Easy shmeezy granola

Ingredients:
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/8 cup cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup crushed graham crackers
1/4 cup melted butter

What to do:
Mix together all the ingredients. That's it! Enjoy!

Milkshake

Ingredients:
2 scoops of ice cream
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla


What to do:
Mix all ingredients in a blender. Mix on low speed- don't blend for too long or you'll have vanilla milk! :)
Pour into a glass and enjoy.

Variations:
for strawberry milkshake, add fresh strawberries. The more you add, the more flavorful it will be.

for chocolate, use chocolate ice cream.

No bake chocolate cookies

Ingredients:
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1/2 cup milk
2 cups sugar
2 teasp. vanilla
3 cups dry oatmeal
1/2 cup peanut butter
wax paper

What to do:
1. In a pot, mix together the cocoa, butter, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Bring to a boil. When it's boiling, turn down the temperature and let cook for 3 minutes.
2. Turn off the heat and add oatmeal and peanut butter.
3. Drop by spoonful on a sheet of wax paper. You can put them in the refrigerator if you want. As they cool, they'll harden a little.

Carrot Yogurt Dip

Carrot and Yogurt Dip

You will need:
1 pound carrots, shredded
12 ounces of natural yogurt
1 clove of garlic, mashed
3 tablespoons olive oil
juice of half a lemon lemon
1 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Wash, peel, and grate carrots. Add garlic, oil, lemon juice, and salt to yogurt and stir. Then add carrot and mix well.Serve as a dip with pita bread, crackers, or veggies. This makes a great-tasting and healthy dip. So easy!

-from www.easy-kids-recipes.com.

Cherry Cheese Tarts

This is a great recipe for Shavuot when it's customary to eat dairy!

Ingredients:

1 8-ounce cream cheese
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup sugar
1 cup ground nuts or graham cracker crumbs
1/3 stick melted butter or margarine
3 tablespoons sugar
1 can cherry pie filling

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease or use vegetable spray on tart pans. Blend cream cheese with egg, vanilla and ¼ cup sugar. Set aside. Mix ground nuts (or crumbs) with butter and 3 tablespoons sugar. Press crumbs on bottom of tart pans. Fill evenly with cheese mixture. Bake till set (about 15-20 minutes). Remove from oven and allow to cool. Spread a few cherries on the top before serving. Makes 12 Mini tarts.

Fruit-Yogurt Sundae

Cut up your favorite fruits. Some ideas are strawberries, bananas, oranges, mangos, kiwi's...Mix in about a cup of yogurt. For an extra treat, top off with some sprinkles, or for a healthier option sprinkle on nuts. Enjoy! 

Chocolate Pudding

**For this recipe, you will need a parent's help.**

Cook Time: approx. 10 Minutes.
Yields: 8 servings.

Ingredients:
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
5-1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup margarine or butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:
In a saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Place over medium heat, and stir in milk. Bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from heat, and stir in margarine and vanilla. Let cool briefly, and serve warm, or chill in refrigerator until serving.

Apple Crunch Dip

You will need:

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/4 cup rice crispies

2 apples

Directions:

Microwave the peanut butter in until melty. Mix in the rice Crispies. Cut apples into slices and dip them in the crunchy dip! 

Pesach Candy!

Ingredients:
Sugar Water
Nuts

Directions:
Use sugar water as oil and fry the nuts in the sugar water, and it will come like crystals on the nuts. Enjoy!!

Crunch Balls

Trying to get rid of some chometz cereal? Here's a great way! ;-)

Submitted by Chanie Avtzon, age 10 from Hong Kong, China. 

Ingredients:
1 cup cheerios 
1/2 cup corn syrup 
5 tablspoon penut butter

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Mix everything together. Shape into little balls. Stick them in the oven for 5 minutes and take out straight away. Have a good crunch!

Banana Popsicle

Ingredients:

Banana

Popsicle Stick

Chocolate, Chopped Nuts, Sprinkles or crushed Graham Crackers

Directions:

Take a banana and slice it in half. Stick the popsicle stick into the bottom of the banana. Melt chocolate chips (with adult's help). Spread melted chocolate on the banana. Dip the banana in sprinkles, chopped nuts, or crushed graham crackers (or all three!). Put in the freezer on a sheet of wax paper until hard. Enjoy!

*You can also make this recipe without the chocolate, and dip the banana directly in the toppings - it is just harder for them to stick. 

Recipe: Pesto Dip

Ingredients: 

1 bunch basil leaves

1/2 olive oil

4 cloves garlic

1/2 cup pine nuts

 

Mix in a food processer and mix with pasta, or use as dip!