Special Valentine's Day Treats That Will Let Your Kids Know How Much You Appreciate Them
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
by Christine Steendahl
Dine Without Whine
Valentine's Day is fast approaching, which means that its time to whip up some fun treats for you and the children. While Valentine's Day is always connected to sweet treats like chocolate and candy, you can create some tasty treats for the children while still keeping it on the healthy side.
Valentine's Day Kabobs
One way you can let the children indulge in a special Valentine's Day treat, without giving up all things nutritious is by preparing Fruit Kabobs with Yogurt Dip. You can get red or pink plastic skewers and then load them up with strawberries, cherries, watermelon and red seedless grapes. You can use a tiny heart shaped cookie cutter for the berries and watermelon to get the festive look. Low-fat vanilla yogurt works well as a dip and strawberry yogurt would be ideal with your theme.
Here's one that's a bit different:
Strawberry Roll-ups
You will need: 4 (6 inch) soft tortilla shells
Low-fat Strawberry cream cheese
4 T Strawberry jam
Spread the cream cheese to the edge of each tortilla. Add 1 T of strawberry jam, spread down the center. Fold in the edges of the tortilla, about two inches. Now roll the tortilla up- jelly roll style. Slice into 2-inch bites for the perfect Valentines Day snack.
Mini- Fruit Smoothies for Valentine's Day
Little ones enjoy fruit smoothies, so why not serve them on Valentine's Day to show your children how much you appreciate them- in a nutritious, tasty way. They're so easy to make, you'll find yourself whipping up a batch even when it's not a special day. Simply combine a blend of fruits in your blender, with a little fruit juice added for liquid. You can serve them in decorated Dixie cups for petite hands and adorn them with cocktail umbrellas for a fun touch.
In sticking to the theme of the day, use mainly red fruits and juice. Strawberries and raspberries are great choices and you can mix in bananas without changing the color scheme. Apple juice combines well with the berries for your liquid.
Jell-O Hearts- Without the Sugar and Dyes
Children love Jell-O, but as a Mom you stress about all that sugar and artificial coloring. Try this instead for a nutritious alternative:
Boil 1 cup of water, add ½ cup of grape juice and 1 packet of unflavored gelatin. Stir until dissolved. After it cools slightly, add another ½ cup of grape juice. Pour into heart shaped molds and refrigerate until firm. If you don't have heart shaped molds, you can pour the gelatin mixture into a baking pan and then cut out heart shapes with a cookie cutter after it is firm.
These treats will add some special touches to Valentine's Day for you and your children. You can make them as a surprise or the children can be involved in the fun!
----------
Don't miss our other feature Valentine articles including How to Prepare a Romantic Dinner at Home for Valentine's Day: http://www.dinewithoutwhine.com/article-romantic-dinner-at-home.htm) and Say I Love You with Cookies http://www.dinewithoutwhine.com/article-valentine-cookies.htm
This Article has been viewed 357 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
No comments yet.We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.