Tasty Tuesdays: Chew on Your Pencil Recipe

This recipe, aptly titled, "Chew on Your Pencil," was featured in the September 2009 issue of Disney’s® Family Fun magazine. We made this healthy snack for our vacation Bible school children in 2010 and it was a big hit. The photo below, is from the Family Fun site.

• Cheese sticks
• 1/2-inch thick slice of bologna
• Mustard
• Bugles corn snacks
• Raisins

Cut off one end of a cheese stick so that it's flat. Use a paring knife or apple corer to cut a 3/4-inch circle out of the bologna. Dab one end of the circle into the mustard, then attach it to the flat end of the cheese stick. Snap off the end of a Bugle so its edges are even, and gently press it onto the other end of the cheese stick. Slide half a raisin onto the Bugle for the pencil tip.

These snacks took a bit more preparation than some of our other VBS snacks, but offering healthy alternatives is important. And, as I mentioned, the kids loved them. This recipe is what led me to subscribe to Family Fun.

Have you ever subscribed to a magazine because of a recipe?