After School with ALDI: New Year, New Snacks

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This post is sponsored by ALDI; all opinions are my very own.



Hey y’all! the holiday season has come and gone (can you believe it!?) and I’m grateful to be here to serve YOU and rock 2022!

Not only did I make a few goals for myself as usual, but the Egwuatu family sat down and made some together for the first time.

If you google Top 5 New Year Resolutions you’ll typically find, “eat healthier”, “exercise more”, or, “get healthier” at the very top of each list. Can you relate?!  Family health is a priority for Sonny and I, and we do our best to consistently live healthy lives in front of our children. We hope and pray our example sticks!

Here are a few of our family goals for the new year:

➡️Limit fast food to 3-4 times per month (like once a week which is totes doable)

➡️Make your very best effort to say I love you, please, & thank you

➡️No texting and driving

➡️No tv or phones during dinner 

➡️Eat (try!) 1 healthier-for-you snack per week

Please leave us a comment with some of your goals, personal or as a family. We’d love to read them together! 

I enjoyed making after school snack boards all last Fall but this one is different in the best way❤️.  The kids took the lead and made it themselves using high-quality, affordable ingredients from ALDI!  

ALDI helps us easily embrace healthy living by providing such a wide variety of organic (yes, organic!) and better-for-you options.  They also helped me whip up two new dairy-free snacks for their board.

  Every snack board needs a yummy dip.  They all like guacamole, so I added some fiber (spinach) and protein (yogurt) to this savory Spinach & Avocado dip. 

Avocado Spinach Dip

Avocado Spinach Dip

Yield: approx. 2 cups
Author: Leah K. Egwuatu
Prep time: 5 MinTotal time: 5 Min
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients together in your high powered blender or food processor and blend until smooth!
  2. scrape into a serving bowl, cover, and chill in frige for at least 1 hour.
  3. grab your veggie sticks or chips!

Notes

Nutritional stats are per serving; recipe makes 4 servings total.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

112

Fat (grams)

8 g

Carbs (grams)

10 g

Fiber (grams)

2 g

Protein (grams)

2 g
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I grabbed some Specially Selected Sea Salt Pita Chips and Simply Nature Blue Corn Tortilla Chips to dip into the guacamole with. I am always so impressed with the quality to price ratio at ALDI!  I check out satisfied, content, and proud that I am easily able to stay below my grocery budget time and time again.

Creamy goodness ☺️.

Next, a sweet, gluten-free treat full of whole grain oats! PB & J sammiches are also favorites around here, so these bars really hit home.  Kosi is allergic to peanuts, so I used sunflower seed butter; peanut butter works just fine. 

Strawberry Sun Butter Bars

Strawberry Sun Butter Bars

Yield: 12 bars
Author: Leah K. Egwuatu
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 35 Min
heavenly layers of sweet strawberry goodness embracing a sun-kissed, nutty surprise, delivering a burst of summer in every delectable bite!
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Combine oats, baking soda, salt, sugar, vanilla, almond flour, maple syrup, and sun butter well.
  2. Cut butter into cubes (make sure it is cold) and press into the dry mixture with your fingers until clumps form.
  3. Press 3/4 of the mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 9 pan.
  4. Add preserves to the top of the bottom later in dollops, then spread the preserves evenly.
  5. Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture on top of the preserves.
  6. Bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.
  7. Once out of the over, let pan cool completely before cutting to ensure they hold their shape.

Notes

Nutritional stats are per bar.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

253

Fat (grams)

14 g

Carbs (grams)

25 g

Fiber (grams)

4 g

Protein (grams)

6 g

Sugar (grams)

16 g
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After the snacks were ready, it was finally time to assemble the board!

I said, “GO!” and they dove in immediately…at the same time, lol. 

I shop ALDI all year round; it’s my destination for healthy, budget-friendly items for our growing family of six. That Dego has a big appetite and keeps me in the kitchen all by himself most days though!!

  Wishing you all lots of high-fives, fist bumps and fun experiences with your kiddos this year!  Watch their creativity soar while making their own snack board(s) filled with better-for-you everyday products from ALDI!