The question, "Can I have a snack" is like a recurring nightmare from which I never seem to wake up. I have a charming and beautiful three year old - the one featured in yesterday's post about pizza - that must be going through a growth spurt. She is constantly seeking and asking for food. And it's always because she "is hungry". I usually have snack-type foods like raisins, carrots, and on occasion, homemade fruit roll ups. But sometimes we just really crave the saltiness of a potato chip or the sweetness of a cookie.
I am not even going to try to make homemade potato chips. I do not want a fat fryer in my house; otherwise I will turn into a fat frier. Nope. It's true. I've had one in the past and I can tell you that there is nothing like home fried foods. Oh. My. Goodness. It was awesome. Until none of my clothes fit. Then the bubble burst. We got rid of the fryer.
Sweets though, I can handle that. Yes, I confess I have a terrible sweet tooth. In an effort to keep the sweets as simple as possible and ensuring that the "stand-by" recipes are ones I can make with readily available pantry items that I will have in bulk, I am working my way through my 1001 Cookies cookbook. Not in any particular order other than as the mood strikes me. Today, when the "Can I have a snack? I'm hungry" message was broadcast for the tenth time, I finally started rummaging around for something to quiet the beast. I mean, the darling child, the apple of my eye. Unfortunately, we were kind of looking at some pretty slim pickings.
My supply of raisins - gone. My homemade fruit roll ups - gone. Veggies - gone. Fruits - gone. Cheese - gone. And I used the last of the milk today for breakfast. I am trying really hard to hold out until Friday but at this rate, I don't think it's going to happen. In the meantime, I needed to create something and quick.
Today's saving snack is homemade sugar cookies.
They are the easiest and quickest things to throw together and this particular recipe does not require any extensive time chilling in the refrigerator. Which is good because I don't think I could have handled the hunger protest for another four hours. It took me about as long as it took the oven to preheat to whip the ingredients together, roll them into balls, spin them around in a sugar bowl, and get them into the oven.
Ten minutes later and I am enjoying the peace and quiet of satisfied children. Not really - we just raised them to not talk with food in their mouths.
Today's lesson is that I need to think about snacks that I can make and store at home for enjoying during those leaner times when the garden is frozen and the kids are sick of eating canned goods like applesauce.
So what kind of snacking foods does your family enjoy that you would have to find a substitute for?
Be blessed.
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