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Hungry??
Try Some of These Snacks
Kids Make Around the World and Enter Our Healthy
Snack Contest!
* Before you serve any type of food to anybody, it is very important
to find out about any possible food allergies. There are many different
kinds of allergies associated with all sorts of different foods, and
any type of allergy can range from mild to very severe. Do NOT serve
any foods, if there is risk of an allergic reaction by anyone. *
Healthy
Snack Contest
Do you have favorite
snack that you'd like to share? It should be easy to prepare and not
require cooking. Send us your
snack and a little information about you! If we use your snack on
our home page, you'll win a copy of Healthy Habits, with songs
about nutrients and healthy eating!
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| This
snack was sent by thirteen year old, Ximena, who is known by her
friends as Maria. |
| She
loves toasted bread with "Dulce de Leche" which
she even eats for breakfast sometimes! Maria says that you can substitute
crackers for the toast and that Dulce de Leche can be purchased
at an Hispanic store in an Argentinean community. |
| This
snack was contributed by Jose. |
| Jose
loves Queso Con Dulce, which looks like a sandwich with processed
yams between two layers of cheese. |
| Hi,
I'm Astrid from Australia. |
| I
am 15 years old and one of my favorite snacks is Vegemite. In Australia
we eat it on bread, toast and biscuits. |
| Jarrod
lives on a sheep and wheat farm in Victoria, Australia. |
His
favorite snack is the "spider sandwich".
To make one, you spread butter on two dry biscuits, and spread vegemite
on one side. You then put alfalfa shoots on top. The other biscuit
is placed on top. This way the "spider's legs" hang over
the edge. |
| Ruth
Nicholson, a teacher and librarian from Kilbride, Ontario, wants
to share this snack and interesting story. |
|
I was raised on a farm in the Windsor area and every summer my mom
and I picked sour cherries from our two cherry trees. Once the cherries
were pitted we scooped out a dish full, sprinkled them with brown
sugar and poured on the milk. This is a mouth watering treat that
has been passed down from my maternal grandmother's side of the
family who were Pennsylvania Deutch United Empire Loyalists, granted
land in the New Settlement, on the north side of Lake Erie. My children
look forward to the sour cherry crop every summer. |
| Scott
Peart's favorite is BANANA WITH PEANUT BUTTER. |
| Take
a banana peel it and put peanut butter on it every time you take
a bite. |
| Colin
9, Jacqueline 6 and Nicole 4 from Windsor, Ontario. |
| They
like to make peanut butter sandwiches cut out in circles. They decorate
their sandwiches with Cheerios or shreddies to make funny faces.
Sometimes they use carrots and cucumbers to decorate the sandwiches.
They are healthy and fun! |
| Claudia
lives in Montreal, Canada but she originally lived in Mexico with
her French parents. |
|
She used to
create her favorite snack by placing cracked walnuts within the
center of Williams pears (or any other yellow and soft pair).
She and her mother would then sit across the table from each other,
discussing the events of the day and enjoying their snack.
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| Thanaa
is Egyptian, and this snack, Foul, is her favorite. It is fun and
easy to make! |
| Thanaa
starts by opening a can of fava beans, heating them a bit, mashing
the beans. It's probably best to ask an adult to heat the beans
for you. Cut a tomato, green peppers, green onions, and olives (green
or black). Add salt, pepper and cumin, little bit of lemon, vinegar,
and olive oil. Mix together all ingredients, and enjoy! |
| Hi!
My name is Karen and I am a middle school French teacher. |
| A
favorite of all my students on food days is the chocolate sandwich.
Take two pieces of bread (French, bien sur!) and put a plain chocolate
bar in between. Voila! A typical French child's favorite afterschool
snack. |
| Christine,
is 10 years old and lives in Toronto with her Guyanese mother and
French Canadian father. |
| She
loves sweet mangos and one of her favorite snacks is fresh fruit
salad made of bananas, mangos, cherries and cashews. |
| Chick
Alizadeh's children love this healthy snack! |
| Have
some small flour tortilla, spread with cream cheese and put green
grapes into it before it is rolled. |
| Keep
your brain in good health! |
Spread
some cream cheese on a slightly toasted tortilla and then put a
few walnuts on top of the cheese. (Cheese, if eaten in large amounts
can affect the brain's memory cells in a negative way...the walnuts
have the right oils and amino acids to counter-balance this. This
is believed and lived by in old Iranian customs.)
This is a really neat snack, BUT, this
snack contains nuts. If you are allergic to nuts or serve
this snack to people who are allergic to nuts, you/they may become
very very ill by eating this snack! Be careful! |
| Banana
Men! |
Take
one medium sized banana and peel it half way.
