Horizon is asking moms how they get their kids to eat healthy food.
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As you may have gathered by now, I have an opinion on EVERYTHING so let’s tackle this healthy food question.
Bring on
Holly’s List of Her 2 Top Healthy Food Sneakin’ Tips!
{I am aware that there is some law against a list having only 2 items, but I am feeling a bit rebellious today.}
OK, so I did the whole pureeing fruits and vegetables and adding the purees to food…
for a week. It is a genius idea, but I am
too tired to keep it up. I had to find some things that work for me at the last minute and with whatever I can find in the fridge because that is how things are done at my house.
Meal planning is for sissies.
My Top 2 Ways of Getting My Boys to Eat Healthy Food:
1. Make a Fruit Smoothie!
Pretty much anything is made better in a blender.
{You can quote me on that.}
Most of my smoothies are a combination of yogurt, fruit and ice. Most of the time the yogurt sweetens the drink, but occasionally I add sugar or the Malt flavor Ovaltine.
Two of our favorite smoothies are:
- Strawberry yogurt, fresh strawberries blueberries and bananas, and ice
- Vanilla yogurt, fresh bananas, Chocolate Ovaltine, and ice
The other thing I have found is that the boys’ lunch Thermos container will keep a smoothie icy until noon. I make them a smoothie for breakfast and then modify it a little to pack in their lunches.
One blender clean-up: two healthy meals.
2. Hide it in a Pita!
Everything looks more appetizing in a pita.
I have
one child that won’t eat any type of bread product, but for the other two a pita is like magic. I slice them across the middle and gently work the sides apart so that all they healthy stuff disappears.
Any sandwich that I might make between two
boring pieces of bread is now elevated to super fun gourmet status.
The bonus is that I am addicted to hummus so the pita serves a dual purpose.
Ta-ha!
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