Simple Recipes for a Long Weekend
At Winfield Children’s House, children have opportunities every day to practice the culinary arts. In the Toddler House, the children work with teachers to prepare a group snack to share each morning. In the Children’s House, a daily snack helper donates snack items and helps set up a self-serve station in the snack area. This is a great way for children to gain experience preparing food and the grace and courtesy of serving others.
The culinary arts are often part of our afternoon enrichment curriculum. This fall, on Tuesdays the Downstairs Preschool has been learning new ways to prepare yummy snacks. Here are some simple and rewarding recipes that the children in Downstairs Preschool made in September.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving Break!
Banana Mash-Up (serves 1)
Ingredients
- ½ peeled banana
- 1 tbsp honey
- dash of cinnamon
- 1 graham cracker
Directions
Mash banana using a fork. Add honey and cinnamon to banana mash. Stir together. Spread mixture onto graham cracker. Enjoy!
Banana Caterpillar (serves 1)
Ingredients
- ½ peeled banana
- 2 tbsp sunflower seed butter (or another kind of butter for at home)
- 1 grape
- 1 pretzel stick
Directions
Cut up bananas into small pieces. Spread sunflower seed butter on cut sides of banana pieces and stick together in a “caterpillar” shape. Use more butter to stick a grape for the “head” and stick pretzels into grape for “antennae.” Enjoy!