I told you I was on the after school snack bandwagon. This week marks the first week of classes for my kids and with that, I need to start packing snacks. So here is a complete menu of super healthy snacks. But your kids will never know that these are healthy so don’t worry! They’ll eat it.
Drinkable Yogurt
Drinkable yogurt is pricey and you can make a healthier version at home. What I generally do is buy a large bunch of bananas and whatever doesn’t get eaten before they ripen–I mash and store in plastic bags in the fridge or freezer. They’ll turn brown but that’s okay (as long as you don’t leave them for more than a few days.) This is the fruit I generally use in drinkable yogurt but you can really use whatever you want.
You will need:
1 ½ cups of mashed bananas (or other fruit puree)
1 cup of milk (or more if you want an even thinner consistency)
2 cups of vanilla yogurt
Directions: Mix all ingredients together in a blender and serve cold.
The Sneaky Mama’s Peanut Butter Balls
Who doesn’t love peanut butter balls? Packed with extra nutrition from the wheat germ, this is a super quick and tasty treat.
You will need:
1 small banana
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
Finely chopped peanuts, mini-chocolate chips, or shredded coconut for coating.
Directions:
Mash the banana and peanut butter together until smooth. (I like to use an old fashioned egg beater for this.) Mix in the toasted wheat germ.* Make 1 inch balls and roll them in the desired coating of your choice. Place them on wax paper on a small cookie sheet and chill until firm.
To toast wheat germ, simply pour a layer on a cookie sheet and bake at 250 for about 5 minutes. You can also toast coconut this way if you’d like to cover the balls with toasted coconut.
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