Take a handful of raisins and design a funny face on the banana
by pressing the raisins into the banana. Spread a small amount of
peanut butter all around the top of the banana (for the hair). Now,
you have your very own banana man. |
| Asawin
writes from Israel. |
| He
loves to eat bananas with cheese! |
| Pamela
is 7 years old and is in the 2nd grade in Monterey, Mexico. |
| She
likes to eat peanut butter and Nabisco crackers. She spreads six
crackers with peanut butter and tops them with another cracker thus
making little sandwiches. |
| This
snack was contributed by four year old Charley and her father Remko.
They live in Amsterdam. |
| Take
one slice of bread covered with butter, cheese, Marmite, peanut
butter and chocolate sprinkles and enjoy as a sandwich! |
| The
"Apple Ladybug" was sent in by Lyubov. |
1.
Cut 1 apple in half
2. Stick 2 pretzel sticks in the front of each half
3. Put 2-5 red food coloring dots anywhere on the apple
4. Now, eat your ladybug (apple) in any fun way |
| Elizabeth
enjoys making banana men as follows. |
| Peel
a banana, add two cherries as eyes, a raisin for a mouth and crackers,
or some other fruit, for hair to make your own banana man. |
| Beth
shared this snack with us. |
| When
you cook noodles add some cheese to give it some flavor. |
| This
is a well seasoned snack from Breanna. |
| Mix
vinegar, Italian seasonings, salt, pepper and water in a bowl. Then,
get salami and dip it in there. "It is quick, easy and
good!" says Breanna. |
| Bryan
sent in this lunch time snack. |
| To
make this you need lunch meat, cheese or crunched up crackers and
butter. Then, spread the butter lightly on the meat and add the
cheese or cracker bits on top. Finally, roll it up and eat it. |
| Mark
Garcia has this snack everyday! |
| Granola
and (low fat) strawberry yogurt. Give this healthy snack a try. |
| 13
year old Sophie shares with us, her Turkey Wrap. |
| My
favorite healthy thing to make is a Turkey wrap. You put turkey,
lettuce, tomatoes, and Italian dressing on top. Wrap it up and enjoy. |
| This
snack comes from Ms. Cherie and the kids from Beary Special Daycare. |
| We
take the Graham cracker sticks and we dip them in either: applesauce,
pudding, yogurt, marshmellow fluff, or peanut butter. Sometimes
we will dip the crackers in more than one. Enjoy! |
| Amy,
from Minnesota, makes this neat snack for her kids. |
| Take
a flour tortilla, spread some refried beans and sprinkle some shredded
cheese on it. Then microwave for about 10 - 12 seconds. Add some
lettuce after microwaving. YUM! It surprises some of the kids friends
that they like it when they think they won't! It's a great way to
get some extra protein. |
| Yesenia,
who is 11 years old, from California, has two snacks to share. |
1.
You need to cut up some mangos and some pieces of bananas and put
them into a plate.Then get your favorite yogurt and add it to the
mangos and bananas. Eat it all up and enjoy!
2. Make chocolate milk and put it in the freezer for about two hours.
Then, take it out and eat it. |
| A
very yummy, very creative snack! |
| Make
blue jello and put it in the fridge until it's half way done. Then
cut out fish shapes out of apples and stick them in the jello before
it settles. Put it back in the fridge until ready. |
| Check
out DJ's fun snack! |
Hello,
my name is DJ and I am 2 years old. I love to help my mommy in the
kitchen. My favorite thing to help with is making my kiddie mix.
To make it:
get a large bowl, put in 1/2 a cup of goldfish, 1/2 a cup of cheerios,
1/2 a cup of corn chex cereal, and then add mini pretzels. Mix all
of them together and store in a large freezer bag. My kiddie mix
is great for when my mom and I are on the go and I get a rumble
in my tummy. It fixes everything right up! |
| A
healthy snack to try from Kristen! |
| Slice
some pieces of apple or banana which are easy to hold. Take 1/2
a cup of peanut butter and 1/2 cup of maple syrup into one container
and heat it in microwave to create a dip. Dip the apple/banna pieces
and enjoy! |
| A
tasty snack using eggs! |
| This
snack is called deviled eggs. First you have to hard boil an egg.
