As parents of three active, young children, we were frustrated we couldn’t find prepared snacks that were both healthy and good tasting. We began experimenting in our own kitchen with an energy bar we could send in their school lunches, serve as an after school snack or send to the soccer field. We wanted to create something that was made with whole grains, was lower in fat and sugar and actually tasted good. After months of trial and error, we finally came up with a winning combination and referred to it as our “Propeller Bar.” Our kids loved it!.
We then began experimenting with other favorite baked goods like chocolate chip cookies, brownies, oatmeal raisin cookies, sugar cookies, banana bread and even pancakes! We kept at it until we came up with tastes and textures our kids liked while maintaining the nutrition and health goals we were after.
With our own children and many little friends we developed a taste panel and kept improving our recipes until they all gave us the thumbs up. Kids call it like it is and they weren’t going to give us the go ahead until they tasted something they really liked!
In our ongoing quest, we noticed the enthusiasm of our children grow as they helped us measure, mix, set the timer, clean up and eat our creations. This gave us the idea to make dry mixes the kids could add wet ingredients to and bake. It developed into a fun family activity we could do with ease.
Though our mixes are designed for kids, grownups find them just as delicious and satisfying. We hope you and your family enjoy them as much as we do!
- Mark & Maureen
visit: www.kidscentralkitchen.com
{we will have samples of Kids Central Kitchen's yummy mixes including a gluten free mix at the Girls Night Out event}
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