Valentine’s Day Kids’ Food Ideas

Strawberry & Cheese Heart Skewers

Ingredients

• Strawberries
• White Cheese (Mozzarella, Bocconcini, Cheddar-but not crumbly)

Directions

1. Cut a small indent into the top of the strawberry to make a heart shape.
2. Using a small heart shaped cookie cutter, cut heart shapes out of the cheese.
3. Place strawberry and cheese on a small skewer.

Red & White Yogurt Parfaits

Ingredients

• Vanilla Greek yogurt
• Chocolate Baking crumbs or chocolate cookie crumbles
• Red Berries (strawberries, raspberries)
• Freeze dried strawberries
• Mini chocolate chips/white chocolate chips

Directions

1. Layer Yogurt, chocolate crumbs, berries, and more yogurt.
2. Top with freeze dried strawberries and mini chocolate chips.
3. Can be placed in a school safe and spill-proof container.
4. Can easily omit chocolate components if you want to keep it completely red and white. Also can use white chocolate chips!

Tortilla Pizza Love Letters

Ingredients

• Tortillas
• Tomato Sauce
• Shredded mozzarella cheese
• Salami/Pepperoni slices

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cut small heart shapes out of pepperoni, ham, or turkey…whatever you have.
3. Fold the tortillas towards the centre so the edges on both sides are straight.
4. Cut the top into a point (like an envelope).
5. Open the tortilla and place tomato sauce, cheese and whatever toppings you like.
6. Fold sides in. Fold bottom up halfway, and fold top down. This should look like a letter.
7. Place the heart shaped pepperoni/turkey on the top and secure with a toothpick.
8. Bake for 10-15 minutes. Enjoy!

Here is a link to the video on my Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF-bhakSB0p/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Apple Pancake Roses

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• Pinch salt
• 2-3 red skinned apples, thinly sliced (skin on)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a blender, add milk, egg, oil, sugar, and vanilla. Blend.
3. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Blend just until mixed.
4. Pour batter into silicone baking cups or well greased muffin tins, until 1/3 full.
5. Slice apples very thin and place in microwave on paper towel for 30 seconds. This will soften the apple and make it easier to make the roses.
6. Overlap sliced apples, skin facing up, into the pancake batter. Don’t overthink the “rose” shape, just keep filling up the baking cup until you get as close to the middle as you can with the apple slices.
7. Bake for 10-15 minutes-this will depend on your oven and how much batter is in the cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
8. Dust with icing sugar and cinnamon and enjoy!

Link to my video on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF5XsU6ShjV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==