Scooter Snacks

Name: Scooter Snacks
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 scooters.
Ingredients: 8 slices zucchini (1/4 inch thick); 6 pretzel sticks, divided; 2 pieces string cheese (1 ounce each); 2 pretzel rods, cut into 3-inch pieces; 2 tablespoons spreadable garden vegetable cream cheese; 4 cherry tomatoes, halved; 2 pimiento-stuffed olives, halved

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min. YIELD: 2 scooters.

Feel like building a little fun into after-school routines? Let the kids help you construct these nutritious scooter snacks to rev up their homework efforts or tide them over 'til suppertime! —Didi Desjardins, Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Ingredients

8 slices zucchini (1/4 inch thick)
6 pretzel sticks, divided
2 pieces string cheese (1 ounce each)
2 pretzel rods, cut into 3-inch pieces
2 tablespoons spreadable garden vegetable cream cheese
4 cherry tomatoes, halved
2 pimiento-stuffed olives, halved

Directions

1. For each of four axles, thread two zucchini slices through a pretzel stick, leaving a 1-in. space in the center. For each scooter, position string cheese between two axles.
2. Attach a pretzel rod with cream cheese to each scooter; top each with a pretzel stick for handlebars. Add tomato hubcaps and olive headlights and taillights with cream cheese.
3.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 201 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 591mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 9g protein.

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