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Heart Healthy Dinosaur Fruit Skewers Recipe

               
Dinosaur Fruit Skewers
Enjoy dinosaur-sized flavor with these dangerously delicious fruit skewers! Juicy watermelon dinosaur footprints are paired with an assortment of fresh fruit and a sweet cream cheese-yogurt dip for a healthy and fun kid-friendly snack. Your little dinosaurs will be ravenously gobbling them up!
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Ingredients
Recipe yields 4 servings
Yogurt Dip
4 oz low-fat cream cheese, softened
1 cup nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt
1 Tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Fruit Kebabs
1 large 1-inch thick watermelon round
12 green grapes
4 cantaloupe melon balls
4 strawberries
4 bamboo skewers
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Directions
Yogurt Dip
Step 1

In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, yogurt, maple syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth. Transfer to a serving bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.

Fruit Kebabs
Step 1

Using a 3-inch dinosaur footprint cookie cutter, cut out 4 footprints from the round of watermelon.

Step 2

Assemble the fruit skewers by alternating the fruit on each skewer, ending with the dinosaur footprint at the top. Serve immediately with the chilled yogurt dip.

Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 150
Make this for: Gluten Free Healthy Kids
Dietary Review:
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Christina Wright, RD, LDN
This recipe has been reviewed by a dietitian.
Nutrition Info
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Nutrition facts
Serving Size: 1 kebab, 1/4 cup dip
Per serving:
calories:150
total fat:5g
sat fat:3g
cholesterol:20mg
sodium:138mg
total carb:23g
fibers:1g
sugars:19g
proteins:8g

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About This Healthy Recipe

Looking for an easy and healthy kids snack to satisfy those dinosaur-sized appetites? These Dinosaur Fruit Skewers are just the recipe for you and your little hungry dinosaurs. This heart healthy and gluten-free fruit skewer recipe is low in fat, but high in flavor! Juicy watermelon footprints paired with fresh grapes, strawberries and cantaloupe make for a naturally sweet treat. And how could you go wrong with pairing delicious fruit with a low-fat and diabetic-friendly cream cheese and yogurt dip? At only 150 calories a skewer, you may even want to grab a second because this healthy fruit snack is as tasty as it is good for you! These fruit skewers are so easy and fun to make that even the kids can get involved. Just cut the fruit in advance and let them use the dinosaur-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the footprints and add the fruit in any order they’d like. So go ahead! Snack away knowing you and your family are enjoying a healthy and nutritious recipe.

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Heart Healthy Dinosaur Fruit Skewers Recipe
Ingredients
Recipe yields 4 servings
Yogurt Dip
4 oz low-fat cream cheese, softened
1 cup nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt
1 Tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Fruit Kebabs
1 large 1-inch thick watermelon round
12 green grapes
4 cantaloupe melon balls
4 strawberries
4 bamboo skewers
Directions
Step 1

In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, yogurt, maple syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth. Transfer to a serving bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.

Fruit Kebabs
Step 1

Using a 3-inch dinosaur footprint cookie cutter, cut out 4 footprints from the round of watermelon.

Step 2

Assemble the fruit skewers by alternating the fruit on each skewer, ending with the dinosaur footprint at the top. Serve immediately with the chilled yogurt dip.

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