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Over the next little while we'll be letting you get to know our athlete ambassadors a bit better! First up is Rosie and Steven. 

Meet Steven Gluckstein, winner of 11 national titles, represented Team USA at the London 2012 Summer Olympics as the only American athlete in the men’s trampoline competition.

And meet Rosie MacLennan, a well decorated trampolinist who won gold for Team Canada in the London 2012 Olympic Games!         

           Follow Steven on Twitter and Facebook!      Follow Rosie on Twitter and Facebook!

Do you ever find it difficult to get your kids to eat different foods? We’ve found the perfect way to give them a little bit of everything. This is also a GREAT way to handle portion control and overeating at snack time. 

Tools: 1 ice cube tray

Ingredients: ANYTHING you wish! However, remember to choose healthy things to munch on.

WE USED:

cashews blackberries celery strawberries baby carrots pretzels granola popcorn grapes cucumbers apple wedges almonds

Directions:

This may be the easiest snack you’ll ever have to put together. Simply grab an ice cube tray and fill each pocket with healthy snack foods! Serve to your kids and watch them enjoy their ice cube tray buffet.

Mason jars are a FANTASTIC way of preparing, organizing and transporting snacks. We’ve put together three of our favourite snacks for after jumping that you can try at home! They are so easy to put together and the air tight jar keeps them fresher longer.

Our first mason jar snack is a classic combination - veggies & dip. Simply spoon whichever dip you prefer (we used ranch) into the bottom of the jar about an inch high. Next, cut celery and cucumber into pieces that will fit nicely into the jar and place them as well as some baby carrots inside. Note: we used celery, cucumbers and carrots but you could also use other veggies such as peppers for this snack as well.

The second snack idea is one of our personal favourites, a yogurt parfait! We recommend using vanilla yogurt but you can use any flavour yogurt you wish. Grab your mason jar and spoon about a half an inch of yogurt into the bottom. Next, pour another half inch of granola into the mason jar and top that off with some blackberries and chopped strawberries (you can use blueberries or raspberries too!). Repeat these steps as many times as it takes to fill up your jar and voila! Get ready to enjoy a delicious parfait. 

This last mason jar snack is VERY easy and takes basically no preparation! Follow these three simple steps:

1) pop a bag of popcorn in your microwave

2) fill your mason jar with popped popcorn

3) fasten the lid!

How easy was that?! This is a great way to manage portion control and store popcorn for later.

What’s a perfect way to get your kids to eat fruit? Put it in an ICE CREAM CONE! Here’s a great looking AND tasting idea for making a typical fruit salad more appealing to your little ones:

Tools:

melon baller

cutting board

knife

Optional: place cupcake cups into ice cream cone to hold the fruit

Ingredients:

cantaloupe

watermelon

grapes

ice cream cones

Directions:

Take out a cutting board and knife and grab your watermelon and cantaloupe. Cut the watermelon and cantaloupe in half and scoop out pieces of each using the melon baller. Once you have all of the watermelon and cantaloupe balls scooped out, set out enough ice cream cones for each person and arrange the balls and grapes in the cone – as seen below. Serve to your kids and watch them enjoy this delicious fruit salad!

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One order of nachos please… Sweet & Fruity Nachos that is! This post-jump snack is one that your kids are sure to dive right into after a long jumping session. It’s fun to create, great to share, and appealing to eat. Here’s how you make this delicious and healthy order of nachos:

Tools:

knife

spoon

cutting board

Ingredients:

2 apples

½ cup chopped strawberries

½ cup blackberries

¼ granola

¼ cup yogurt

shredded coconut

Directions:

Grab your cutting board and cut two apples into thin wedges. Drop the apple wedges onto your plate and spread them out as desired. Next, take your chopped strawberries, blackberries & granola and sprinkle them over the apple pieces. To top your nachos off, take a spoon and drizzle yogurt over top of the fruit and granola – it is up to you as to how much yogurt you want! Sprinkle the entire plate with shredded coconut and you have your Sweet & Fruity Nachos.

Let us know how you like them!

