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Herbivore Fruit Drink

Herbivore Fruit Drink

What is an herbivore? Are you one? Well you can eat like one when you make this yummy drink! 

Ingredients:

3 cups  cold fat-free milk

1 package (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor

        Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding

1 cup  plain low-fat yogurt

1 cup  crushed ice

1 medium  banana, cut into chunks

Directions:

1.    PLACE all ingredients in blender; cover. Blend on high speed 1 min. or until smooth.

2.   SERVE immediately. Or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Stir just before serving. (Mixture thickens as it stands. Thin with additional milk, if desired.)

SUBSTITUTE:

Substitute 1/2 cup sliced strawberries for the banana chunks.

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Snake Pizza

Snake Pizza

Ingredients:

3 packages of frozen bread dough. (Thawed)

1 can pizza sauce

2 cups shredded cheese (Cheddar or Mozzarella or a combination of both)

Egg yolks depending on how many colors you wish to use.

Food coloring

Other toppings: Pepperoni, Canadian ham, sausage (precooked) or all three.

Directions:

1.     Roll out the dough into a 23 by 6 inch rectangle.

2.    Spread pizza sauce onto the dough

3.    Sprinkle on the cheese and any extras (pepperoni, etc)

4.    Wrap up the in a tube like shape 

5.    Moisten the free edge with water and pinch to seal it.

6.    Shape the head at one end and the tail at the other end of the tube.

7.    Shape the tube in an S-shape and place it onto a lined baking sheet.

8.    Mix the egg yolk with food coloring, colors of your choice, remembering to do only one egg yolk per color of food coloring.

9.    Paint your snake with the egg yolk mixture.

10.   Let painted sections rise for 20 minutes.

11.  Bake your Snake at 375 degrees (F) for about 20-25 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown.

12.  Take out of oven when done and let cool.  Once it’s cooled, cut your snake into sections and eat.

 You can add olives with toothpicks for eyes and red pepper slice for tongue!

Bison Dung Cookies

Bison Dung Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes                                          Cook Time: 5 minutes         

Total Time: 20 minutes                                         Makes: 24 cookies

Ingredients:

       2 cups sugar                    1/2 cup milk

                1/2 cup cocoa                            1 pinch salt

                1/2 cup butter                          1 cup peanut butter                           

                1 teaspoon vanilla                      3 cups quick-cooking oatmeal

Directions:

1.     In large saucepan, combine sugar, milk, cocoa, salt, and butter. Mix well.

2.    Bring to a boil and cover saucepan for 30 seconds to allow steam to wash sugar crystals down sides of pan.

3.    Stir mixture and bring it to a boil that can't be stirred down for 1 minute.

4.    Then remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.

5.    Add oatmeal and mix well. Do not use regular or instant oatmeal; quick-cooking oatmeal is essential to the success of this recipe.

6.    Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to let the oatmeal absorb some of the liquid.

7.    Drop mixture by spoonfuls onto waxed paper or parchment lined baking sheets.

8.    Let cool completely before eating. Store tightly covered at room temperature.

Pioneers as well as Native Americans used bison dung as a fuel source for their fires.  Along the trails of the pioneers children would be sent to collect the "buffalo chips" and would even use a chip as a Frisbee!!! 

Brine Fly Snack

Brine Flies on a Log

Ingredients:

1 large stalk celery, cut into 3 pieces

3 Tablespoons peanut butter

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 Tablespoons raisins

Directions:

          Place the celery pieces on a clean surface, hollow (U-shaped area) part facing up, and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon. Spoon peanut butter into the hollow, and arrange raisins on top. (If allergic to cinnamon, it can be left out or can be replaced with sugar. If allergic to peanuts, cheese spread or pineapple spread can be used.) To add wings to your brine flies (raisins) use a small dab of peanut butter and some sliced almonds! Yum! 

Salt Density Experiment

 Why is it easier to float in Great Salt Lake then it is to float in the Ocean? Does it have anything to do with the density or the salt content?

What You Will Need:

1 cup of tap Water
1 cup of “ocean water” to make use 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt & 1 cup of hot water can be mix it up until salt dissolves.
1 cup of salt water from your Great Salt Lake visit or mix your own with 4 1/2 Tablespoons of salt & 1 cup of hot water
3 cups labeled:  Fresh Water, Ocean Water, Great Salt Lake Water
3 fresh eggs

*Use clear cups when doing this experiment to be able to see what the eggs do!

Instructions:

Make your water samples and be sure to label them

Observe what happens when you place an egg in each cup

1.     Place an egg in the fresh water cup; watch it as it moves towards the bottom.  Does it sink fast or slow? Write down what you see.

2.    Gently place the egg into the Ocean water cup. Watch the egg carefully did it sink faster or slower than the last? Did it sink as deep as the egg in fresh water? Write down what you see.

3.    Last place an egg in the cup of Great Salt Lake water. Watch your egg carefully does it sink or does it float? Why is this egg different than the rest? Why do you think it is doing what it is doing?

Conclusion:

The different amounts of salt contained in each water sample affect the density of the water. The more salt there is in the water, the easier it is for the egg to float because the salt helps "push" the egg up. That's why the egg in the Great Salt Lake water floated much higher in the water than the eggs in the other two samples. The same thing happens to you when you go swimming in Great Salt Lake! The water is so dense with salt that it resists letting you sink. That is something you can tell your friends the next time you go swimming in Great Salt Lake!