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Pre-K Fun Alphabet Cooking
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Apple
Smile
Core
and slice apple into 4 or 6 wedges. Take half of the wedges and
spread with
peanut butter on the top side. Take 5 or 6 miniature marshmallows and
place
on top of peanut butter. Spread the other half of the apple wedges with
peanut
butter and place peanut butter side on top of the marshmallows.
Apple
Frosty
1
yellow apple
1 peeled banana
1/4 C. milk
3 ice cubes
Peel and core apple, cut into chunks. Peel and slice banana. Place
apple
pieces, banana slices, and milk into blender. Blend all ingredients
in
blender for 1 minute. Slowly add ice cubes and blend again until
smooth.
Apple Sandwiches
Slice apples the "round way" so that a star is
formed in the center.
Spread a slice with
peanut
butter and top with a second slice to form a sandwich.
Applesauce
For each quart of peeled and sliced apples, add:
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of salt
Cook until tender. Mash apples with a potato masher or
electric mixer.
Add more sugar, if needed. Serve cold.
All Day Applesauce
2
pounds (960 g) Granny Smith apples, cored and cut into 1/2-inch
thick slices
1/4 cup (48 g) sugar
1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons (60 ml) fresh lemon juice
6 1/4-cup (20 g) scoops fat-free, no-sugar-added vanilla frozen
yogurt
grated nutmeg
Lay apple slices in a 3-quart (3-liter) or larger crockery slow
cooker.
Combine sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over apples and drizzle with
lemon juice.
Cover and cook on low for 6 1/2 to 8 hours. To serve, spoon hot
apples into 6 dessert
dishes. Top each with a scoop of frozen yogurt. Lightly sprinkle with
nutmeg and serve.
Individual Apple Pies
Ready-made pie crust (the kind that comes packaged flat in the dairy
case)
Canned apple pie filling
Have each child cut out two large circles of pie crust (using a
large, round cookie
cutter or a large plastic drinking cup). Put a spoonful of pie
filling in the middle of one circle.
Place the second dough circle on top. Use a fork to crimp the edges
and pierce a few holes
in the top to allow steam to escape. Bake in a toaster oven 10-15 minutes
or until brown.
Ants on a
Log
Celery
sticks
Peanut butter
Raisins
Wash the celery and cut it into pieces about 5 inches long. Spread
peanut butter in the
u-shaped part of the celery, from one end to the other. Press raisins into
the peanut butter.
Ants in
the Sand
2 Graham crackers
Chocolate sprinkles
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).
Give each child a bunch or pretzels, PNB, gumdrops, or
frosting to build animal cages, then give them animal crackers
to put in the cage. Works well if each child has their own paper
plate and can use the PNB or frosting to stand their animals in.
Astronaut
Pudding
1/8
cup any flavor instant pudding mix
1/4 cup milk (not low fat)
Put both ingredients into a zip-type bag. Close the bag securely.
Gently knead mixture
until pudding forms. Snip off one of the corners and squeeze the pudding
into your mouth.
Apple
Volcanoes
Apples
Peanut Butter
Raisins
Granola
Cut the top off the apple. Core the apple and discard. Fill the
center of the apple
with peanut butter. Sprinkle granola, raisins or whatever you may like on
top.
Apple
Cheese Sandwiches
1/2 c. applesauce
2 Tbsp. prepared mustard cheese slices
4 slices whole wheat bread
Combine the applesauce with the prepared mustard. Toast the whole
wheat
bread and spread with applesauce mixture. Top with a slice of cheese and
broil.
Apple
Juice
1/2 cup seeded apples
1 cup water
1 tsp. sugar
Blend the ingredients in a blender. Serve
chilled.
Apple Leather Logs
Cover a baking sheet with plastic wrap. Spread 2
cups applesauce in a very thin layer on
the
wrap. Bake at 150F for 6 - 8 hours or until applesauce has a leathery look. Cool
slightly and remove the plastic wrap.
Roll up the fruit leather and slice it into small
"logs".
Apple Snack Cabobs
1 apple cut
into chuncks (And any other fruits the kids like)-per child
1Lb. of cheddar cheese
Cabob sticks
Let children (Supervised ) place fruit and cheese on stick.
I have different types of salad dressings for them to dip into.
Makes for a great hour of fun and eating.
Animal
Crackers
1/2 cup of oatmeal
2 teaspoons of honey
1/4 to 1/8 teaspoon of salt
3/4 cup of flour
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 cup of butter
4 tablespoons of buttermilk
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Grind oatmeal in blender until fine like a
powder.
Put in a large mixing bowl. Add honey, salt, flour and soda and stir. Cut
in butter. Add buttermilk and stir until a well-mixed dough ball forms.
Roll
dough out thinly on floured board. Cut with animal cookie cutters
and bake until light brown, 10-12 minutes. Serves 8.
Apple Honey Grahams
Give each
child a slice of apple and a table knife for dicing the apple. Spread a graham
cracker slice with peanut butter. Add honey, if you like. Sprinkle diced
apples on top.
Aquarium
Gelatin
1
small box blue or green gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1 cup cold water
24 gummy fish
1 cup whipped cream
Fish crackers (optional)
Make gelatin according to package directions. When it's
slightly cooled, divide it among six plastic cups.
When gelatin is partially set, add three or more gummy fish to each
cup. Place cups in refrigerator for 2 hours, or until gelatin is firm.
At serving time, top with whipped cream to form "surf." Serve with
fish crackers, if desired.
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