Then you take out the yellow stuff and mash it up. Finally, put
on some mayonaise and mustard and you can enjoy! |
| This
is an interesting snack from New York City, but it is not very healthy! |
| This
snack is called "cup of dirt". It is fast and easy to
make. In order to make this you need: chocolate pudding, oreos,
gummi worms. Put those three things together in a bowl and you are
all done! |
| Kristen's
Yummy Snack |
| Take
a piece of salami and spread not a lot but a little bit of cream
cheese and then roll it up and eat it. |
| Amy's
Yummy Healthy Snack |
| Mix
in finely crushed ice, banana, and milk together by hand or blender!
It makes a great snack! YUM YUM! |
| Trey's
Ice Cream Oreo Snack! |
| Using
about 14 Oreo cookies, seperate them and scrape off the icing. Crush
cookies. In each of 4 dessert dishes, place 2 tablespoons of cookie
crumbs. Top each with 1/2 cup icecream, remaining 2 tablespoons
cookie crumbs, and 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup. Garnish with gummy
worms and Enjoy! |
| Ryan's
Pizzarets |
| Take
one english muffin and spread pizza sauce on it. Then sprinkle some
cheese (monaray jack and chedder works the best) and put it in the
oven to broil for about 2 minutes. It is extremely healthy and refreshing.
Enjoy! |
| Tameka's
Great Snack! |
| My
favorite snack is a hamroll up. What you do is take a piece of ham
and cream cheese with an onion then take the ham and spread the
cream cheese on it. Next, take the onion and put it on the side
of ham that has the cream cheese on it and then roll it up. It's
a great snack. |
| Amanda's
Favorite Snack! |
One
of my favorite snacks are Spam sandwiches.
1) Cut 3 peices of Spam.
2) Layer the lettuce and tomatoes with the spam.
3) Add cheese in.
4) Eat up! |
| Snacks
with Shapes! |
1)Get
two pieces of bread and put them in the toaster for 1.45 minutes.
2) Slice into shapes (triangles,circles, e.t.c...).
3) Get some jam and spread over toast pieces.
4) Get chocolate powder and add about 30 mL of water, so that you
get quite a thick chocolate mix. Spread on top of toast and jam
then place into fridge until chocolate hardens.
5) Serve with hot chocolate and get stuck in! |
| Louisa's
Creative Snack! |
| I
like to take tortilla bread and put lots of chocolate chips on.
Then you melt the chocolate chips on the bread and roll up and eat.
You can also put other things on such as peanut butter, cinnamon
and sugar, or anything that you think of. |
| Zachary's
Favorite Popcorn Snack! |
| I
think you will like popcorn with hot sauce on it. But just use a
little bit and toss lightly. Don't burn your mouth. Enjoy your popcorn! |
| Tasty
yet Healthy from Madison! |
| Ingredients:
half pack of blueberries, 10 ice cubes, 5 strawberries, 1 cup orange
juice, Sugar, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 bananna cut up into pieces. Directions:
Put all ingredients except sugar in a blending machine. Blend until
ice is crushed and smooth. Pour into cup and add as much sugar as
you like but not to much or elese it wouldn't be a healthy snack.
Enjoy! |
| Sandra's
Favorite Snack! |
| I
like a simple snack of a salad mix of iceburg lettuce, carrot slices
and cabbage (pre-packaged mixes can be found in most supermarkets)
I add in the crunchy light oyster crackers that we all love as my
cruton substitute. This snack is good because of the refreshing
salad mixed with the salty and crunchy bits that create a happy
balance between them! |
| David's
Favorite Snack! |
| Take
a piece of bread, spread lots of mayo on it, and add a layer of
shredded carrot. sprinkle with pepper, and add another slice of
bread. This is so good and healthy too! |
| Kylee
from Nevada sends us this snack! |
| All
that you need to do is take an icecream cone and vanilla icecream
and put a bunch of hot coco mix over the top of it. Yummy! |
| Katie
from Loveland, Ohio loves this snack! |
| Take
a celery stick and spread peanut butter on top. then put chocolate
chips on the top. this is called ants on a log. you can substitute
the chocolate chips with raisins. |
| Vanessa
a 15 years old likes to make these two snacks for summer:
|
1)
I take two oatmeal cookies (fresh or store bought) and put a scoop
of chocolate chip ice cream in between, then I wrap them in foil
and stick them in the freezer for 2-3 hours, and you have yourself
a home made ice cream sandwich!
2) I put lemonade, cranberry, grape, or any kind of fruit juice
in the ice
cube trays, and put them in my drinks. I also sometimes put a small
berry in
each ice cube slot, then fill them with water and they look cute
at parties
and taste great! |
Allen
from the south...Mississippi writes:
"Yall!", this is my favorite snack!: Grilled Cheese!
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My
name is Allen and I live in the south...Mississippi to be exact.
