It's not likely your kids will eat spring mix or any of the bitter lettuces so try butterhead, romaine, or even iceburg to introduce them to lettuce.
Give your kids choices that will make the salad something they may want to eat. It's as simple as ranch or honey-mustard dressing. Or cheddar cheese or mozzarella cheese. Let your kids decide what goes on or into their salad.
Think outside the box when it comes to additions to your salad. Goldfish crackers, cooked pasta, or berries can make the salad more kid friendly and tastier to their palate.
Serve the salad first. Bring it out before you bring the meal out. Kids are at their hungriest then and if that's whats offered they may eat or even try a salad by having it there first.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Frozen Fruit
I can get my kids to eat more fruits when they are frozen then I can normally. During the summer we freeze almost all fruit with Popsicle sticks to make a healthy frozen treat. Buy seedless watermelon and cut into bite size pieces and place a stick in it and freeze. Quick, easy, and healthy with the added bonus of no added sugar or HFCS.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month-How can we encourage our kids to eat more?
Here are a few ideas but I'm going to spend the month focusing on fruits and vegetables. Hopefully I can keep up on this blog a little better than I have been.
1. Eat fruits and vegetables yourself so they see you eating them.
2. If you have little ones start them early. If you start them on fruits and vegetables before they get set in their ways you'll have a lover.
3. Let them help you cook or prepare them. My kids love helping me get fruits and vegetables ready. They even like helping when we cook them.
4. Get creative with presenting produce. Some kids will eat more or even try something new if it's presented in a fun way. For example: make a silly face out of fruit or create a woodland scene with broccoli for trees.
5. Grow a garden with their help. Let them pick out a few fruits or vegetables they want to grow.
6. Let them pick out a fruit or vegetable at the store.
7. Make fruits and vegetables more accessible. Have them ready to eat and divide up into a serving size makes it more likely they will grab some and eat it.
8. Don't offer candy or other sweets as a reward for eating your fruit and vegetables.
9. Use fresh vegetable or fruit with a dip as an appetizer for your main course.
10. Use a farmer's market for some unique produce and again let the kids pick what they want to try.
11. Read children s literature with fruits and vegetables that includes fun characters and encourages healthy eating Like in Herb the vegetarian Dragon!
12. Never say you don't like a certain produce item or that someone else or your kid doesn't like it. Repeatably saying someone doesn't like it programs the brain into thinking they really don't like it.
1. Eat fruits and vegetables yourself so they see you eating them.
2. If you have little ones start them early. If you start them on fruits and vegetables before they get set in their ways you'll have a lover.
3. Let them help you cook or prepare them. My kids love helping me get fruits and vegetables ready. They even like helping when we cook them.
4. Get creative with presenting produce. Some kids will eat more or even try something new if it's presented in a fun way. For example: make a silly face out of fruit or create a woodland scene with broccoli for trees.
5. Grow a garden with their help. Let them pick out a few fruits or vegetables they want to grow.
6. Let them pick out a fruit or vegetable at the store.
7. Make fruits and vegetables more accessible. Have them ready to eat and divide up into a serving size makes it more likely they will grab some and eat it.
8. Don't offer candy or other sweets as a reward for eating your fruit and vegetables.
9. Use fresh vegetable or fruit with a dip as an appetizer for your main course.
10. Use a farmer's market for some unique produce and again let the kids pick what they want to try.
11. Read children s literature with fruits and vegetables that includes fun characters and encourages healthy eating Like in Herb the vegetarian Dragon!
12. Never say you don't like a certain produce item or that someone else or your kid doesn't like it. Repeatably saying someone doesn't like it programs the brain into thinking they really don't like it.
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