Snack Suggestions A Materials: Apple sauce Apple pie Apple slices Apple juice Animal crackers Angel food cake Acorn Squash
Snack Suggestions B Materials: Bread and butter with berry jam Bear shaped graham crackers Berry or banana smoothies Bananas Banana bread Banana split Broccoli with dip Barbeque chips Bean and cheese burrito Blueberries Berry Smoothie
Snack Suggestions C Materials: Cupcakes Cocoa Corn chips Corn muffins Cookies Cucumbers or carrots and dip Carrot Cake Cinnamon tortillas or toast Corn on the cob
Snack Ideas D Materials: Doughnuts Dill pickle Dip and veggies Dip ideas-hummus, ranch, onion, dill Dessert Deviled Eggs Dates Danish Pastry
Snack Ideas E Materials: Eggo waffles Egg Salad Sandwiches Eggrolls Eggs hardboiled or scrambled Enchiladas Egg Plant English Muffin Éclair Edamame Beans Eggnog
Snack Ideas F Materials: Fruit French toast Fish crackers Fig Newton Cookies Figs Fruit cups Fish Sticks French fries Fudge Fruit Punch Frozen Yogurt
Snack Ideas G Materials: Granola Bars Granola Grapes Grapefruit or Grapefruit Juice Graham Crackers Gingerbread cookies Ginger Snap Cookies Ginger Goldfish Grape juice Green beans Garlic bread
Snack Ideas H Materials: Hot dogs Hamburgers Heart shape cookies Honeydew slices Ham Honey with Toast or Graham Crackers Honey Hazelnuts Hoagie Sandwich Hot Chocolate Honey Bananas (roll bananas in honey and sprinkle with powdered sugar) Hummus
Snack Suggestions I Materials: Ice cream Iced tea Icing on graham crackers Ice snow cones Shaved Ice Ice pops
Snack Suggestions J Materials: Jam Frozen juice bars Jell-O Jelly Turkey Jerky Juice Jelly beans Jello-O Jigglers Jambalaya Japanese food Jicama
Snack Suggestions K Materials: Kiwi Sunflower seed kernels Hot dogs with ketchup Fruit kabobs Kite shaped sandwiches (cut sandwiches into diamond shapes) Kale
Snack Suggestions L Materials Lemonade Lemons Limes Lima Beans Licorice Cooked lentils Lettuce Lasagna Water with lemon or lime slice Lemon meringue pie Lollipops Lemon flavored JELLO Linguine noodles Lemon Cake Lemon Squares Lumpia (Pilipino egg roll)
Snack Suggestions M Materials Marshmallows Sort and eat M & M s Chocolate or Strawberry milk Milkshakes Macaroni and cheese Meatballs Milk Muffins Melons
Snack Suggestions N Materials Nachos Spaghetti Noodles Nectarines Neapolitan ice cream Chicken nuggets Crunchy chow mien noodles
Snack Suggestions O Materials Oatmeal Oreos Oranges Orange juice Oatmeal cookies Olives Omelet Cheeri o s
Snack Suggestions P Materials: Pickles Peaches Plums Pears Pretzels Pineapple Pie Pepperoni pizza Popcorn Pasta Pancakes Potato chips
Snack Suggestions Q Suggestions: Quaker oatmeal Quaker granola bars Queen tea party Quaker cereal Quiche Quesadillas
Snack Suggestions R Materials: Rice pudding Rolls Relish Raspberry jam Ravioli Ranch dip and rabbit food (vegetables ) Radishes Raisins Rice cakes Red Jell-o Rice Rainbow toast
Snack Suggestions S Song: Soups Salads Sandwiches S mores Strawberries Spinach Spaghetti Seafood Shaved Ice Salsa and chips Ice cream Sundaes Soda floats
Snack Suggestions T Materials: Tea Toast Tuna Tacos Tomatoes or tomato juice Turkey Tortilla chips Tapioca pudding Pop tarts Tortilla quesadillas Tangerines Hot or iced tea
Snack Suggestions U Song: Celery sticks and dip cut into pieces that look like U shapes Any snack that children unwrap Upside down cake Homemade pretzels-shaped into a U Umbrellas in smoothie drink
Snack Suggestions V Song: Vegetable soup Vegetables in a salad Cut up vegetables and dip Vanilla yogurt Vanilla wafers Vanilla ice cream Steamed vegetables Vanilla pudding Vinegar and oil on salad Red velvet cupcake Vienna sausage Velveeta cheese
