Wii Eat Healthy Snacks: Dressing Up Your Fruit

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This is sort of a no brainer, it seems to me.  The healthiest snacks you can have are fruits paired with a little bit of protein.  Sugar to boost you and protein to help sustain the energy!  Plain ol’ fruit and yogurt gets boring after a while…especially if you are trying to please kiddos at the same time so here are a few ideas I’ve gathered from Twitter and from my own childhood:

Frozen Bananas: My mom used to make these all the time when we were little and they are amazingly yummy.  On a stick or not…individually wrapped in saran these bananas will not brown as they freeze.  My mom used to dip them in chocolate first so they had a nice outer coating…I heard this week to dip them in yogurt (Yoplait Whips freeze nicely) and then roll them in nuts before freezing them and I think that sounds DIVINE!

Frozen Grapes/Blueberries: Eaten frozen these fruits will give you a little blast of cool, refreshing flavor that is (yes…I’m going to say it) better than ice cream!!  You can snack away and have none of the guilt.  Dip them in some yogurt to round out the snack.

Grapes and Sour Cream: Yes, you heard me.  Throw some grapes in bowl with a dollup of sour cream on top, sprinkled with a little brown sugar.  This looks pretty and tastes YUMMY…even though it sounds a little crazy.  The sour cream balances well with the sweet of the grapes and the sugar.

Apple O’s: Cut the core out of your apple then slice it into rings.  Spread a little peanut butter on the apple rings and make a little sandwich out of them.  Kids especially will LOVE this treat.

Just a couple of my favorite ideas for sprucing up your fruit snacks….what are some of yours??