When going to the beach why do the kids just want to eat snacks? It’s like the main reason for them to go to the beach! So make sure you are stocked and here are some simply snacks the kids can help with before heading off to the beach!
Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches
These are easy, delicious and filling!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 4 slices whole wheat bread
- 1 medium banana, thinly sliced
Directions
- Heat the oven to 160C/ 140C fan/ gas mark 3. Core the apple and slice through the equator into very thin slices 1 – 2mm thick. Dust with cinnamon and lay flat on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Cook for 45 mins – 1 hour, turning halfway through and removing any crisps that have turned brown. Continue cooking until the apples have dried out and are light golden. Cool, store in an airtight container and enjoy as a snack.Mix peanut butter, honey and cinnamon; stir in chocolate chips. Spread over bread. Layer two bread slices with banana slices; top with remaining bread. If desired, cut into shapes using cookie cutters.
Ingredients
- 7 raspberries
- 7 strawberries
- 7 tangerine
- 7 cubed mango
- 7 pineapple chunks
- 7 kiwi fruit chunks
- 7 green grapes
- 7 red grapes
- 14 blueberries
Directions
- Take 7 wooden skewers and thread the following fruit onto each – 1 raspberry, 1 hulled strawberry, 1 tangerine segment, 1 cube of peeled mango, 1 chunk of peeled pineapple, 1 chunk of peeled kiwi, 1 green and 1 red grape, and finish off with 2 blueberries. Arrange in a rainbow shape and let everyone help themselves.
Spiced apple crisps
Keep hunger pangs at bay by snacking on healthy dried fruit – this version bakes Granny Smiths with cinnamon
Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smiths
- cinnamon, for sprinkling
Directions
- Heat the oven to 160C/ 140C fan/ gas mark 3. Core the apple and slice through the equator into very thin slices 1 – 2mm thick. Dust with cinnamon and lay flat on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Cook for 45 mins – 1 hour, turning halfway through and removing any crisps that have turned brown. Continue cooking until the apples have dried out and are light golden. Cool, store in an airtight container and enjoy as a snack.
