Recipe Tag: a kid-friendly snack

Bacon Wrapped Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates

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10

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Total Time
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20

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Serves
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4

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  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 165g Pkg Maple Leaf® Ready Crisp® Fully Cooked Natural Bacon Slices
  • ½Cup goat cheese, creamy
  • 12Medjool dates
  • ¼Cup honey
  • ¼Cup Walnuts, toasted and chopped
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Split the dates in half lengthwise. Remove the pit and discard.
  4. In a small bowl mix the goat cheese, honey and chopped walnuts and set aside.
  5. Stuff each date with goat cheese mixture, then gently squeeze to seal. Wrap each date with bacon and place seam side down on the prepared baking sheet. Seal using a toothpick to prevent the bacon from unwrapping. Repeat the same with the remaining dates.
  6. Transfer to the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes, until the bacon is crisping.
  7. Serve warm.
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Can be served with Brie stuffed pull
apart bread

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Halloween Protein Board

Preparation
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15

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Total Time
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45

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Serves
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4

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  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 1700g pkg Maple Leaf Prime® RWA Dino Chicken Nuggets.
  • 1375g pkg Maple Leaf Top Dogs, Diced
  • 1200gr Can wiener wrap dough

Dino Nuggets

  1. Preheat oven at 400 F
  2. Place the Dino nuggets on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake as per instructions on the packaging.

Spooky Mummy Halloween Dogs and Broomsticks

  1. Preheat oven at 350 F
  2. Cut hot dog in half.
  3. Roll out the dough and cut the dough into long, skinny strips
  4. Wrap dough around Top dog to look like a mummy
  5. Place on a lined baking sheet and bake for 10-13 minutes or until golden brown.

Top Dog Broomsticks

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Cut each hot dog in half, crosswise.
  3. Fray the bottom of the hot dog by cutting each half into 3-4 strips, being careful not to cut all the way through.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes or until the hot dog starts to curl slightly.
  5. Let cool slightly. Insert a pretzel stick into each hot dog before serving.

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Chicken Meatball Banh mi

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15

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Total Time
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35

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Serves
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4

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Chicken Meatball Banh Mi

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 1Maple Leaf Prime Chicken Meatball 700g Bag
  • 1baguette, cut into 4 equal pieces and lightly toasted
  • 1Jalapeño, thinly sliced
  • cilantro, garnish
  • Carrot daikon salad:
  • 2medium carrots, julienned
  • 1Cup daikon radish, julienned
  • 2tbsp sugar
  • ½tsp salt
  • 3tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 2tbsp sesame oil
  • Sauce:
  • ¼Cup Mayonnaise
  • 2tsp Sriracha
  1. Start by preparing the carrot and daikon salad. Add the julienned carrots and daikon to a large bowl and toss in the sugar, salt, vinegar and sesame oil. Set aside by stirring occasionally.
  2. Place 5-6 meatballs into a microwave safe dish for one sandwich. Cook meatballs on max power for 2 minutes. Flip meatballs halfway through cooking time and continue to cook. Cook meatballs to an internal temperature of 165 F
  3. In a separate bowl, combine the mayonnaise and Sriracha. 
  4. Open each piece of bread and spread 1 tbsp of the Sriracha mayonnaise on each side. Fill with 2 tbsp pickled carrots and daikon salad.
  5. Place 5-6 cooked meatballs and garnish with jalapeños, and cilantro. Serve hot.
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Turnips or parsnips are an alternative for daikon radish.

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Turkey Sandwich and Roasted Cauliflower Arugula salad

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10

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Total Time
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30

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Serves
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4

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Turkey Sandwich Salad

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven at 375 F.
  2. In a small bowl, season the cauliflower florets and chickpeas with salt, pepper and olive oil and spread on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  3. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
  4. Remove the roasted vegetables from the oven and transfer them to a small bowl to cool down. Mix in the Maple Leaf Natural Shredded Chicken, arugula and sliced avocado.
  5. Drizzle the dressing thoroughly and garnish with chopped cilantro and crumbled feta cheese.
  6. Spread the mustard Aioli on one side of each slice of bread and place tomato slice on bottom slice and lettuce on the top bread slice.
  7. Place 4-5 roast turkey slices on top of the Tomato slice.
  8. Top the turkey slices with 2 tbsp pickled vegetables and 2 slices of Cheddar cheese.
  9. Place the remaining slice of toast on top with the lettuce side facing down.
  10. Cut the sandwich in half and serve.

