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

Berry Parfaits

I love Parfaits. I like to pretty them up for the children, to turn them into special treats.

• I put them into the sundae cups for a nice treat.
• I have real tea spoons with long handles that I place in the cups.

Berries are very healthy, and should be a part of everyone’s diet, with the possible exception of babies. My daughters and the daycare children love these, as do I.

• You can use any type of berry that you like, and you can mix and match the berries.
• You can choose between low-fat vanilla yogurt and whipped topping.
• You can also add toppings such as cherries or granola.

All you do is:

• Put a tablespoon of yogurt in the bottom of the cup.
• Then layer yogurt and berries until you get to the top.
• Finally, you can add your choice of topping.

These parfaits are great for:

• Daycare children to make.
• Hot summer days.
• Party treats.

They make great:

• Snacks.
• Breakfast ideas.
• Desserts.

Enjoy!

Shannon

P.S. If you have any other parfait ideas that you would care to share, please post them in the comments section. Thank you.

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Fruit Parfaits

Fruit Parfaits

I love Parfaits. I put them into the sundae cups for a nice treat. I have real tea spoons with long handles that I place in the cups.

My daughters and the daycare children love these, as do I.

• You can use any type of fruit that you like, and you can mix and match the fruits.
• You can choose between low-fat vanilla yogurt and whipped topping.
• You can also add toppings such as cherries or granola.

All you do is:

• Put a tablespoon of yogurt in the bottom of the cup.
• Then layer yogurt and fruit until you get to the top.
• Finally, you can add your choice of topping.

These parfaits are great for:

• Daycare children to make.
• Hot summer days.
• Party treats.

They make great:

• Snacks.
• Breakfast ideas.
• Desserts.

Enjoy!

Shannon

P.S. If you have any other parfait ideas that you would care to share, please post them in the comments section. Thank you.

Holiday Trail Mix

This one is cheap when buy store brands and on sale with coupons.

cinnamon cereal

white chocolate covered pretzels (homemade may be cheaper)

cheap Christmas candies

dried cranberries (maybe even yogurt covered)

 

Just mix everything together and place around in bowls at your next celebration.

Leftover Thanksgiving Fry Pan Meal

This recipe is frugal because it uses leftovers from you Thanksgiving meal. It is easy enough for an older child to make.

Leftover Potatoes: You will want to make sure that these are warmed when the pan fried food is done. You can do this in the oven, or more quickly in a microwave. Any kind of potato will work fine.

Ingredients to put into pan:

melt a little butter to cover bottom of pan, or use olive oil

bite size pieces of turkey

any leftover veggies from the turkey dinner

feel free to also add things like: sliced onions, crushed garlic cloves, and parsley.

 

Spoon potatoes onto each plate and top with fried mixture.

Baked Cheese Ghosts

Yet another recipe that you can make with the help of your children, and that can be served for any meal or snack.

8 slices bread
4 slices white cheese

ghost cookie cutter.

Line two cookie sheets with aluminum foil (can be wiped and reused later).

Cut out pumpkins from bread.

On one Cookie sheet, place the cutouts.

On the other cookie sheet, place the edges of the bread with the cutout middle.

Bake both at 350* until cheese is melted.

 

 

Mango Chocolate Smoothie

Yes, I am still trying to eat up all of this produce.

 Add these to blender:

1 small mango, pitted, peeled and chopped

5 large strawberries, sliced

1 cup vanilla soy milk

1 raw egg

2-3 tbsp chocolate syrup

1 tbsp wheat germ

 

Blend.

Frozen Grapes

In honor of my father, who passed away a couple of years ago:

 

Take the grapes, put them into a bag and freeze them.

When frozen, enjoy!

 

My nephew loves these.

Freezer: Using up the Winter Stocks

Since it is the time of the year when we spring clean, I thought that it would be nice if we all considered our freezers for a few minutes. Do you have any leftover produce in the freezer? I know that I still have some eggs and grated zucchini in the freezer that needs to be used. Here are some pointers for using up your winter stores:

* The eggs that you purchased on sale and froze will need to be used up. Since the yolks had to be broken to freeze, you can not make boiled or fried eggs with them. You could make other things, though:

scrambled eggs

french toast

use them when baking

I tend to freeze mine in snack size baggies, which I later wash out and reuse to pinch pennies. I freeze them one egg to a baggie, then I put all of the baggies into a quart or gallon size freezer baggie until I want to bake something. The eggs I will need can be taken out the night before I need them, or the morning that I will spend the evening baking. (I wash and reuse the freezer bag when I am done with it.)

 

* Grated zucchini can be used to make:

muffins

breads

omelets

cookies

brownies

cakes

This site may be helpful: http://basic-recipes.com/veget/zucchini.htm

 

* Diced apples are great for breads and muffins, brownies, cookies and cakes.

* Sliced apples make great crisps, pies and cobblers.

* You can make a great soup from (saved) leftover vegetables, meats and liquids from cooking the veggies.

Happy eating!

Shannon

Berry Salad

For toddlers who have not been exposed to berries yet, consult a pediatrician before serving berries. Blueberries are fine to serve as they are not really berries. They are actually from the cranberry family. Berries may cause allergic reactions in young children.

Mix together:

blueberries

raspberries

black berries

sliced strawberries

Serve topped with whipped topping.