Peanut Butter Banana Snack

When kids get home from school they are always hungry. For that matter, let's face it. Kids are simply always hungry and the most popular go to snack is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But have you read the ingredients on a loaf of processed bread? Or on a jar of jelly? Over the last couple of decades we have become more and more informed about the unhealthy effects of processed food and we really want to feed our kids as healthy as we can.

But there is a problem with that. Getting kids to eat anything that is considered healthy. This snack is a really good way to introduce them to just how fun and delicious eating healthy can be. The health benefits of bananas are well known, honey is filled with anti-oxidants and flax seed is loaded with Omega 3 fatty acids. Recent studies have shown that the average American diet is seriously lacking in Omega 3s and any chance you can get to boost this you should. But I recommend not telling your kids that they are eating flax seed because the very word seems to make kids think it's going to taste really bad. If they ask, tell them it's ground nuts :-)

2 Tbs natural peanut butter
1 medium banana
1 tsp honey
1/2 tsp ground flax seed.
dried berries

Spread peanut butter on a saucer. Cover with sliced banana. Sprinkle with ground flax seed. Add a few dried berries of your choice. Drizzle with honey. Sit back and watch your children love eating a healthy snack.