31 days of Healthy snack ideas for sports, after school and classrooms! Spooky fun!

October is one of my favorite months of the year. So many fun fall events to look forward to, a slight change in the weather (we live in South Florida) and mid season football. The only thing I don't look forward to is the large amount of candy, colored festive foods and sugar...sugar...sugar! 

Therefore, I wanted to come up with a daily fun snack idea to share with you to reach a healthy snack time wherever you are throughout the month. 

For the next 31 days make sure and check out our Facebook page: ABCD Eat Right to "like the snack", post your own snack ideas and share the snacks.   

Here are a few pics of ideas that will be posted 

throughout the month! 

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And don't forget to printout your Halloween Bat Masks to wrap all of your whole fruit in! 

April Fool's Day- Pranks, Jokes and fun with a healthy twist.

The first day of April has been recognized as the notorious day for jokes and pranks. This year I decided to have a little fun with the kids and try a new dip for an after school snack. Some of the ideas I got I read in Family Fun Magazine then I added a little twist of my own.

For breakfast I told the kids they could have Brownies and pie. They were excited until they lifted up the napkin to find this: Brown "E's" and the Greek letter Pi. Hee Hee.

Then for an after school snack I made them a dip that I modified a little bit to look like raw cookie dough. I never let them eat raw cookie dough so they knew something was up but the joke was on them because not only was the dip delicious it was packed full of fiber and protein. The mystery ingredient was a can of chickpeas!

Here is the recipe that I adapted from April's edition of Family Fun:

In a food processor I blended the following ingredients:

1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup peanut butter (organic, unsweetened)
4 tablespoons raw oats
1 tablespoon almond milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/8 teaspoon baking soda or salt

After blending, fold in your favorite cookie fillings (chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, raisins, nuts, seeds, etc. )
Dip a sliced apple or pretzel sticks. Enjoy!

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Happy Trails end of year healthy snack send off

Let the tears and cheers commence! 

This year has been a whirlwind full of good times and challenges. I have had a great time being the homeroom mom of my son's first grade class. Although I was not able to do any traditional classroom visits I was able to provide healthier snacks for parties and celebrations.

This is my final contribution to the Dalbey Dolphins end of year party!

Happy Trails Trail Mix consists of:

Goldfish

Pretzels

Raisins

Walnuts

Cashews

Unjunked chocolate candies

Good luck Dalbey Dolphins and Happy Trails to Second Grade!

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