes to the pita.
3. Put the plate inside the microwave and close it shut. Set it for 30 seconds. (Parents may need to help here)
4. Cut the pizza into 4 slices and it's ready!
Source: Kaboose.com
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Directions:
Place graham crackers in a plastic sandwich bag and crush with a rolling pin.
Add a few chocolate sprinkles to make ants, then seal the bag.
Give them to the kids to take outside and eat or let them pour it into a small bowl and eat at the table--using their fingers, of course.
Variations: Add raisins (call them beetles), red hots (ladybugs), or mini chocolate chips (spider eggs).
Source: Healthy Treats and Super Snacks for Kids
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Wash celery and cut off ends.
Fill celery with your favorite filling and decorate with raisins.
That's it!! Serves 1.
Source: That's My Home
Mother Nature never tasted so good!
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Source: Family Fun
These luscious ladybugs, from the kitchen of Barbara Beery, founder of Batter Up Kids, Inc. cooking school in Austin, Texas (www.batterupkids.com), are always a crowd-pleaser, and a snack parents won't mind their kids filling up on.
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Source: Family Fun
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Preheat oven to 425. Line a shallow pan with foil. Using a sharp knife, slice away the tip and end of each carrot; peel each completely. Cut carrots in half cross-wise, then cut length-wise, then cut length-wise again.
In a mixing bowl, combine the carrot sticks, oil, rosemary, salt and pepper. Stir till all are evenly coated. Place carrots in pan, spreading sticks out as much as possible. Bake for 20 minutes or until carrots are tender. Serve hot or at room temperature. Makes 4 servings.
Source: http://www.thatsmyhome.com/recipes-for-kids/carrot-fries.htm
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Directions:
1. Check with a grown-up before you start.
2. Cut a rectangle in top of hoagie bun. It's also called a sub roll, grinder, hero, sandwich roll - what do you call it? Peel off the rectangle and hollow out the bun. The ZOOMers made a convertible.
3. Cut four slices of cucumber 1/4" thick. These are the wheels.
4. Cut two baby carrots in slices. Slide toothpicks through each half. Be careful not to poke your fingers!
5. Next, slide carrot halves through the center of each cucumber slice. The carrots are like the hubcaps.
6. Then attach the wheels to the bun.
7. Next, stick two olives to the front using toothpicks. These will be the headlights.
8. Then take a piece of celery and use that for the backseat.
9. Now you're going to make your dip. In a bowl, mix 1/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt, 1/4 cup light sour cream, 2 teaspoons honey, and 2 teaspoons of spicy brown mustard.
10. Then scoop the dip into the hollowed out part of the car.
11. Finish off your car with a pretzel for the steering wheel and a piece of broccoli for the driver.
Here's a desert that:
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Directions:
Put mixture in the freezer. As it begins to set, stir it a little to prevent it from getting lumpy. When it is half frozen, give it one more mix.
Serve it frozen from a scoop. When ready to serve, drizzle with honey and garnish with fresh berries (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries or cut up strawberries) and a sprig of mint.
Recipe courtesy of Abegail Natenshon, a psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders. For more information visit: www.empowerredparents.com and www.treatingeatingdisorders.com
Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs fresh broccoli
6 oz grated cheese
1/3 cup milk
salt and pepper
Directions:
Heat 1 inch of salted water to boiling. Add broccoli and cover. Cook until tender – about 8 to 10 minutes.
Over a low heat, melt cheese into milk stirring constantly to make a sauce.
When melted, our over cooked broccoli and serve.
Ingredients:
2 medium eggplants washed and sliced in 1/2 inch slices
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1teaspoons dried oregano
6 tablespoons olive oil
salt
pepper
3 cups marinara sauce
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
thin slices of mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Place eggplant slices on paper towels, sprinkle lightly with salt and allow to drain for 30 minutes. Then dry slices.
Heat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix breadcrumbs and oregano on a plate.
Dust eggplant slices in flour.
Dip in beaten eggs and coat in breadcrumb mixtures.
Heat olive in skillet over medium heat and sauté eggplant slices until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side.
