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Recipes: Snacks

Homemade Granola

Homemade Granola
Michelle Marine
Granola is a delicious treat at our house. We love to eat it by the handful or mixed with yogurt & berries. It’s a fabulous and healthy snack, breakfast, or lunch.

Oven Baked Eggplant Chips

Oven Baked Eggplant Chips
Today I Ate A Rainbow
Looking for a fun and easy way to enjoy Eggplant? Get your kids in the kitchen to help you make some Eggplant Chips! It's a great way to get some purple into your diet!

Crispy Crunchy Quinoa Cakes 54321

Crispy Crunchy Quinoa Cakes
Laurie David & Kirstin Uhrenholdt
We are huge fans of our quinoa cakes. They are crispy, crunchy and tasty, and they are great for using up veggie leftovers!

Grilled Watermelon Salad With Feta, Mint And Lime

Grilled Watermelon Salad With Feta, Mint And Lime
Laurie David & Kirstin Uhrenholdt
Grilled watermelon is a juicy surprise, raw and crunchy on the inside, smoky and caramelized on the outside. Toss it with salty feta, tangy lime and bright mint and you have a perfect salad for picnic dinners with crickets and fireflies.

3 Hummus Recipes In 1

3 Hummus Recipes In 1
Laurie David & Kirstin Uhrenholdt
These are three great, easy, healthy dips to use for snack time or with mealtime. And as we all know, kids LOVE to dip! Dip crunchy veggies or pita chips. Or use on the dinner table instead of ketchup with simple grilled chicken. The beet hummus is especially pretty for Valentines Day too!

Healthy Kale Chips

Healthy Kale Chips
Today I Ate A Rainbow
Kale is loaded with antioxidants & calcium and is considered a superfood. This fun and easy recipe for Kale Chips has been known to convert even the pickiest of eaters. These crispy treats are an irresistible healthy snack!

Today’s Perfect Brownies

Today’s Perfect Brownies
Laurie David & Kirstin Uhrenholdt
I am always in search of the perfect brownie, but as I write this I realize I won’t ever find it. I might find the perfect one for today, but tomorrow, today’s won’t do. Today I wanted a buttery, dark as night, dense one with notes of caramel and crunchy walnuts.

Black Bean Pinwheels

Black Bean Pinwheels
Parent Earth
Fab has a vegan kitchen in her California home & shares recipes and tips on food that you can make with your kids. Watch her teach her kids & their friends to cook a healthy fun lunch, black bean pinwheels. This is a great recipe to get your kids started in the kitchen & enjoy for lunch or dinner.

Quinoa & Apple Baby Food

Quinoa & Apple Baby Food
Parent Earth
Why make your own baby food and freeze? Consider why you choose frozen peas over canned peas: better taste, better look, more nutritious.

Trail Mix For Pregnant Moms On The Go

Trail Mix For Pregnant Moms On The Go
Parent Earth
Nutritionist, mom and pregnancy wellness guru, Latham Thomas talks about how eating protein snacks & maintaining a healthy blood sugar level all day can help eliminate morning sickness & nausea. Her solution is to keep a little bag of trail mix in your bag, she calls it the Pregnancy Pantry To-Go.

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