Yummy apple snack

This makes a nice afternoon snack for when the kids get home from school.
It's summer, and the kids aren't in school, so it makes a nice snack anytime  :)

It is simple---core an apple, slice it and spread some peanut butter on top.

add a layer of granola and some mini chocolate chips.

You can either eat it as one layer or make it into a sandwich.

Fun Food - Trix on a Stick

I made these for my youngest daughter's birthday party.  They were a big hit.

I want to try chocolate rice krispies next, perhaps mixed with regular rice Krispies to mingle the colors.  YUM!!

It's similar to making Rice Krispies treats...

  1 box of Trix cereal

  1 bag of small marshmallows

1 stick of butter

1 pkg of popsicle sticks or cake pop sticks

In a microwave safe bowl, add 1 pkg of small marshmallows and 3 Tbs of butter.

Cook for 3 minutes on high

(If you butter your spatula it makes stirring  much easier.)

Add about 3/4 of the box of Trix cereal to the bowl and stir well.

Let the Trix mix cool for about 10 minutes

{The balls stick together better when the marshmallow has cooled a bit.}

While you're waiting, butter a pan to place the finished balls on.

When you're ready to start, butter your hands so the mixture doesn't stick to you either.

Grab a handful of Trix mix, roll it into a firm ball in your hand, then stick a stick in the middle of it.

Place on a pan to set

I think this is where I got the original link:

http://keephomesimple.blogspot.com/2010/08/trix-on-stix.html

Teacher Appreciation Ideas

Teacher Appreciation is coming up in May.  Here are some items that I made for my girls' teachers last year.

My friend, who has one school age child, was gracious enough to help me make these for all 3 of my girls teachers.  She really went the extra mile.  They weren't the easiest to make.

mini Oreo cookies

red candy melts

pretzel sticks, broken into little pieces (for stems), about 1/2"

watermelon or apple Airhead for the green leaf

(to make the leaves cut the Airheads into small pieces.  Pinch and round            the sides with your fingers to get them in the shape of a leaf)

toothpicks

**optional - foam block to dry

Melt the candy  (I sometimes add a little bit of vegetable shortening)

Insert a toothpick in the mini Oreo

Dip Oreo into the melted chocolate

Placed them into a foam block to dry.

While still wet, place pretzel piece into the top of Oreo

Add in a tiny piece of the green airhead shaped into a leaf at the top.       

      (use a little bit of icing to make it stick)

Let dry on its own or put in fridge to speed up the process

Remove the toothpick.

Package as you desire.

             We put ours in these cute little boxes

original source:

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/04/28/mini-oreo-apple-pops-teacher-appreciation/

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We stripped down some hand sanitizer bottles - (we are talking W-D40 baby) , stripped them down clean, 

the kids then helped us add stickers to personalize each teacher