"Yall, this is my favorite snack: Grilled Cheese!"
All you need is cheese, bread, butter, a pan, and a stove. My recipe:
Heat the pan or stove for at least 7 minutes (or at least until
when butter is dripped on the pan, that it sizzles. When a little
bit of butter is put on the bread, cook that side until nice and
golden. Do the same for each side of the bread. Then, place the
cheese on a cooked side of the bread. Let it sit on the pan for
a short while or your masterpiece will burn! Then, take a big bite!
This is a great meal too!
Caution: using the stove can be dangerous.
Also, some people can get very sick from cheese. Before serving
make sure you don't serve it to someone that does get sick from
it. |
| Richie
Maska's favorite snack is Dill pickle roll-ups. |
| Take
1 slice of ham (not thinly sliced), spread room temperature cream
cheese on it, and wrap it around a dill pickle. Then slice the pickle
into pieces. If you really don't like dill pickles, you can omit
them, and just roll the ham and cheese into a spiral and slice.
We also like
to fill a celery rib with cream cheese and sprinkle celery salt
on it.
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| Try
Brittany Darnell's Orange Pie. |
2
graham cracker or vanilla wafer crusts
1 can of condensed milk
1 lb. cream cheese
1 c.Tang beverage crystals
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
Mix thoroughly. Fill pie crusts. Freeeze until ready to serve. Garnish
with whipped topping or cool whip. |
| Sara
Lorenz, a senior in high school, writes: |
| After
school I like to take pretzles and mix them with mustard and parmesan
cheese. Then icrowave for 15 sec. and you have hot mustard cheese
pretzels! |
| This
snack is Ashley's favorite. |
| She
said that she mixes chocolate and caramel topping together and heats
it up. Then she pours the mixture on top of strawberries and lets
it cool in the refrigerator. Mmmmm! Delicious! |
| Pettal's
favorite snack is... |
| His
famous cheese spread on crackers. Pettal! Let us know how you exactly
make your famous cheese spread! |
| This
snack, Lil' Quick Pizzas is a favorite of Shvawn O'Neil. |
| Shvawn
likes to heat Ritz crackers with spaghetti sauce and cheese on them
after heating them in the microwave for 15 seconds. |
| This
snack is from Janine who lives in Alaska. |
| She
writes that she is 12 years old, has brown hair and 2 guinea pigs!
We think that her snack is great! She uses 1 banana, 4 slices of
bread, some peanut butter and cinnamon. She cuts the banana from
top to bottom and then in half so that she has 4 separate pieces.
Then she spreads peanut butter on the bread, sprinkles it with cinnamon
and rolls up each piece of banana in a piece of bread. They should
be then put in the freezer for about 15 to 20 minutes.
This
is a great snack that Janine has sent, but we would like to add
that before you serve peanut butter snacks to your friends, you
should make sure that they are not allergic to peanuts. Eating
peanuts could make some people very, very sick. So
be careful to check.
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| This
snack is from Rachel who loves peanut butter balls. |
| She
says, "My mother and I always make peanut butter balls. They're
healthy and you can have them for breakfast, lunch and dinner! They
are very filling. All you do is take a lot of peanut butter and
put it in a bowl. Then you put in some milk. How much depends on
how sticky you like them. Add honey. The amount would depend on
how sweet you want them. Then you mix and roll them into balls.
Put them in the refrigerator for about 3 hours. You don't have to
chill them but it makes them taste much better."
This
is a great snack that Rachel has sent, but we would like to add
that before you serve peanut butter snacks to your friends, you
should make sure that they are not allergic to peanuts. Eating
peanuts could make some people very, very sick. So
be careful to check.
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| Rachel's
favorite snack is CASADIA! Rachel is from Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| First
you take a tortilla and spread butter on it. Take some cheese (my
favorite is all American Cheese) and put on the tortilla! Then put
it in the microwave for 45 seconds and voila!! You have a "casadia". |
| This
is Kati's snack. She's 12 years old and from Lakewood, Colorado. |
| She
likes Triscuts and cheese. She uses hot pepper jack cheese and melts
it on Triscuts in the microwave. |
| Katelin
from Valley Ford, Washington writes about her favorite snack. |
| My
favorite snacks are chocolate peanut butter sandwiches. First you
take two Nilla wafer cookies. Then, you spread peanut butter on
the first one.(you can also add a slice of banana) Next, you squish
the second one on top. Last but not least, pour yourself a HUGE
glass of milk.
This
is a great snack that Katelin has sent, but we would like to add
that before you eat or serve peanut butter snacks to your friends,
you should make sure that they are not allergic to peanuts. Eating
peanuts could make some people very, very sick. So
be careful to check.
