Super Fan Snacks
by Cindy BondSnack Attack
There's no need to sideline your kids while you're on pre-game snack duty. Younger children can serve as prep cooks -- washing vegetables and measuring seasonings. Make sure you supervise your kids any time they're using the stove or oven.
Coin Toss Crunch
Ingredients
4 cups crunchy cereal (such as Cheerios or Corn Chex)
1 cup peanuts or mixed nuts
1 cup pretzel sticks (the smallest size)
1 cup seasoned croutons
1/2 cup salad oil or 6 tablespoons melted butter
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Directions
- Mix together all the crunchy ingredients.
- Mix together the oil, the Worcestershire sauce, and the garlic powder.
- Put the oil and seasonings into a shallow pan. Add the crunchy ingredients.
- Heat in the oven at 250° F for about 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
- Spread the crunch on absorbent paper to cool. Enjoy!
Defensive Dip
Ingredients
1/2 cup nonfat or lowfat sour cream
1/4 cup flavored salad dressing (taco, salsa or pizza flavored) to taste
Assorted raw vegetables
Directions
- Measure the sour cream and salad dressing.
- Pour both into a mixing bowl. Mix and chill.
- Wash raw veggies, such as celery, cucumber, green peppers, and baby carrots.
- Peel and cut up vegetables, and start dipping!
Running-Back Black-Bean Chili
Ingredients
1 pound ground turkey
1 tablespoon oil
1 medium onion
1 clove garlic
1 can (14.5-ounce) stewed tomatoes
1 can (10.75-ounce) condensed tomato soup
1-2 tablespoons chili powder
1 can (15-ounce) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon dried leaf oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Directions
- Chop the onion and garlic. Brown the ground turkey in oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion and garlic, and cook until soft. Add the stewed tomatoes and tomato soup.
- Measure seasoning.
- Drain and rinse the beans in a colander in the sink.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Top with shredded cheddar cheese and onion.
- Serve over rice or with crackers.
Hail Mary Hot Dogs
Ingredients
2 (8-ounce) cans of refrigerated, crescent dinner rolls
8 cheese-filled or regular hot dogs, cut in half
Directions
- Heat the oven to 375F.
- Separate dough into 8 rectangles -- firmly pressing on the perforations to seal.
- Cut each rectangle in half lengthwise, and place half of one hot dog lengthwise on one end of the strip of dough.
- Fold dough in half over the dog. Press short edges to seal, leaving sides open. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 11-13 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve with ketchup, mustard and pickle relish, if desired.
Makes 16 servings.
First-Down Fruit Salad
Ingredients
1 handful of toasted coconut
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
3 orange sections
4 apple slices
5 diced-sized cubes of mild cheese
6 banana slices
7 small cubes of melon
8 seedless grapes
Directions
- Cut up the fruit, placing each type into a separate bowl.
- Kids can count the salad ingredients as they add them to a large bowl.
Flea Flicker Fudge
Ingredients
1 egg
1 package confectioner's sugar
3 tablespoons cream
4 squares bitter chocolate
3 teaspoons butter
Directions
- Beat the egg. Then add 1 cup of the confectioner's of sugar into the egg.
- Add the cream. Stir in the rest of the sugar.
- Melt the chocolate and butter in top of double boiler over boiling water. Add this to the sugar, egg and cream mixture.
- Spread in tin and cut in squares.
100-Yard Bars
Ingredients
6 cups Kellogg's Rice Krispies
1 bag of white marshmallows
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
Green food coloring
No-stick cooking spray
Directions
- Melt the margarine in a no-stick pan.
- Add the entire bag of marshmallows, and a few drops of the food coloring.
- Stir over medium heat until the marshmallows have completely melted. Add Rice Krispies and mix together well.
- Pour mixture into a 9" x 13" pan that has been greased or sprayed with no-stick cooking spray.
- Use a baggie that has been sprayed with no-stick spray to spread and flatten mixture.
- Cut into squares when the mixture is cool.