Kids love pizza, it’s just a fact! Why not let them create their own delicious slice of pizza using healthy ingredients? We created two funky pizzas that is a sweet post-jump snack for your kids! The beauty of these pizzas is that you and your kids will have fun making it and even more fun eating it. The combinations of toppings are endless!  Want to know how we made our fun and fruity pizza slices? Take a look!

Tools:

plate

knife

spoon

Ingredients:

2 small tortilla wraps

peanut butter OR Nutella

jam (you pick the flavour! we used strawberry.)

shredded coconut

2 strawberries

1 banana

1 blackberry

Note: Feel free to use any type of fruit or berry you wish. Our ingredient list includes the types of fruit that we used this time around. Try putting out bowls full of the ingredients and let your little ones design their own pizza!

Directions:

The directions for these yummy pizzas are quite simple. Each person should get one tortilla wrap. Then, you may choose to spread either peanut butter or Nutella (or both!) across the wrap. Now your creativity comes into play! Design the pizzas however you’d like. Make a face out of jam like we did, or simply top it with cut fruit and sprinkle shredded coconut over the surface of the wrap. 

Did you create this snack at home? Share photos of your kids’ unique creations with us!

We’ve taken a sweet spin on the traditional sushi dish. These banana sushi rolls are sure to be a hit amongst your kids – and of course mom and dad too! The bite-sized snacks are great to share and even more fun to make. Get your kids to help you roll ‘em up! Here’s how it’s made:

Tools:

cutting board

2 knives

plate

Ingredients:

1 banana

1 tortilla wrap

Nutella

Rice Krispies

Optional: replace Nutella with peanut butter 

Directions:

As you can see we’ve created two types of banana sushi rolls for you to choose from. To begin creating this masterpiece of a snack you'll want to set out a tortilla wrap on the cutting board. Next, spread your desired amount of Nutella (or peanut butter) across the surface of the wrap. Peel the banana, lay it across the centre of the wrap, and roll it on up!

Now that the banana is rolled up in the tortilla wrap, you can choose to leave it as is and cut it into sushi-sized pieces OR you can make it even MORE delicious. Grab a plate and pour some Rice Krispies onto it. Next, spread Nutella or peanut butter on the outside of your wrapped up banana and roll it across the plate of Rice Krispies. Cut your roll into bite-sized pieces and enjoy this sweet and fun treat! :)

What could look more appetizing than an avocado salad INSIDE of an avocado? This delicious mixture of tomato, onion, celery, cucumber and of course avocado is the perfect snack to get your kids to eat their vegetables. They’ll have fun scooping out the bowl before they even realize it’s good for them! Want to find out how we made this funky salad?

Here’s the recipe:

Tools:

cutting board

knife

bowl

Ingredients:

1 avocado

¼ cup diced tomato

¼ cup diced cucumber

¼ cup diced onion

¼ cup diced celery

salt & pepper

Optional: balsamic vinegar & olive oil

Directions:

Putting the salad together is quite simple! First, cut the avocado in half and scoop out the pit. Next, dice the tomato, cucumber, onion, and celery. Put each diced vegetable into a bowl and mix together. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and pepper over the vegetables and mix again. Spoon the veggie mix into the avocado and ta-da! You have our Adventurous Avocado Salad. Note: you may choose to drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar over the vegetables if you wish to have more of a dressing for your salad.

If you feel like it, dice more of your veggies and save them for a tasty snack the next day! 

There’s nothing more refreshing than a popsicle on a hot summer day. Instead of buying sugary popsicles from the grocery store, why not make your own at home using fresh fruits and juices?! The fruit chunks look awesome once the popsicles are frozen while also tasting really fresh.

Tools:

popsicle mould

cutting board

knife

Ingredients:

1 kiwi

¼ cup blackberries

¼ cup cut strawberries

¼ cup cut grapes

white grape juice 

Directions:

Grab a cutting board and chop the kiwi, strawberries and grapes into a desired size for your popsicle mould. Layer the chopped fruit and blackberries into the mould – make sure some of the fruit pieces lay against the sides so that your popsicles have a cool & fruity effect once they’re frozen! Finally, pour white grape juice into each popsicle mould, insert the plastic mould stick, and put your popsicles in the freezer.

And of course, enjoy your popsicles outside with friends, family and your Springfree. :)