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Ants on a Log: Take clean celery
sticks and cut them into 5 or 6 inch
lengths. Spread peanut butter down the
center of them, and then lay raisins on top
of the peanut butter. This is a favorite of
my kids.
Snow on the Chimney: Similar to the
one above, except you use cream cheese
instead. Grown-ups tend to like this one
better than the kids.
Popcorn: Popcorn, popped on the
stove, or in a pop-corn popper is one of the
greatest inventions ever. I use 1/4 cup
(half a stick) of margarine to coat every
large bowlful of popcorn.
Boiled Eggs: or Deviled Eggs, both
make great snacks. Whenever I boil eggs, I
do at least a whole dozen to make sure there
are enough to fill up all the empty spaces
growing children seem to have.
Vegetable Sticks: Celery and Carrot
sticks most often, but Broccoli, radishes,
turnip slices, green pepper and summer
squash also show up regularly.
Fruit: Fresh fruit like apples,
oranges, bananas and all others in season
make super snacks. Dried fruits are also
good, raisins, apricots, banana chips etc.
Canned fruit, especially pear halves, peach
halves and pineapple slices all have good
kid appeal.
Crackers and Cheese: Cut cheese into
small squares and serve them on a plate with
a sleeve of saltines. The kids like to
arrange little sandwiches out of them.
Baloney, cut into small triangles is nice to
add too.
Crackers and Peanut butter: Saltines
with peanut butter are delicious. You can
top them with raisins, banana slices, or
substitute cream cheese for the peanut
butter Jelly is also good with peanut
butter, or cream cheese, or by itself.
Tortilla chips with cheese: Place a
big pile of tortilla chips onto a large
plate. Sprinkle them liberally with cheese
and microwave until the cheese is melted.
This can be done in the oven too, on a pizza
pan, or cake tin. Serve with salsa if
desired.
Kid Kabobs: Kids really love these,
but some grownups like 'em too. You need
toothpicks, cheese cubes, pineapple or
banana chunks, and meat chunks. I have used
cubed spam, ham chunks, and hot dog slices
successfully. Other things could be used
too, just look in the fridge and use your
imagination. Be sure to let the kids thread
their own kabobs. This is the snack's main
attraction.
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