Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Cranberries and Sugar

Some children will find this too tart. Mine loves it, but he has always liked sour fruits like blackberries and raspberries. My mom often had this for a snack so I picked up a taste for it as a child.

It's healthy, easy and also builds eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills (and just keeps them occupied for a while!)

Ingredients:
Handful of whole, frozen cranberries
One tbsp white sugar

Directions:
Briefly rinse frozen cranberries in a colander under cold water (to take the edge off coldness.)

Place the cranberries in a small bowl and sugar in a separate small bowl.

Pick up the cranberries individually with a toothpick (this is where the motor skills come in!) and swish around in the sugar. Eat. Repeat. The sugar should stick because the cranberries are still dewy from rinsing them.

Note: Lucas tends to pee-pee more at night when he's given these as his last snack, so it may be better during the day :)

1 comment:

  1. Great idea! Elsa wanted to eat some fresh cranberries the other day, but I wasn't so sure I should give them to her because of their bitterness/tartness. I'll have to try this with her and see what she thinks!

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