Snack Suggestions W Song: Waffles Seedless watermelon Wafer cookies Worms in dirt (Recipe provided in resources) Water Watermelon slushy (Recipe provided in resources) White rice Wheat bread toast Watermelon Wheat crackers White chocolate Whip cream
Snack Suggestions X Song: X and O Cheetos Make X's on crackers with sliced cheese Hot cross buns Pretzel Sticks Carrot sticks Letter X icing on a graham crackers Ketchup or mustard squirted as small letter X s on a hot dog Sugar cookie dough rolled and arranged to form X s Homemade pretzels Cereal pieces positioned in an X Rigatoni or wagon wheel shaped pasta with butter and sprinkled with parmesan cheese
Snack Suggestions Y Song: Yogurt Yellow banana or lemon pudding Frozen yogurt Yams Yellow squash Yolk- deviled egg sandwiches Yellow bananas Yellow peppers Lemonade Yellow cake
Snack Suggestions Z Materials: Zoo animal cookies Zero shaped cereal Zucchini bread Zucchini slices and dip Deep fried zucchini Lemon zest lemon cookies Baked ziti Boiled ziti with sauce
Egg Salad E Materials: Hardboiled Eggs Mayonnaise Mustard Bowl Spoon Crackers Teacher prep: Boil eggs ahead of time Child s Process: Crack the eggs Mash the eggs with the spoon Mix the condiments Spread on the crackers and enjoy
Vegetable Egg Rolls E Materials: Egg roll wraps (available at most grocery stores) Cabbage cut into thin slices (about half of a head) Sprouts Carrots, mushrooms, peas, etc Vegetable oil (to cook) One egg (beaten/whisked) Teacher prep: Heat an electric skillet with oil out of reach of the children Cook the egg rolls. Place 3-4 in the skillet at a time, and cook until lightly brown Use a lid to avoid splattering oil Child s Process: Place wrapper on a working tray with points up and out to the side like a diamond Fill egg roll wrapper with vegetables Wrap it up Take the bottom point of your wrap and fold it over top of the filling Fold the sides in towards the middle and roll the filling towards the top point of the wrapper Seal the egg roll by brushing a little bit of the egg across the fold of the wrapper Provide a few flavors of dipping sauce.
French Toast F Materials: Bread Eggs Milk Syrup Butter Electric Skillet Teacher prep: Heat the electric skillet Cook the coated slice of bread Child s Process: Mix the ingredients in a bowl Dip 1 slice of bread in the mixture, place on tray After the bread has been cooked, spread butter and pour syrup over your French toast
Fruit Kabob F Materials: Selection of Fruit Skewers Knife Teacher prep: Cut the fruit into small chunk size pieces Child s Process: Choose your fruit Skewer your fruit onto the stick Rotate colors or types fruit
Graham Cracker Sandwiches G Materials: Graham Crackers Cream Cheese Jelly Fresh fruit (strawberries or bananas) Teacher prep: Slice fruit Child s Process: Choose two graham cracker squares Choose a spread Choose a fruit Assemble the sandwich
Happy Horse Treats H Materials: Small paper plates Carrots Apple slices Ranch Caramel Teacher prep: Wash and cut carrots and apples Child s Process: Serve up a plate of carrots and apple slices, a horse's favorite treat Provide ranch and caramel for dipping
Honey Bananas H Materials: Bananas (1/2 banana per child) Honey Powdered Sugar Cereal, mini chocolate chips, any topping choices Teacher prep: Present the items and talk about the h in honey Child s Process: Choose ingredients Roll banana in honey Sprinkle chosen toppings
Hay Stacks H Materials: Butterscotch Chocolate chips Microwave safe bowl Chow mein noodles Wax paper Microwave Teacher prep: Purchase all ingredients Child s Process: Melt some butterscotch and/or chocolate chips in the microwave Add chow mien noodles Mix until noodles are well coated Scoop a spoonful out and put on wax paper Form into a little haystack Let cool completely then eat!
