For a healthier snack, this Valentine’s holiday
Hi Friends!
Do you enjoy festive heart-themed foods throughout the month of February? It excites my family to have some heart themed foods in the pantry to help celebrate Valentine’s Day. Currently, in our pantry, we have veggie heart chips, heart-shaped pasta, heart-shaped pretzels, heart gummy snacks, and heart fruit pouches. Okay, so we might be overly prepared for Valentine’s Day.
Because I get so excited about Valentine’s Day themed foods, the past two years I have signed up to host my son’s Valentine’s Day party at school. Since I don’t want to overload the kids with sugar and still offer them a festive option I served this Healthy Valentines Day popcorn snack mix at last years party. I plan to do the same this year.
The Healthy Valentine’s Day popcorn snack mix is made from Veggie heart chips, popcorn, freeze-dried strawberries, and chocolate cookie crisps. You could definitely get creative with what you add to the mix. Chex cereal, valentine themed pretzels, or other dark chocolate candies are a few other options. Below is another snack mix I also made last year around Valentine’s Day that contained a little more sugar due to the marshmallows and M&M candies included.
Here are some pictures from last year’s school Valentine’s Day party. In addition to the Healthy Valentine’s Day Popcorn Snack Mix, we also served heart cookies, heart-shaped cheese, and applesauce pouches. For an activity we had the children decorate heart wands. I will post pictures from this year’s Valentine’s Day party soon!
Your Family’s Dietitian,
