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Foods and Recipies for Children
Note:
- A nutritious meal consists of food from each of the four food groups (Canada Food Guide)
- A nutritious snack consists of food from at least two of the food groups.
- In order for children to feel and act their best, they need to eat a meal or have a snack
approximately every 2 hours during their awake time.
Snack Suggestions
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- Pita bread and humus.
- Ice cream cone with cut up fresh fruit. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of honey and sprinkle with granola.
- Fresh veggies with cucumber or ranch dressing.
- “Beary Good” snack mix: bear-shaped graham snacks, Honey Nut cheerios and raisins.
- “Ants on a log” - Celery stuffed with peanut butter with raisins on top.
- Whole wheat crackers and celery stuffed with Cheez Whiz.
- Pizza Buns – English muffins / regular buns spread with tomato sauce and topped with cheese, sausage, vegetables, etc. and baked or microwaved.
- Bran muffins and fresh fruit.
- Banana bread and yogurt.
- Yogurt parfait - yogurt alternated with fruit and granola.
- Rice pudding and strawberries.
- Granola and yogurt.
- Shreddies and milk.
- Orange slices and oatmeal raisin cookies.
- Fruit Blend – blend together 2 cups milk, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1 banana, 1/4 cup chocolate protein mix. 2 or 3 servings.
- Ginger Apple Shake –blend together 1-1/2 cups milk, 1 cup applesauce, 2 envelopes Pillsbury Vanilla Instant Breakfast. 2 – 3 servings.
- Red Raspberry Rouser – blend together 1/3 cup pineapple juice, chilled, 10 oz. pkg. frozen raspberries, thawed, and 8 oz raspberry yogurt.
- Bananas, frozen on a stick served with toasted whole wheat raisin bread and butter or peanut butter.
- Toasted bagels and cream cheese.
- Toast Toppers:
- Ham slice spread with applesauce. Heat in microwave or oven for 2 mins.
- Tomato slice with cheese. Heat in microwave or oven for 2 – 3 mins.
- Peanut butter with sliced banana sprinkled with cinnamon.
- Peanut butter drizzled with honey and topped with granola.
- Peanut butter and thinly sliced fresh or canned peaches or pears sprinkled with nutmeg.
- Peanut butter sprinkled with dates, raisins or dried fruit bits.
- Sliced hard-cooked egg, mayonnaise, sliced tomato and avocado.
- Cheese topped with thin slices of green pepper.
- Peanut butter and slices of dill pickles or cucumber.
- Cream cheese sprinkled with chopped pecans, raisins, dates or dried fruit.
- Cream cheese with jam.
- Egg salad.
- Small pita pockets with fresh vegetables sprinkled with ranch dressing.
- Fresh fruit and cheese cubes.
- Whole wheat bread sticks and apple slices.
- Flour tortilla spread with cream cheese and finely chopped cucumber or green pepper. Roll and slice.
- Nachos with grated cheese and salsa and heated until cheese melts.
- Graham crackers with peanut butter.
Fun Recipies
Playdough 1
Playdough 2
Old Fashioned Glue or Paste
Goop
Fingerpaint 1
Fingerpaint 2
Whipped Soap
Coloured Sand Dough
Playdough 1
2-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
1 tbsp alum
3 tbsp oil
2 cups boiling water
food coloring
Mix together. Knead in extra flour (about 1 cup). Keeps in fridge a long time.
Half recipe is enough for 3 – 4 children.
Playdough 2
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp cream of tarter
1 cup water
food coloring
Mix well. Cook on medium heat till it “globs”. Cool slightly and knead. Store
in air tight container. Stays nice and moist!
Old Fashioned Glue or Paste
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups water
Cook until thick. This is good for making piñatas.
Parkland Family Day Homes Cookbook, 1992
Goop
2 cups warm water
3 cups cornstarch
Put ingredients into a bowl and mix with your hands. It becomes solid when left
alone, but turns liquid from the heat of your hands.
Fingerpaint 1
1 cup flour
1 cup cold water
3 cups boiling water
Food coloring or dry poster paint
Mix flour and cold water. Add boiling water and bring all to a boil, stirring
constantly. Add food coloring or dry poster paint. Freezer wrap or any shiny
sided paper makes a good surface for fingerpainting.
Fingerpaint 2
Easy to make and easy clean-up
liquid dishwashing detergent
Water
Food colouring or tempera
Add water slowly to detergent until it’s a pasty mixture. Add coloring.
Whipped Soap
2 cups powdered Ivory Snow
1 cup water
food colouring
Beat until stiff with an electric beater. Adding more water allows it to be
pushed through a cookie press or icing press but is still good for children to
work with their hands on a surface It dries well and has a different texture.
Coloured Sand Dough
1 cup fine sand
1/2 cup laundry starch
3/4 cup hot water food colouring or tempura
Combine ingredients. Add colouring. Cook over low heat until thick.
***Substitute the sand for powdered Ivory Snow and don’t cook it. Let it dry
uncovered to desired consistency.
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Web Cooking Links
www.childrensrecipes.com/
www.ability.org.uk/kids_recipes.html
dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/For_Children/
dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/For_Children/Toddlers/
www.bbc.co.uk/Cooking With Children
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