Jelly Bean Tasting J Materials: Different flavor jelly beans Poster board Marker Teacher prep: Make a graph on the poster board Child s Process: Close your eyes and sample different flavors of jelly beans See if you can determine what flavors you taste Graph the results on the poster board
Jack O Lantern Pizza J Materials: English muffins Cheese Pizza sauce Toaster oven Knives Teacher prep: Purchase supplies Child s Process: Spread pizza sauce on the English muffin Break American cheese slices into shapes for eyes, nose and mouth Bake until the cheese melts Eat!
Kabobs K Materials: Fruit pieces Cheese cubes Skewers Teacher prep: Prepare fruit pieces Child s Process: Choose fruit Choose cheese Arrange by color, pattern or favorites Push on to skewer-eat and enjoy!
Kite Shaped Sandwiches K Materials: Bread Meat, cheese or jelly Plastic knife or diamond shape cookie cutter Teacher prep: Prepare food items Provide demonstration Child s Process: Choose bread Choose filling Cut into a diamond shape-enjoy your kite
Monkey Banana Treats M Materials: Bananas Honey Powder sugar Paper plates Plastic knives Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Cut the bananas into four equal parts Roll each piece in honey Sprinkle with powder sugar Enjoy
Bird s Nest N Materials: Butterscotch Chocolate chips Chow mien noodles Jelly beans Muffin tin Bowl Spoon Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Melt butterscotch and chocolate chips in the microwave Put a few chow mien noodles in each section of a muffin tin Pour melted chips over noodles Let cool Place jelly beans in for the eggs after your nests have cooled Enjoy
Octopus Hot Dogs O Materials: Hotdogs Microwave Water Bowl Ketchup (optional) Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Slice a hotdog in half long way about ¾ of the way up the hotdog Slice each of those slices in half, making 4 legs Slice each of the 4 legs in half to make 8 legs Boil the hotdog in the microwave which will make the legs curl up like an octopus Enjoy
Marshmallow Octopus O Materials: Large Marshmallows Licorice Small paper plates Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Place a large marshmallow on a paper plate Count out eight pieces of licorice Poke the licorice into the side of the marshmallow making eight octopus legs Enjoy
Bread O s O Materials: Frozen breadstick dough Cinnamon Sugar Paper plates Toaster oven Bowl Teacher prep: Purchase materials Place dough in the refrigerator so it can thaw Child s Process: Place a piece of refrigerated breadstick dough on a paper plate Form the dough into an O Mix some cinnamon and sugar in a bowl Sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar on top of each O Bake the dough in a toaster oven Enjoy
Purple Popsicles P Materials: Grape Kool-Aid mix Water Pitcher Small paper cups Freezer Popsicle sticks Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Make grape Kool-Aid Pour purple colored juice into Dixie cups Put cups in the freezer When they are almost set insert a stick into each cup Place cups back in the freezer Discuss how to mix colors to get the color purple
Mini Pizzas P Materials: English muffins Tomato sauce Cheese Paper plates Plastic knives Toaster oven or microwave Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Make pizzas for lunch or snack Split English muffin in two (each child gets 1 half) Spread tomato sauce on the English muffin Sprinkle cheese over the sauce Cook until cheese is melted
Queen of Hearts Q Materials: Bread Red jam Cream cheese Heart cookie cutter Paper plates Plastic knives Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Make a cream cheese and jam sandwich Use heart shaped cookie cutter to cut the sandwich into a heart Enjoy Try making heart shaped grilled cheese or lunch meat and cheese sandwiches
Quick Fried Rice R Materials: 2 cups Cooked Rice 3 tablespoons butter 1 lightly beaten egg 1/3 cup chopped onions 3 tablespoons soy sauce Skillet Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Melt butter in a skillet Add egg Cook until set Stir in onion and rice Mix 1/3 cup water and soy sauce Add to rice Simmer for 5 minutes Enjoy!
