Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Kid Pleasers from Sherrie P

My kids won't drink mixed milk plain, but they love chocolate milk, a "purple cow," and peanut butter balls.

Chocolate Milk (1/2 gallon):
Mix together
8 C water
2½ C powdered milk
1/8 C cocoa
1/4 to ½ C sugar
pinch of salt (optional)
a few drops of vanilla (optional)
I like to mix this in a half-gallon jug, which is small enough for kids to handle. If you want, you can mix together just the dry ingredients and use as hot chocolate mix (about 1/3 C mix to 1 C water).

Purple Cow
Mix reconstituted powdered milk and grape juice half and half. A good way to give kids grape juice, since when it's mixed with the milk, it doesn't stain like regular grape juice does.
Peanut Butter Balls (from the TightWad Gazette)
Mix together
½ C honey
½ C peanut butter
1 C powdered milk
Form into balls (a melon baller works well).