Sneaky New Snack

So, earlier this week we stopped by our local wholesale club and the kids talked me into buying a big container of kiwi.  I thought "what am I going to do with all this kiwi?"  But knowing that my kids like kiwi and they are packed with vitamin C I decided to go along with it and figured I would find a way to use them.  Then I remembered the yogurt parfait idea I'd seen recently in a magazine.  I had vanilla yogurt in the fridge already so the next day I picked up some granola to add to it. (I actually thought about making some myself but since my oven is STILL not working that was not an option). 

So that day my kids came home from school asking for a snack.  "How about a kiwi parfait?" I asked.  "Ooh!  Parfait! That sounds fancy," they said!  I spooned in the yogurt, sprinkled on the granola and added the chopped kiwi and in a few minutes I had these fancy looking after-school snacks.  They gobbled them up and don't you know they had the THREE days in a row!  One day they even wanted seconds!  At one point I mentioned how it was almost like ice cream, huh? And they were all for that!  I think next time I may try strawberry yogurt--yum! 

Parfaits are not a new idea but I think I've it upon a great way to get a little fruit (you can use just about any kind of fruit), dairy and grains into the kids' diet and little do they know the snack they love is also good for them.  Gotta feel good about that!