Plus peanut butter pretzels, oatmeal ideas, 40 healthy snacks & more

Tasty Tuesday: Pretzel pizza rolls

Make some easy and delicious apple cinnamon oatmeal. This stuff looks SO much better than the packet stuff. When you DO get stuck with packet oatmeal, however, if you toss in some raisins, dried cranberries and diced apples it really elevates it; that’s what we’ve been doing lately.

Make this tasty-looking strawberry pretzel salad before summer is over! And speaking of pretzels, how would you like to make some pretzel pizza rolls? Yum! And these pretzel bites are filled with peanut butter.

Does your family like to eat food off a stick? It’s pretty fun, right? Here are 26 different ideas for preparing chicken on a stick. If you’re vegan you can use veggies (with most of the sauces here) and if you want to substitute a different meat or fish, go ahead! There are other ideas at the same site, like mashed potatoes on a stick, frozen pineapple treats and even stick brownies. My friend E brought snacks on sticks at one of our 4H meetings this year and it was the biggest snack hit we’ve ever had!

Need some ideas for healthy snacks for your family? Here are 40 good ones. These look yummy enough to really entice your sweet tooth, too.

Want to grow 100 pounds of potatoes in just 4 square feet? Here’s how.

Do you ever watch Best Thing I Ever Made? Wood Sprite loves that show and sometimes we cook the recipes featured. Yesterday we saw a really great looking recipe for strawberry shortcake that we are going to have to try.

 

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