Playing with Food
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, 03-28-2014 at 07:34 PM (5492 Views)
Yes! You read the title right, playing with food. Growing up we were taught to never play with our food. Why would this article be titled playing with food then? Playing with food is fun and we all know that...food fights surely come to mind or some other misadventures with food.
One can be creative on how to play with food, either clean fun or the messy and dirty kind (pie meets face, egg meets head, spaghetti slurping, etc.). Let's talk about the clean fun kind of playing with food.
Get your food and kitchen ready for a food fight.
Ingredients:
Apples (Fuji apples were used in this recipe)
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Oatmeal 1/2 cup
Choice of: peanut butter, hazelnut spread
Options: chocolate chips, raisins, marshmallows, candy sprinkles
Let's begin...make sure you are ready to get messy and dirty.
1. Pour the oatmeal on a clean plate
2. Core the apples
3. Slice the apples
4. Rub a dash of cinnamon on the apples
5. Rub brown sugar on the apples
6. Spread your choice of flavor on the apples (peanut butter, hazelnut spread, chocolate spread, etc.)
7. Top the apples with oatmeal
8. Be creative. Add your choice of toppings: chocolate chips, raisins, marshmallows or candy sprinkles.
Enjoy your masterpiece. Remember to share it too.
This can also be enjoyed baked. Bake for 5-7 minutes in a 350°C oven. Let cool for a bit before eating your work of art.
If you have kids, this is a fun way to bond with them in the kitchen. Give them something to do this summer. Engage them in fun activities, creating magic and playing with food in the kitchen is one way of making fun memories with them.
Try this out and share how your fun turned out.