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| This
great snack is from Jason, who is 14, and likes to cook and take
care of his animals. |
| Hes
favorite snack is tuna sandwich make with grated carrots and slices
of cucumber mixed with a little mayonnaise, put on whole wheat toast.
Jason has
many animals: a cockatiel named Pookie, a cat named Calico Rose,
a dog named Echo, and two guinea pigs named Hercules and Snickers.
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| This
snack is from Jeff. |
| Jeff
likes to melt cheese and dip pretzels in it. |
| Andy
loves his snack.... |
| He
likes to make peanut butter and jelly with coconut and banana sandwiches.
He puts peanut butter and jelly on bread then sprinkles coconut
onto two banana slices and puts them on the sandwich.
This
is a great snack that Andy has sent, but we would like to add
that before you eat or serve peanut butter snacks to your friends,
you should make sure that they are not allergic to peanuts. Eating
peanuts could make some people very, very sick. So
be careful to check.
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| Shaida
who is nine years old and in fourth grade in Alexandria Virginia
has submitted this award winning, healthy snack. |
| Shaida's
favorite snack is called "banana tidbits". You need a
banana, heat germ and some honey. All you do is cut the banana into
slices and roll it in the wheat germ and then in the honey. |
| Check
this out! |
| Natalia
loves to eat cheese curds. Yum! |
| This
snack comes from Denise Gentry. |
| Denise
likes to mix up peanut butter, karo syrup, m&m's and corn pops
together and put them in the fridge. She says that after they get
cold, they make a terrific snack. |
| Sarah
is 11 years old and likes to make her favorite snacks. |
| She
likes using quesadilla bread with melted cheese. She tops it off
with another piece of quesadilla bread. Her favorite toppings are
salsa and sour cream. For a sweeter dessert type of snack, she takes
the same quesadilla bread and sprinkles it with sugar and cinnamon
and rolls it up. |
| This
is a very creative snack! |
| Eight
year old Barbara's favorite snack is to wrap a piece of American
cheese around a crunchy pickle! |
| Bonnie
is a grandma who lives in Ohio. |
| She
likes to put a cracker on a dish, add a chunk of cheese and squirt
a little mustard or ketchup on the top. |
| Tony
is eight years old. |
| He
likes to make peanut butter and banana sandwiches after school.
He spreads peanut butter on one piece of bread, adds a cut up banana,
tops it off with a second piece of bread and voila! A great snack!
This
is a great snack that Tony has sent, but we would like to add
that before you eat or serve peanut butter snacks to your friends,
you should make sure that they are not allergic to peanuts. Eating
peanuts could make some people very, very sick. So
be careful to check.
|
| Spike
and Owen Bauer, ages 12 and 9, from Alaska enjoy eating sailor crackers
with salmon spread. |
| They
mash canned salmon, after it drains, with cream cheese and spread
it on pilot bread - a 4 " round , 1/2" thick saltless
soda cracker. Other toppings they like are smoked salmon and cream
cheese, or chocolate sprinkles on peanut butter.
This
is a great snack, but we would like to add that before you eat
or serve peanut butter snacks to your friends, you should make
sure that they are not allergic to peanuts. Eating peanuts
could make some people very, very sick. So be careful
to check.
|
| 8
year Zachary, who lives in Northern California, loves to eat fruit
snacks. |
| To
make one, you cut up bananas, apples, oranges, and walnuts and pour
a little grape juice and sugar poured them. |
| Try
this neat snack! |
| Arrie
likes to eat yogurt with broken up pieces of granola bar. |
| Anthony,
who lives in La Miranda, likes to eat a snack made of peanut butter,
jelly and two crackers. |
| You
need to put the jelly on one of the crackers and the peanut butter
on the other cracker. Then put them together. Then they're ready
to eat.
This
is a great snack, but we would like to add that before you eat
or serve peanut butter snacks to your friends, you should make
sure that they are not allergic to peanuts. Eating peanuts
could make some people very, very sick. So be careful
to check.
|
| David
loves to make a really original favorite snack. |
| He
takes a piece of bread, spreads lots of mayo on it, and adds a layer
of shredded carrots. Lightly sprinkle with pepper, and add another
slice of bread. This is so good! |
| Sanadra
Corpuz loves this quick and easy snack...a veggie delight! |
| It's
a somple salad with a salty twist. Mix odd iceberg lettuce, carrot
slices and cabbage (prepackaged mixes can be found in most supermarkets),
then add in crunchy light oyster crackers as a crouton substitute.
Great idea! |
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