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Dip Into After School Snack

August 19, 2008 at 12:37 pm  

Vegetable and Fruit Tray
Image by Old Shoe Woman via Flickr

As early as some of the school’s serve lunch, your kids are probably coming home hungry! My daughter eats lunch at 10:40. By the time she gets off the bus in the afternoon, you’d think she had never eaten. Providing a healthy snack is important, but you can make it fun so your kids will actually eat it!

Dress up bananas for a fun snack. Roll them in crushed peanuts or pretzels, drizzle with a little chocolate sauce or use them as the “fun dip” stick in a packet of gelatin mix. Yogurt is a quick, inexpensive dip for bananas or other fruits. On Friday, you can throw together a quick fruit salad with the week’s leftovers.

Pretzels are fun to dip in cheese or peanut butter. Make a simple fondue with milk & cheese. You can use it later in the week for breadsticks or a variety of vegetables. If your kids prefer ranch for their veggies, try a salad dressing over expensive dips or make your own dip by mixing sour cream with mayonnaise and adding your favorite seasoning blend.

Filed Under: Cooking Tagged With: healthy, snack

About Heather Sokol

Heather Sokol is the founder of Inexpensively. She has been married to Spencer for many, many years. Together, they have five kids, fourteen pets, seven fish, and a web development company. What they lack is sanity.

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