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3 Easy Snack Ideas to Make With Your Kids

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 02:42 PM PDT

What's the most important meal of the day? Conventional wisdom says breakfast, but kids know the truth: nothing holds a candle to snack-time. Want to make sure your kids are snacking on something better than Twinkies and Doritos? Better yet, want to turn snack-time into a bonding activity? Here are three fun and easy snacks you can make with your kids.

Jellies and Jams

Kids love jellies and jams because they're ooey, gooey, and delicious. They also go with a lot more than just peanut butter and bread. They can be pressed between cookies, paired with cheese and crackers, or used as dip for tortilla chips. A homemade pineapple rhubarb jam brightens the taste buds with a sunny, tropical zing when spread on soft scones, while a cranberry pepper jelly dip not only brings as much spice as any salsa, but balances it out with unique sweetness as well.

Easily made from a mere handful of store-bought or home-grown ingredients, most jelly or jam recipes include little more than some fruit, salt, sugar, water, and maybe some extra pectin. For kids, cooking a small batch of homemade jelly is like a fun science project, only instead of being graded at the end, when the jelly is finally set they're rewarded with a delectable treat!

Banana "Sushi"

For some reason, there's nothing more fun than foods that look like other foods. Whether it's a birthday cake that looks like a Thanksgiving turkey or corn cobs made from cookie dough and Halloween candy, trying to make something that tastes like one thing but looks like another is great way of exercising your kids' culinary creativity and artistic imagination. It's also good for acclimating your kid to "yucky" foods that they might be hesitant to try.

Case in point: sushi. Sushi grosses out a lot of folks, even fully grown adults. Regardless of if you like it or not, though, you have to admit it's pretty to look at. Fortunately, you don't need fish and rice to make something just as pleasing to both the eye and the tongue. Try spreading peanut butter or Nutella on a thin tortilla shell, then roll a banana up in it before slicing the whole thing into little sushi-like discs!

Frozen Berry Bites

One of the best things about warmer weather is the wider availability of fresh fruit, especially blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. One of the worst things about warmer weather, however, is how quickly you have to eat them before the high temperatures turn them mushy. Sure, your fridge could buy you some time, but you know what will buy you even more? The freezer.

Turning fresh fruit into frozen snacks helps extend the life of your produce, and also provides a healthy alternative to ice cream that really hits the spot on a hot day. Dipping berries in yogurt or melted chocolate cuts the tartness of the fruit with a smoother sweetness. It also makes for an ideal pairing of crunchiness and juiciness. Even better, you can sprinkle a little sea salt on before freezing to add a whole new dimension of flavor!

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Strawberry, Dragonfruit, and Banana Smoothie

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 11:30 PM PDT

Hello mga mars! Eventhough it’s raining the last few days, ang init pa rin. To cool us down during times like these, I often make smoothies. And my weapon of choice to combat the heat today is: Strawberry Dragonfruit and Banana Smoothie. Frozen strawberries and bananas are a staple here at home. I buy the frozen strawberries from SM kasi dun pinakamura at ₱95/500g. As for the bananas, those that would be overripe will be kept in the freezer for smoothies. Today, we just happen to have dragonfruit…

Aksheli, smoothies are a daily staple for me these days. I am trying out Kefir Milk because I heard it’s good for hyperacidity.

WHAT IS KEFIR MILK?

Kefir Milk is a thick fermented milk drink. It tastes a bit like plain Greek yogurt – slightly sour and ultra-creamy. But even more so than yogurt, kefir milk is jam-packed with all kinds of gut-friendly probiotics! Studies suggest that it boosts your immune system, aids in digestive problems, improves bone health and may even combat cancer

In short para syang yogurt with three times more probiotic strains. The milk used to make kefir is fermented with a combination of 10 to 20 different types of probiotic bacteria and yeast, but the milk used to make yogurt is only fermented with a few.

So ayan. I actually heard it from a mommy group, one of the moms was able to stop drinking her meds for hyperacidity because of it. Ako rin hopefully mag-stop na rin sa meds, medyo kakasawa na kasi mag-meds..huhuhu.

Balitaan ko kayo if this could remedy my hyperacidity/LPRD.