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Canadian Maple Bacon Topdogs

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5

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Total Time
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25

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Serves
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4

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Canadian Maple bacon Topdogs

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  1. Grill the top dogs over medium heat, turning occasionally. Cook until fully heated internally or until internal temperature reaches 165 F for about 5-8 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Cook bacon for 12 to 14 minutes or until crisp. Remove from baking sheet and blot with paper towel. Set aside and keep warm.
  4. Heat a medium skillet, add 2 tablespoon olive oil. Add the sliced veggies and roast until transparent. Season the vegetables, transfer to a plate and keep aside
  5. Add butter and flour to a heated medium pan. While stirring, add the flour and cook for about 2-3 minutes. Pour milk and continue stirring for about 5 minutes to prevent any lumps. Add the grated cheese and stir until the cheese melts. Season the sauce.
  6. Spread 1 tbsp Mustard aioli on each hotdog bun and scoop 1 tbsp roasted vegetables onto the bun. Place one grilled top dog and one slice of bacon in the bun.
  7. Pour 1 tbsp of the prepared cheese sauce on top and serve.
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Add Maple Syrup for more Canadian Flair

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Ham Grilled Cheese with Tomato bacon soup

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10

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Total Time
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40

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Serves
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4

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ham grilled cheese and tomato bacon soup

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  1. Ham Grilled Cheese
    Preheat a skillet over medium heat.
  2. Spread one side of each slice of bread with 1 teaspoon butter.
  3. Place one slice butter-side down in the hot skillet. Top with 5 ham slices and shredded cheese mixture and top it with the other slice.
  4. Cook in the hot skillet until golden brown and cheese is
    melted.
  5. Tomato Soup with bacon
    Preheat the oven to 400 F
  6. Spread the tomatoes, onion, and garlic cloves onto a baking sheet, Pour olive oil, and season with salt and black pepper. Mix well
  7. Roast the tomatoes until they soften for about 15-20 minutes.
  8. Transfer the mixture and all the pan juices to a large soup pot. Place the pot over medium heat.
  9. Stir in the broth, butter and then bring to a simmer. Cook for 10 minutes.
  10. Turn off the heat, transfer the mixture to a blender and blend the soup until smooth.
  11. Stir in the cream and top with bacon crisps and serve with Ham Grilled cheese

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Dino Nuggets Fried Rice mountain

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10

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Total Time
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35

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Serves
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4

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dino nuggets with fried rice mountain

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 1700g pkg Maple Leaf Prime® RWA Dino Chicken Nuggets
  • 3Cups Day Old Rice, Cooked
  • 1Cup Broccoli florets
  • 4Medium eggs
  • 1Tbsp. sugar
  • 4Tsp. soy sauce
  • 1Tbsp Ginger, finely chopped
  • 2Cloves garlic, finely Chopped
  • 1Tsp Salt
  • 4Tbsp. vegetable oil
  1. Preheat oven at 400 F
  2. Place the Dino nuggets on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake as per instructions on the packaging.
  3. Meanwhile, heat 2 Tbsp vegetable oil in a large skillet or Wok.
  4. Add broccoli and season with salt and toss to coat in oil. Cook until well charred and transfer the broccoli to a bowl and set aside.
  5. Heat remaining 2 Tbsp vegetable oil in skillet over medium-low. Add chopped ginger and garlic and cook for 1 minute.
  6. Add eggs and cook, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, about 30 seconds.
  7. Add rice to eggs and mix well to combine and add soy sauce and toss well to combine.
  8. Return cooked broccoli to skillet and toss well to combine. Remove from heat.
  9. Arrange the rice on a plate forming a mountain with Broccoli as trees and Dino nuggets as climbing dinosaurs.
  10. Serve immediately.

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Ready Crisp Holiday Reindeer

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10

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Total Time
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20

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4

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Ready Crisp Holiday Reindeer

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  1. Preheat pan over medium heat.
  2. Follow the instructions on the packaging on reheating the Bacon.
  3. Mix flour, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix buttermilk, beaten eggs and butter.
  5. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and mix well.
  6. Cook the pancakes on the hot pan making equal amounts of larger pancakes and smaller pancakes.
  7. Assembly:
    Lay one larger pancake on the plate, and then place one of the smaller pancakes on top, toward the bottom of the larger one to form the face and two slices of pancake as Ears.
  8. Add 2 sliced banana for the eyes and then place the blueberries for the pupil of the eye, and a raspberry for the nose.
  9. Place 2 blueberries to form the eyes, and a raspberry for the nose. Arrange five Chocolate chips below the nose to form the a smile
  10. Use three Bacon for each antler, angling them outward.
  11. Serve immediately with warm maple syrup on the side.
  12. Serve immediately with warm maple syrup on the side.

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Ready Crisp holiday Snowman

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10

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Total Time
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20

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4

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Ready Crisp holiday Snowman

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  1. Preheat pan over medium heat.
  2. Follow the instructions on the packaging on reheating the Bacon.
  3. Mix flour, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix buttermilk, beaten eggs and butter.
  5. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and mix well.
  6. Cook the pancakes on the hot pan making equal amounts of larger pancakes and smaller pancakes.
  7. Assembly:
    Lay one larger pancake on the plate, and then place one of the smaller pancakes above the larger pancake to form a face.
  8. Sift the confectioners’ sugar over the snowmen to create a snowy effect.
  9. Place 2 blueberries to form the eyes, and a raspberry for the nose. Arrange five Chocolate chips below the nose to form the a smile
  10. Arrange 3-4 Blueberries to resemble buttons of the shirt.
  11. Use two Bacon across the neck to from a scarf.
  12. Serve immediately with warm maple syrup on the side.

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