Cheerleader Helper Blog

Healthy Recipes to try.

Easy Fruit Recipes

Breakfast or afternoon snack, Lunch or Dessert

Cut Canteloupe in 3 quarters and scoop out seeds. Stuff the center of one quarter with 1/2 cup blueberries and 1/2 cup strawberries. Top with a dollop of light vanilla yogurt.

Mix 1/2 cup of applesauce with 1/4 cup low-fat ricotta cheese and sprinkle with delivered almonds

Players parfait glass with sliced peaches, strawberries, light vanilla yogurt, bananas and Raisin's. Top with delivered almonds.

Instead of having a bowl of cereal with fair on top, have a bowl of fruit with cereal on top. ( confusing I know)

Have a bowl of sliced strawberries and bananas topped with light yogurt.

My way: Slice and Dice the Apple and banana.

Scoop out 1 spoonful of frozen blueberries

Heat up granola in a ice cream bowl

Put the fruit in a small bowl and put the heated granola on top

Snack on raisins before practice or try outs or grapes. Or what ever you have for a snack as long as it keeps you energized.

When at home: make fruit kebabs with pineapple, banana or strawberries

Dip cupped watermelon, cantaloupe and strawberries In To yogurt or cottage cheese.

Snack plate:

3 tbsp hummus

1 oz. Sliced Turkey ( two pieces)

1/2 cup sliced cucumbers

1/2 sliced Apple

Mix ingredients and eat

Summery Rice Salad

2 cups instant brown rice, dry

2 cups veggie broth

1 tbsp olive oil

1 small onion diced again still optional

1 small zucchini

One 8-oz. Packaged mushrooms

2 carrots, unlicensed

2 tsp. Lemon juice and salt and pepper still optional

Heat olive oil in skillet. Add vegetables, saute for 3 min. Add rice then cook on medium for 5 min. Switch to low heat and cook until rice is heated. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper then chill for 3 min. Serve cold cheerleaders

Power shake (this is good for breakfast or before try outs or practice)

8 oz. Skim Milk

1 sliced banana

1/4 cup ice

2 tbsp Peanutt butter

Toss into blender and puree for one min. Until creamy

Chicken and cheese quesadillas

2 whole grain tortilla

4 oz. Baked or grilled skinless chicken

1 cup salsa

1/3 cup corn

1/3 cup bell peppers,chopped

3/4 cup low-fat cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add chicken, corn, bell peppers, and cheese to the top of tortilla.

Set the other tortilla on top of the ingredients, and bake for 15 min. Cup into quarters and scour cream and salsa.

Sunset Salsa