Monday, April 18, 2011

Scrumptious Stuffed Dates

This April students studied the role of energy in the body. Elementary students need the energy and the nutrients in fruits and vegetables to grow and flourish. Dates are a tasty source of energy. Dates are a dried fruit grown on palm trees. Dates are grown commonly grown in California. The naturally sweet flavor of dates makes them very popular. Dates are also rich in iron, fiber, potassium and copper. Bay View students stuffed dates with sunflower butter and topped them with coconut. This tasty treat is great for an after school snack, an appetizer or a desert.


Scrumptious Stuffed Dates

Ingredients
*1 date cut in half
*1 tablespoon sunflower seed butter or peanut butter
*1 tablespoon shredded coconut

Preparation
*Stuff sunflower seed butter into the dates
*Sprinkle with coconut.


Dates cut in half.

Stuffing dates with sunflower seed butter.
Sprinkling dates with shredded coconut.

The finished product.  Yum!

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