Snack Platter for a Crowd #2: Fruits and Veggies

Here is another snack platter that I used to prepare for the daycare children. They always loved the snack platters that I would prepare for them.

Children don’t care if they share a platter with others. Few of them will even ask for their own plates. It is great.

Remember to have a pitcher of something cold to drink available, as well as some napkins. We used cloth napkins.

Ingredients:

peanut butter stuffed celery

orange sections

grapes

yogurt for dipping, in a bowl

carrot sticks

strawberries

broccoli

cauliflower

watermelon cubes

1. Be sure to rinse all fruits and vegetable before cutting.

2. Prepare fruits and vegetables as indicated.

3. Arrange everything on a platter, with the bowl of yogurt in the center.

Yum!

Shannon

Snack Platter for a Crowd # 1: Meat and More

I used to do snack platters when I babysat during the summer months. They are very easy to create, and I would have the younger daycare children help me as much as possible.

They had a lot of fun, and we had the platters ready and on the picnic table for the older children when they got here from their day camp. It was great to have these platters ready for them after they attended sports camp all day, then walked to my home from the bus drop-off location.

To Serve:

Best served outside, and to have a pitcher of something cold to drink available.

Ingredients:

sandwich meat: ham, turkey and chicken

cheese slices: white and yellow American cheeses

melon cubes: watermelon, honey dew and cantaloupe

berries: strawberries and blueberries

yogurt to use for dipping

celery, stuffed with peanut butter

 

1. Roll the cheese slices and meat slices up and poke a toothpick through each roll. Put on the platter.

2. Add a bowl of yogurt to the platter, then place the melon cubes around them.

3. Add the stuffed celery to the platter.

4. Rinse the berries and sprinkle them around on the platter.

Happy eating!

Shannon

Berry Plate for Breakfast, Lunch or Snack, or as a Salad with Dinner

I love berries during the summer months. If you can pick them in the wild, they are free.

Serves 4:

8 learge strawberries

2 cups rasperries

2 cups blueberries

Yogurt for dipping.

Snack Platter for a Crowd #3: Crackers Plus

This is a yummy one.

I wanted to mention that all three of the snack platters that I am posting are the main tray for the entire get-together, whatever it may be. Your only expense is the platter ingredients and something for everyone to drink.

Ingredients:

crackers

peanut butter

cheese slices, cut into quarters

sliced pepperoni

cream cheese

strawberries

grapes

celery sticks

carrot sticks

1. Make peanut butter cracker “sandwiches” and place them on the platter.

2. Make cheese cracker “sandwiches” and place them on the platter.

3. Make cream cheese pepperoni “sandwiches” and place them on the platter.

4. Be sure to rince all fruits and vegetables, dry them and arrange them onto the platter.

5. Rinse strawberries and pat dry. Add them to the platter.

Delicious!

Shannon

Vegetable Plate for Lunch or Snack

This serves 4:

4 stalks of celery, sliced long

4 carrots, sliced long

8 cauliflower flowerettes

peanut butter as a dip placed in the center of the plate, mixed with sunflower seeds.

Fruit Plate Breakfast or Lunch

This would make a great early in the day meal:

Serves 4:

1 apple sliced

1 orange sectioned

grapes

1 banana, sliced

yogurt or peanut butter to put into center of plate and use for dipping.

Shannon

Happenings

Some of you may have been wondering where I have been. A lot has been happening in my life as of late:

1. I had been sick with the flu, and then it just wanted to hang onto me with fatigue for days afterward. Not good. It hurt my legs just walking the same 2.5 miles that I walk every morning, then I was completely drained when I would arrive at home.
2. I was working outside of the home for a while, which left me with minimal time for anything else.
3. My daughter finally got her surgery, then had a week long recovery. We had been wanting this surgery for her for about a year, and the new Gynecologist agreed that the surgery should be done. We found out that Zowie has no female problems, but we did not find out what has been plaguing her with daily pain for the last year. Our next step is with a GI Specialist.
4. I had to create homeschool transcripts for Zowie to give to her principal so that he could decide if he would graduate her next year. She has been homeschooled since she was 6, and took two high school courses this year. He was very impressed with her transcripts, and agreed to graduate her next year. Normally, they make homeschooled students start there high school years all over around here. I did something right. Go me! The only class she will take at home next year will be Spanish. We will be using The Rosetta Stone program.
5. I created a site for freelancer’s at http://howtolivethefreelancelife.com. This is something that I had wanted to do for a long time, and has been my pet project for a couple of weeks. The site is ready, though there is still a lot to do behind the scenes. I am very proud of this site.

There you have it. Me being busy. I tell people that I think that I have adult ADD because my mind is all over the place all of the time, which makes it hard for me to concentrate on any one thing for long. The fact that I finished the site is great! By the way, I have four other sites that I have been planning as well.

Shannon