Saturday, July 23, 2011

Ants on a Log

Who needs an overpriced, unhealthy Misery Meal made from questionable (to be polite) ingredients by a fat food, er, I mean fast food place, when you can make this yummy, fun, and healthy treat for the kids (or yourself) for pennies?  As an added bonus, it doesn't come with a crappy, cheap (as in bad quality) toy designed to build brand awareness in kids and make them want to buy, buy, buy more cheap, plastic crap.

I generally make Ants on a Log with peanut butter and raisins, because that's what we have on hand, but any nut butter (or even cream cheese?) and dried fruits could be substituted.  The kids love helping to make these too, especially arranging the "bugs" on it.

Ants on a Log

 1/2-1 cucumber per serving
peanut butter 
raisins

Peel cucumber and cut long-ways down the middle.  Scoop out seeds and pat dry.  Spread peanut butter in the seed cavity and top with raisins as desired.
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4 comments:

  1. ChrisJuly 23, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    It goes without saying, too, that this works quite well with celery stix. We've drizzled honey on the pb, i've add pretzel stix zig-zagged (A twig obstacle course!) as well as dried cranberries (fire ants!)... well, you get it. HAVE FUN!

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  2. PatricialynnJuly 23, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    I've never seen it done on anything other than celery before. Nice! My youngest loves cucumbers, bet he'd love this.

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  3. LambJuly 24, 2011 at 5:14 AM

    I have used celery or cucumbers for this snack!
    Out of raisins? Sprinkle on some nuts (my kids called that beetles on a log...ewwww)or diced apple (maggots on a log...ewwww!)

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  4. RevAllysonJuly 24, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    We usually use celery, but I've also done it with zucchini, using cream cheese and dried cranberries, or dried ground cherries. :)

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