Lifestyle Ideas | Monthly Archives: April 2015

10 Easy After School Snack Ideas For Your Children

Posted on April 16, 2015 by lifestyle Posted in Family, Home & Garden

It is not common for children to come home very hungry and rummaging through the kitchen for some snacks to satisfy their hunger pangs. We have come up with a list of snack ideas that are easy to make and tasty to eat.

1. Sweet Bagel Chips

Get some bagels and slice them lengthwise. Brush a little butter on the slice and sprinkle some sugar on top. Now bake these slices for about 10 minutes before serving.

2. Sesame Potato Chips

Preheat the oven and thinly slice some potatoes. Brush these slices with some oil and sprinkle some slat and sesame seeds on top of these slices. Bake for about ten minutes and serve them to your children who will finish them in no time.

3. Pita Nachos

Split pita bread into 2 rounds and then cut them into smaller wedges. Now broil them until they are golden. Get them out and sprinkle cheddar while the pita bread is still hot. Add some salsa and broil it again to melt the cheese.

4. Caramel Popcorn

Mix some butter, honey and salt and melt it a little. Now toss this with some popcorn and pecans and spread the entire mixture onto a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 15 minutes while stirring them in between. The result is a delicious treat.

5. Mango Salsa Scoops

Mix some black beans, chopped red onion and some diced mango. To this now add some jalapenos with a little liquid from the jar along with some lime juice and cilantro. Now toss all of these together and serve with some tortilla scoops.

6. Bean Roll Ups

Take some flour tortilla and spread some bean dip on top of it along with cheddar. Now roll it up and brush some oil on top and bake it for 10 minutes. Serve it hot with some salsa.

7. Crackerwiches

Take a saltine and spread some peanut butter on top of it. Now keep a slice of your preferred fruit on top of it, drizzle some honey and top it off with another saltine.

8. Pretzel Melts

Take some mini pretzels and put small slices of cheddar between them. Now bake it for about 10 minutes or until the cheese melts. You are bound to run out of these in no time.

9. Banana Chips

Slice some bananas and line them on top of a baking sheet. Now sprinkle some salt on top of it and bake it until it crisps up. Get the tray out of the over and allow it to cool and harden before serving them.

10. Pomegranate Slushies

Blend together ice, a little honey and pomegranate juice until it is thick and slushy. Now pour it out into glasses and top it over with some more juice if you like. This is a healthy yet tasty snacking choice.

Try out these recipes and watch your children empty their plates in no time and without a complain.

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Top 5 Favourite Easter Traditions You Can Enjoy With Your Family

Posted on April 2, 2015 by lifestyle Posted in Family

Easter is almost always a memorable holiday time for the families as they get together and do fun things that are enjoyed by all the members of the family. Possibly another favourite of all those who remember Easter pleasantly are the family meals which brings together the entire family at the table.
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We have come up with a list of 5 traditions that are enjoyed on Easter and are a favourite among most people if not all.

1. Easter Egg Hunt

Traditionally these delicious and colourful eggs are spread all over an area which are then hunted and enjoyed by the children. However some people have added their own twist to this hunt. Some people end up using plastic eggs which are filled with real money. This not just gets the children scrambling all over the place to look for them but adults too join with equal fervour.

2. Dyeing The Eggs

This is possibly the one tradition that isn’t missed by any family that celebrates Easter with gusto. Enough eggs are hard boiled and dipped into edible food colours and are left in these until the eggs get stained with the desired shade of the colour. These are then carefully removed, preferably with a spoon, and towel dried. Make sure that you boil enough eggs as these get eaten by children in no time.

3. Egg Relay Race

This relay race involves placing a coloured egg in a spoon on a spoon and then running on a pre – determined course in the yard. Each person has to finish the course before passing the egg onto the nest person on the team. The last person on the team who finishes first wins the race. This is fun if there is a large group of people. What’s more, you can give away the coloured eggs as prizes.

4. Hunt – O – Basket

The biggest and the best tradition is always saved for the last and it isn’t any different for Easter either. Different families have their own version of this game. Each family has its own list of things that they put into the basket and Easter ends with the children, sometimes even the adults, looking for clues and following them to find this basket. The person who manages to find the basket gets to keep the basket.

5. Easter Dinner

At the end of a long day of fun and frolic, the entire family, usually with the extended family, comes together for a hearty meal. Again like a lot of traditions each family has its own menu that they prepare every Easter for dinner. There is no pre-planned menu here just go on and create your own menu that your family loves

The traditions mentioned above are some of the favourites that are practised by most families if not all. There is no compulsion that you should follow the same traditions as well. You can go ahead and create your own tradition which includes anything that will make you happy.

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Want To Enjoy An Extra Hour Of Daylight? Here Are A Few Ideas….

Posted on April 1, 2015 by lifestyle Posted in Family, Health

29381480_s Summer is almost here and on 29^th March, all the clocks went back an hour and we were all left with an extra hour of daylight on our hands. Yes, we may have lost out on some sleep but it isn’t all that bad considering that we have an extra hour of sunshine.

We have prepared a list of things that can be done with this extra hour and none of it involves hiding away inside your home while you could be enjoying the beautiful sunshine.

Enjoy the sunset with your partner or family

In our fast paced lives there are several things that we miss out on but with an extra hour you might just have time to stop and admire the beautiful sunset in your city. If you can’t really stop because of all the errands that you are trying to finish, you can still check out the beautiful sunset while you do so.

If you can do try to set aside half an hour to just….well, admiring the sunset.

2. Explore a park

There are several parks all across Great Britain but we, with all the craziness in our lives, tend to forget to look at the beauty that surrounds us. With an extra hour on your hands, you can maybe round up all of your children and head to the nearest park to smell the roses if you will or watch your children hop around to catch a butterfly.

3. Catch up on some gardening

Anyone with a garden or even just a couple of plants knows that you can never be done with gardening. It always requires a trim here or there and some maintenance to be done. For those of you who enjoy gardening know very well that it requires time but mostly requires sunlight. So this extra hour of sunlight will come as a lovely welcome to catch up with some gardening.

4. Hit the playground

If you have kids and are also trying to hold down a full time job, it is quite possible that you do not get to watch your kids play that often. It is a joy of a different kind to watch your children play and now, as I have said several times before, with an extra hour of daylight you can accompany your children down to the playground and watch them play to their heart’s content and yours.

5.Visit a farmer’s market

Summer brings forth farmer’s market all over the country and if there is one near you then you may want to check it out and grab some fresh produce and maybe even some flowers. With the fading light you can catch the tail end as the crowd dies down. The fact that there may be free samples is just an added advantage.

The above mentioned options are just some of the many things that you can do. You can make up your own list with the things that you love to do.

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