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Snacks Are A Snap!

posted by: Kia

 My friends over at The Kid Can Cook let me know about a very important campaign that they are a part of in Texas called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP – a program that is federally funded but shares administrative costs with each state.  Right now, in Texas, 1 in 4 children is food insecure – that means that roughly 1,723,992 children in Texas don’t know where their next meal is coming from. The purpose of this blogging campaign is to create awareness of the SNAP program and design recipes which demonstrate how even the minimum of benefit awarded to applicants can make a positive impact on their diets.  The challenge is to create healthy recipe and snack ideas on a very tight budget.

Here is one of our favorite quick and healthy snacks that is also easy on the budget!  Cinnamon Apples!!!!  All you need is an apple and some cinnamon!  This is one of my daughters favorite after school snacks and since she’s been in pracitising her knife skills for years she’s actually able to prepare this for herself.

Step 1. Wash the apple

Step 2. Place the apple on a cutting board and make four cuts so that you are left with a square core

Step 3. Cut the slices to the thickness that you prefer and place apple slices on a plate and sprinkle with cinnamon

Step 5.  Enjoy your yummy and healthy snack! 

Some snacks really are a snap  

Happy Healthy Eating,
Kia