Healthy Fruit Rollups

This week I made apple cinnamon fruit leather for the kids. I told them it was a fruit roll-up and had them guess what it was made from.

Here is the simple recipe I used....

Apple Cinnamon Fruit Leather

 Author Real Mom Nutrition

Ingredients

• 4 cups of peeled chopped apples
• 1/2 cup water
• 1-2 tablespoons granulated sugar to taste
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Wash, peel, and chop apples and place them in a medium saucepan.
2. Add 1/2 cup water and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook about 10 minutes or until soft.
3. Add granulated sugar and cinnamon and mash. Cook 2-3 more minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally.
4. Put mixture into a blender and process until smooth.
5. Pour onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat and spread with a spatula into a thin layer.
6. Bake at 170 degrees for 2-3 hours or until it's tacky but doesn't stick to your finger.

3's Room

  Lucy said "It tastes like applesauce!"

 Jayden is trying it!

  I told the kids how I made the fruit leather....

 The I read "Apples Grow on Trees"

   We learned that apples grow on trees. A couple kiddos said they have picked apples before :-)

 I brought a few zip open food toys and food books  to the infant room  :-)

2's Room

  Almost everyone in the 2's room tried the apple fruit leather!

 Adalyn is taking a bite!

 I talked a little about the recipe I used and then I read "Apples Grow on Trees."

  I showed the friends a few different things you can make out of apples like applesauce and apple pie.

4's Room  :-)

   Here is a picture of the fruit leather   :-)

Hayden and Finnley both liked it alot after they tried it  :-)

  Annalee loved it and asked if she could have more!!

  I was so proud of Alena for trying it!!

  Beau is taking a big bite   :-)

  Evelyn looked at it and said she didn't like it...then she tried it    :-)

 The toddlers enjoyed some apple exploration today  :-)

  Piper loved it!!!

  Jacob took lots of bites :-)

 Johnathan is checking out his apple

Nice job toddlers!!

Red, Yellow, and Green Apple Tasting

This week we tasted red, yellow, and green apples.  Yummy!!

3's Class

 We tried the different colored apples one at a time.

 Great crunching friends!

 Caelen is going to try a yellow one!

 John and Sadie have green apple smiles  :-)

Ryan is trying a green one  :-)

Sophia is showing that she took a big bite out of the red apple!

 Audrey is circling what apples she liked!

 Lucy is trying a green one!

Nursery  :-)

Ethan has a green apple  :-)

Pema liked this green apple alot!

Raelyn is checking out a green apple    :-)

It's an apple party!!

2's Room

 Lots of crunching and munching!!

 Addie is matching her yellow apple slice to the picture!

 Westin is matching his green apple slice to the picture!

4's Class

We did the apple tasting activity during their small group time :-)

I asked the friends to circle the color apple they liked.

I was asking Evelyn if she liked the green one better than the red.

Finnley thought it was funny that the apple squirted a little juice when I cut it.

We talked about how the apples tasted different.

Raegan told me she liked the yellow one  :-)

Toddlers

We tired the green apples first  :-)

 Jacob didn't really like it...

Henry though the green apple was a little sour..

Johnathan is trying red apple pieces!

Fantastic Job with the apple tasting this week!!!