Coat a baking pan with marinara sauce. Arrange eggplant slices on top of the sauce. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and place a slice of mozzarella on top of each eggplant.
Cover with remaining marinara sauce.
Bake in 325 oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
You will need an adult to help with the cooking. Beware—chestnuts are very hot when they have just been cooked!
Ingredients:
3/4 lb chestnuts
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
2lbs Brussels sprouts
1/2 cider vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
Directions:
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Have an adult cut an X in the flat side of each chestnut. Lay them out on a baking pan and cook for 30 minutes. Let an adult remove the shells and put the chestnuts to one side to cool.
Trim off outer leaves of Brussels sprouts and cut in half.
Melt butter and add oil to a frying pan and gently cook Brussels sprouts over a medium heat for about 20 minutes. Add chestnuts and cook for a further 25 minutes.
Add vinegar and sugar and cook for about 5 minutes.
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2 cups strawberries
3/4 cup honey, divided
6 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
2 cups peaches
12 paper cups (3-oz.) or popsicle molds
12 popsicle sticks
Directions:
Purée strawberries with 1/4 cup honey in blender or food processor. Divide mixture evenly between 12 cups or Popsicle molds. Freeze about 30 minutes or until firm. Meanwhile, rinse processor; purée kiwifruit with 1/4 cup honey. Repeat process with peaches and remaining 1/4 cup honey. When strawberry layer is firm, pour kiwifruit purée into molds. Insert Popsicle sticks and freeze about 30 minutes or until firm. Pour peach purée into molds and freeze until firm and ready to serve.
Nutritional Information Per Serving:
Calories: 107 Calories from Fat: 2% Carbohydrates: 27.9 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Dietary Fiber: 1.64 g Fat Total: .28 g Protein: .78 g Sodium: 2.9 mg
Note:
Honey should not be fed to infants under one year of age. Honey is a safe and wholesome food for children and adults.
Recipe provided by: http://www.honey.com/
Ingredients:
1/2 cup ice cubes
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup plain yogurt or cottage cheese
1 teaspoon sugar, honey or maple syrup
1 banana cut into pieces
1 cup strawberries fresh or frozen cut into pieces
(You can also use or add other fruits such as berries, melon, pineapple, etc.)
Put all your ingredients into a blender. You may need an adult to help you. Put the lid on and blend for about one minute. Pour your smoothies into tall glasses and enjoy.
Recipe and photo courtesy of the Wheat Foods Council
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Totally Awesome Pancakes
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Directions:
Heat skillet over medium-high burner, or heat electric griddle to 375 degrees F; grease with cooking spray, vegetable oil or shortening. (To see if griddle is hot enough, sprinkle a few drops water on it: if bubbles jump around, it's ready.)
Stir all the ingredients in a bowl until blended. To make each pancake, pour a little less than 1/4 cup batter onto the hot griddle.
Cook until you see the bubbles on top of the pancake break. Turn pancakes over, and cook until golden. To keep the pancakes warm, place them in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Cover them with aluminum foil and place in a 200 degree F oven for up to 10 minutes. Makes 14 pancakes.
Ooey Gooey Pancake S'mores
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Directions:
Make the Totally Awesome Pancakes—except before turning the pancakes over, sprinkle about 1 teaspoon coarsely crushed graham cracker crumbs over each. Turn and cook other sides. Remove from griddle.
Spread about 1 teaspoon Marshmallow Crème over the crumb side of each of 7 pancakes; arrange about 7 milk chocolate chips over Marshmallow Crème on each. Top with another pancake, crumb side down. Makes seven s'mores.
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Separate thawed bread into 24 (1 1/2-inch) balls. Roll each ball into a rope 14 1/2-inches long. Have children plan and design pretzel shapes (letters or numerals). Put pretzels one inch apart on greased cookie sheet. Let stand for 20 minutes.
Brush with combined egg white and water. Sprinkle with coarse salt. Place a shallow pan containing one inch boiling water on bottom rack of over; bake pretzels at 350 degrees on rack above water for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Source: Recipe Goldmine
