Thursday, September 8, 2011

Snacks

I'm always on the lookout for quick, healthy snacks that I can give to the kids when we get home after school. While I still believe that a couple of cookies and a glass of milk are ok on occasion, I'd rather they have something with a little more nutritional value.
Ok, ok, so prepackaged things sometimes sneak in there. The red circus box of animal crackers anyone? Sure, I'm down with that. Plus it's totally portable, and what kid doesn't love that?
I've come across a few 'healthy' cookie recipes that I want to try, though I think some may need tweaking--you can't call something healthy just because you use whole wheat flour instead of white if it still has 2 cups of sugar and a stick of butter in it. (Or can you? I'm totally ready to be persuaded!)
Today though, I decided that mother-daughter time was worth more than nutrition and L and I made Cinnamon Pull-Aparts (they are from Cooking Light, so surely they're not too bad(?))
It's breadstick dough cut into pieces, balled, rolled in melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar. You put three balls in each cup of a muffin tin and bake! Lots of fun to do together and adored by mouths everywhere, or at least in our house.