Edible Sun S Materials: Cream Cheese Yellow food coloring English muffins Pretzel sticks Paper plates Plastic knives Teacher prep: Purchase materials Tint cream cheese yellow Child s Process: Spread cream cheese on half an English muffin Use skinny pretzel sticks to make sun beams You could also do this with orange marmalade Try toasting the English muffins first
S mores S Materials: Graham crackers Chocolate bars Large marshmallows Microwave Small paper plates Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Place 2 graham crackers, 1 large marshmallow, and 2 small pieces of chocolate bar on a small paper plate Assemble the s more Zap them one at a time in the microwave for 1 minute Enjoy!
Tiger Cookies T Materials: Sugar cookies Chocolate (black) and orange frosting Teacher prep: Purchase materials Child s Process: Use the frosting to put chocolate and orange stripes on the cookie Enjoy
Traffic Light Snack T Materials: Graham crackers Cake frosting M&M's Plastic knives Paper plates Spoon Teacher prep: Give each child 1 rectangle of graham cracker, 1 scoop of cake frosting, 3 m&m's (1 red, 1 yellow, 1 green), 1 plastic knife Child s Process: Spread the frosting onto the graham cracker Place the m&m's on the frosting in the order of a traffic light Discuss what you made Enjoy
Tea Taste T Materials: Different types of tea bags Water Microwave Bowl Cups Large sheet of paper Marker Teacher prep: Purchase several different types of tea Child s Process: Make several different types of tea Let each child taste each of them Discuss how each tastes Graph which tea they like the best Purchase cold water tea bags (Lipton) and have the children make their own iced tea
Rainbow Toast T Materials: Bread Paint brushes Milk Food coloring Toaster Butter Cinnamon and sugar Bowls Paper plates Plastic knives Teacher prep: Purchase materials Mix cinnamon and sugar Pour milk in bowls and drop a different color of food coloring in each bowl Place a piece of bread on a paper plate for each child Child s Process: Paint a picture on the piece of bread with the colored milk and paint brushes Toast the bread Spread butter and sprinkle cinnamon sugar on it Enjoy
Easy Vegetable Dip V Materials: 1 carton (8-ounce size) fat-free dairy sour cream or cream cheese 1 carton (8-ounce size) plain fat-free yogurt 1 envelope (0.4-ounce size) Ranch dry salad dressing mix Vegetables Bowl Paper plates Knife Spoon Teacher prep: Purchase ingredients Cut vegetables Child s Process: Put the sour cream (or cream cheese), yogurt, and dressing mix in a bowl Stir together with a spoon Serve dip with cut vegetables Enjoy
Vegetable Tasting V Materials: Vegetables Knife Large sheet of paper Marker Teacher prep: Purchase several different types of vegetables for example tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, carrots, radishes, asparagus, cauliflower, etc. Wash and cut vegetables Child s Process: Have each child taste each vegetable Graph the results on a large sheet of paper
Worms in Dirt W Materials: Oreos Milk Chocolate pudding mix Gummy worms Bowl Spoons Cups Large Ziploc bag Teacher prep: Purchase ingredients Child s Process: Place cookies in the Ziploc bag and crush Mix milk and pudding mix according to package Let stand for five minutes Place a gummy worm in a cup Pour pudding over it Sprinkle cookie crumbs on top of the pudding Enjoy!
Yogurt Popsicle Y Materials: 2 cups yogurt 1 ½ cups orange juice 1 tsp. vanilla Small paper cups Popsicle sticks Large bowl Spoon Aluminum foil Measuring cup and spoons Teacher prep: Purchase ingredients Child s Process: Mix all ingredients Pour a small amount into several small paper cups Cover each cup with a piece of aluminum foil Poke a popsicle stick through the foil into the middle of the cup Place cups in the freezer Let harden Enjoy!