Thanks to a generous donation from Kellanova, many of our community partners are receiving Cheez-It Snap’d crackers. This is a way to incorporate them into a vegetable dish
Ingredients:
2 medium zucchinis, cut into sticks
½ cup all purpose flour
2 large eggs, beaten
1 ½ cups Cheez-It Snap’d crackers, crushed
Marinara sauce for dipping
Instructions:
Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees.
Set up dredging station with one bowl flour, one bowl eggs, and one bowl cracker crumbs.
Working in batches, coat the zucchini sticks in flour, shaking off excess, then coat in egg, then coat in cracker crumbs.
Place the zucchini sticks in an even layer in the air fryer tray. Cook until browned and crispy, about 6 minutes.
Serve with marinara sauce for dipping.
Apple Pie Energy Bites
Ingredients:
2 cups quick oats
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp chia seeds
1 apple, chopped fine OR grated
½ tsp salt
½ cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp honey
Instructions:
In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, cinnamon, chia seeds, apple, and salt.
In a separate microwave-safe mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, vanilla, lemon juice, and honey. Heat in the microwave for 40 seconds to melt, then stir to combine.
Mix the melted ingredients into the oat mixture. Mix together until well combined.
Scoop into bite sized pieces and roll into a ball.
Refrigerate for an hour, and enjoy.
Apple Crisp
Ingredients:
4 medium apples
1/4 cup oatmeal, quick cooking
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 cup margarine
Instructions:
Wash hands with soap and water
Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
Grease the bottom and sides of a square 9 x 9" pan.
Remove the cores from the apples. Slice the apples. Spread the sliced apples on the bottom of the pan.
Cut the margarine into small pieces and put in a medium-sized bowl.
Add the oatmeal, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon.
Using two knives, cut the margarine into the mixture until it looks like small crumbs.
Sprinkle the mixture over the top of the apples.
Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
(Rice cooker version)
Serves 2 - adjust quantity as needed
Ingredients:
1 apple, diced
1 cup old-fashioned OR steel-cut oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1-3/4 cup water
pinch salt
Instructions:
Add all ingredients to the base of the rice cooker