Healthy Food Ideas Your Kids Might Love
Even finicky kids can get jazzed about fruits and vegetables. “It’s all in the presentation,” says Hendel.
1. Fruit Parfaits — Spoon layers of fat-free yogurt, fruit, and crushed cereal into a nonbreakable ice cream dish.
2. Smoothies — Mix fruit with juice or fat-free yogurt or milk. Your kids will get a kick out of watching the color change.
3. Extraordinary Eggs — Lay cookie cutters on a frying pan, fill the egg mixture, then sprinkle in veggies with your child.
4. veggie Tic-Tac-Toe — Play this three-across game on a paper plate (so you can draw the grid) with cut-up veggies. Then munch away.
5. Pepper Bowl — Fill a hollowed bell pepper with chicken salad or hummus. Slice up some carrot sticks for dipping.
6. Blind Taste Test — Cut up veggies, blindfold your child, and have him taste them. See if he can guess what each is.
7. Quickie Pizza — Let your child put tomato sauce and shredded cheese on a tortilla. Add veggies. Then toast and serve.
8. Homemade Fruit Pops — Pour juice into ice pop trays. Drop in chopped up berries and oranges. Add a stick, then freeze.
9. Waffle Face — Have your child create a silly face or pattern with strawberry or banana slices. It works with pancakes too.
10. Frozen Fruit — Icy grapes and blueberries are more fun than fresh ones because they seem like popsicles, not fruit. Try any combination!
(From Parents Magazine)
