Father's Day Recipes: Energy Mix Gift for Dad
Submitted by Sisu
Does dad come home low on energy at the end of the workday? Have your kids mix up a special Father's Day recipe of trail mix that he can take to work for proper fuel. Now maybe he'll come home and still have energy enough for a round of catch AND to whip up dinner. (Hey, a girl can dream!)
Make the sundae-making an entire activity for the kids (and dad!). Have the kids design an ice cream menu from which dad will place his order. Help them make soda-jerk hats out of construction paper, and have them wear aprons, just like if they worked in an ice-cream parlor! Make it even more special by serving dad's portion in his Father's Day gift—a mug or bowl the kids decorate themselves at a paint-your-own pottery studio! It'll be a recipe for a sweet Father's Day from start to finish.
- Mixologist: your kid
- Nutty fruity consultant: you
- A clean recycled glass jar with lid or plastic zip top bags
- Mailing labels
- Markers
- Embellishments: Stickers, buttons, bottle caps, pebbles, seashells, etc.
- Hot glue gun: Kids and hot glue don't mix, so make sure you do all the gluing.
- A scrap of fabric: Big enough to cover the top of the jar.
- Ribbon or raffia
- 1 cup dried fruit (raisins, dried apricots, date nuggets, banana chips, apple chips, dried papaya, dried cranberries, dried cherries, dried blueberries)
- 1 cup nuts and/or seeds (peanuts, cashews, pecans, macadamia nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds)
- 1 cup dry cereal (choose any non-sugary kind)
- Salty add-ins: pretzels, sesame sticks, oriental rice crackers
- Sweet add-ins: chocolate chips or small candies
Place equal parts of nuts, dried fruits and cereal in a large plastic zipper bag and shake gently to combine.
Add small amounts of sweet or salty add-ins, again shaking gently to combine.
Pour the trail mix into a large jar that dad can store at work or in the car (watch those chocolate pieces in a hot car, dad!), or into sandwich-sized plastic zipper bags for individual portion sizes.
Have your kid decorate sticky labels to place on the jar or bags, with names like "Dad's Super Duper Power Mix" or "Ed's Energy Edibles".
Have your kid put the labels on the jar or bags. Let him use the stickers to decorate the jar and/or help him add on some embellishments with the hot glue gun.
Have your kid hold the fabric over the lid while you tie the ribbon or raffia around it to make a festive jar-topper.
- It's a Father's Day recipe to give dad some pep in his step!
Note: This snack mix isn't just a great Father's Day recipe, it's fantastic as an on-the-go snack recipe any old day of the year, too!
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