Thursday, July 9, 2009

Shake It Up, Baby

Materials: Ziploc baggies, sliced fruits such as bananas, apples, strawberries. Can use buttered toast squares too. Coatings: try cinnamon and raisins, hot chocolate mix, cinnamon and sugar, parmesan cheese, powdered sugar, ranch dressing mix, powdered drink mixes like strawberry flavor Nestle Nequik.

Pick a food and a coating. Here are some combos to get you started!

Sliced bananas + cinnamon-sugar + raisins
Sliced bananas + Nestle Nequik powder
Apple slices + cinnamon-sugar
Strawberries + powdered sugar
Toast squares + parmesan cheese
Sliced bananas + hot chocolate mix
Apple slices + parmesan cheese
Toast squares + ranch dressing mix

Kids can slice the fruit or toast and put it into the Ziploc bag. They can also measure and pour in the coating. Let 'em shake and eat their treat.

*Variation: Put heavy cream into a plastic jar that will seal tightly. Have children take turns shaking it (20 minutes or so) until it turns into butter. Serve with pancakes or toast or crackers.

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