Try these fun treats with the kids this Independence Day!
Pretzel Sparklers
long rod pretzels
white chocolate, melted
sprinkles (red, white and blue) or star cake decorations
Melt the white chocolate. Dip the pretzel rod halfway into the melted
chocolate then sprinkle the sprinkles over the wet chocolate. Lay on waxed
paper or place in a cup to dry.
Blue Layer:
4 cups grape juice
water
blue food coloring
Mix the grape juice and water until a suitable blue color results. Try adding
blue food coloring to achieve the desired shade. Pour into the plastic cups
filling them 1/3 full. Place into the freezer until the start to freeze. Once they
do, stick a craft stick in the center of each cup.
Freeze until solid. Mix the yogurt and whipped topping together. Place a
layer on top of the frozen blue layer, and freeze for one hour. Repeat the
process given for the blue layer but do it with the cran-raspberry juice and red
food coloring. Add a red layer to each cup and freeze until frozen.
Run the outer side of the cups under cold water to release them.
Other Fun Ideas
* Vanilla ice cream with red & blue sprinkles
* Sugar cookies with white icing and red & blue sprinkles
* Cherry or Blue Kool-Aid
* Color tint milk with blue food coloring for the boys, and red for the girls
* Vanilla shakes tined blue or red with food coloring
While there are many reasons for teaching kids to cook -- less expensive than eating out, preserves family heritage, etc, the most important
reason is that by teaching your child to cook, you're giving him a better chance to be a healthy grown-up. Enabling your child with the ability
to appreciate freshness and to transform ingredients into tasty foods opens their eyes to making wiser choices about what to eat...