Smoothies Shakes Recipies
October 1, 2008
Fruit Smoothies are a great way to get your child to eat fruit. Give
these smoothies shakes recipies a try.
We all know the importance of eating a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, with our busy lifestyles it’s not always so easy. That’s where smoothies come in. Delicious and nutritious smoothies can be a mom’s secret weapon to ensuring your kids get enough fruit in their diets.
Here are some yummy smoothie combinations that are great for breakfast or any time of the day. Simply throw all ingredients in the blender and blend on high for 1 to 2 minutes.
Bananarama – 1 banana, 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt, dash of milk
Mango Mania – 1 mango (cut and pitted), 1/4 cup orange juice
Peach Medley – 1 peach (cut and pitted), 1 banana, 1/4 cup orange juice
Berry Surprise – 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup raspberries, ¼ cup of milk
Strawberry Ice – 1 cup strawberries, 1 cup orange juice, I cup crushed ice
Honey melon – 1 cup chopped honey dew lemon pieces, 1/4 cup apple juice, tablespoon honey.
Banana Boost – 1 banana, 1/4 shredded wheat cereal (or other high fiber cereal), 1/4 cup milk. A great way to get extra fiber and vitamins into your child’s diet.
And if it’s hot outside why not try smoothie popsicles. They may a great alternative to sugary ice cream and are a delicious summer treat. For a creamier consistency try adding 1/4 cup yogurt of your choice to the recipes above and pour the smoothie mixture into popsicle molds. If you don’t have popsicle molds you can use paper cups or even ice cube trays. Fill cups or tray and when half frozen and slushy like insert popsicle stick and leave until fully frozen.
You don’t have to stick the recipes above, just about any of your favorite fruit combinations will taste delicious in a homemade smoothie. It’s also a great way to let kids get involved in the kitchen. Let them choose their favorite fruits and let them help you peel and chop them up (according to their age of course). They can also pour liquid ingredients into measuring cups.
Smoothies are not only a great way to get your kids to eat more fruit. They’re also easy to prepare and best of all delicious.
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Unique, Yet Simple Kids Birthday Treats
October 1, 2008
It doesn’t always have to be birthday cake. Try some of these simple kids birthday treats instead. They are as tasty as they are
fun to make and will be a big hit at your child’s birthday party.
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Are you tired of making or eating another “traditional” birthday cake? There are quite a few other options for baked goodies for your kid’s birthday party. All it takes is a little creativity and thinking outside the box. Here are a couple of ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Use one of these ideas or come up with your own unique creation of simple kids birthday treats.
Decorated Cookies
· Sugar Cookie Dough
· Cookie Cutters
· Wax Paper
· Confectioner’s Sugar
· Water
· Food Coloring
· Assorted candies
· Colored Sugar (different colors)
· Sprinkles
You start by either making a batch of your favorite sugar cookie dough, or got to the store and buy some refrigerated dough. Roll it out and grab some cookie cutters. Let the kids use the cookie cutters, or cut free-form shapes with a blunt butter knife. Transfer the cookie shapes to a baking sheet and bake them according to your recipe’s instructions.
Take the golden brown cookies out and allow them to cool on a rack.
Mix confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar) and water to make a sticky white paste. Add food coloring for colors other then white. Let the kids use this paste to paint their cookies, then have them add sprinkles or colored sugar to decorate the cookies even more.
Allow them to dry and either let the kids eat them at the party, or place them in plastic bags so they can take them home after the party.
Magic Wand Cookies
· Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough
· Star Cookie Cutter
· Popsicle Stick
· Confectioners’ Sugar
· Hot Water
· Food Coloring
Roll out the sugar cookie dough and cut using a star-shaped cookie cutter; bake according to package instructions.
As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, and are still soft to the touch, carefully push a Popsicle stick between any two points of the star. This makes the handle for your wand. Let the cookies finish cooling. This will allow the wand to “stick”.
Frost the cookies with glossy icing. To make glossy icing, simply sift confectioners’ sugar into a bowl. Slowly add hot water, while mixing, until it becomes a smooth paste. Add a few drops of food coloring to make extra colorful treats. These wand cookies are somewhat fragile, but they’re delicious and a lot of fun to eat!
Dessert Pizza
· Sugar cookie dough, store bought
· 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
· 1 cup sugar
· 1 teaspoon vanilla
· Fruit slices like banana, strawberries, apples and blueberries
· Greased cookie sheet or pizza pan
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
Slice up the dough like you’re making cookies.
Press the dough into a pizza pan. You should end up with thin, sweet pizza dough. Bake it for about 8 minutes and cool it on a rack.
Combine the sugar, vanilla and softened cream cheese. Use a butter knife or the back of a spoon to spread the cream cheese mixture all over the cookie. Of course you could also add some red food coloring to the mix first to make it look like tomato sauce.
Arrange the fruit slices all over the sweet pizza dough to make it look like a traditional pizza. Of course you could get fancy and make faces, shapes etc. Just have fun with it and get the kids involved.
There you have it … Three fun baked treats that not only make a great addition to any birthday party, whether you are serving cake or not. They are also a fun activity for the kids during the party. Give one of these a try at the next child birthday party you throw.
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Shopping with Children
October 1, 2008
By Sylvia White
Is your weekly shopping trip with the kids an absolute chore or are you happy to take them along?
Lots of moms don’t have any choice in the matter, if they don’t own a car it can be sheer agony waiting at bus stops then struggling on and off buses with kids and a pushchair.
Gone are the days when a helping hand was offered, and if the bus is full, no gallant young man will jump up and offer his seat to the harassed mom.
Next step is the supermarket, a haven of joy to the youngsters. Low shelves full of goodies, long aisle, fantastic for kids to run up and down creating havoc, even the most obedient child can’t resist the lure of this playground.
How often do you get home and find a few extras in your shopping bags that you hadn’t noticed going through the checkout, usually things that you might never use, or of course the odd bar of chocolate or packet of sweets.
If you are on a budget this can be very annoying as many families have to count their pennies.
Have you noticed how many supermarkets have these automated bob the builder cars and other amusements for kids, its a tug of war most times to drag them away, usually crying because you can’t afford the money it takes to let them go on.
Many large supermarkets have a creche or playroom, BUT if you have two or three kids the cost may be beyond you.
Wouldn’t it be great if they could forget about making money for a while and provide these commodities for free. Imagine how their sales would soar if moms and dads knew they could do kids free shopping at no extra cost, other supermarkets wouldn’t get a look in unless they followed suit.
Do those top dogs that sit back raking in the money realize that it is families that bring in their bacon. and if they just gave a thought to the harassed moms and what it would mean to them to have somewhere free to park their children whilst shopping, how much happier every one would be.
Even one or two days a week kids free shopping would a boon to many families.
Bliss, happy parents, and happy kids.
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