Easy Kid-Friendly Snack: Banana Boats.
INGREDIENTS:
Firm Banana
Peanut or Almond Butter
Chocolate or Carob chips
DIRECTIONS
Cut banana in half and slice lengthwise. Spread peanut or almond butter on the open flat area of the banana. Let your kids add the chocolate chip “passengers” to their boat. You can even let them make paper “sails” or flags taped to 2 inch lengths of drinking straws.
Enjoy!
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Super cute! My DD has a nut allergy so I substituted PB with whipped cream and yogurt
That sounds yummy Amy!
Sunflower butter is delicious as a nut substitute
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Ok here is my question, my kids want to have friends over to play or spend the night and I dont mind that. The problem is they wantnto eat me out of house and home and they r not even teenagers yet !! Do yo think I should get a snack box just for company or maybey you have ideas for cheap snacks I dont mind feeding them its just I dont want to empty out mygroceries for the entire week
Hi Criss-That is a problem we faced in the past. One idea that I used was to make the snacks pretty boring. We only offer water (that’s all we drink) and we had air popped popcorn or pretzels available for neighborhood kids. I felt that I was being hospitable without making my house the “exciting” place to come for food.
If we knew that friends were coming we would make a batch of oatmeal cookies or brownies (I purchased the mix on sale and kept it on hand). Homemade pizza is also pretty cheap.
For special sleepovers we would eat more simply that week and buy ice cream or other treats for everyone from the grocery budget. Hope this helps.