| Getting your kids to eat more fruit and vegetables can | | | | cereals. Make foods out of fruit which look appetizing |
| sometimes be a real struggle. Fruit is naturally sweet | | | | and your kids might be tempted to sample them, even |
| so it is perhaps more appealing than vegetables but | | | | if they are fussy about trying new things. |
| sometimes kids simply refuse to eat healthy food. We | | | | Dried Fruit and Fruit Juice |
| all know that fruit and vegetables are necessary for | | | | Dried fruit is convenient but because a lot of the water |
| good health, so how can we make fruit more tempting | | | | has been removed it is higher in calories than fresh, |
| to our kids? | | | | frozen or canned fruit. If your kids are young, dried fruit |
| First of all, remember that kids love foods which look | | | | might present a choking risk so cut it into small pieces. |
| appealing. A pile of green mush might taste delicious | | | | Fruit juice is another option and you can serve it as it is |
| but your kids are not going to want to taste it. Make a | | | | or mix it with lemonade. Try to serve unsweetened |
| smiley face out of yogurt and chopped fruit and that | | | | fruit juice because it already contains natural fruit |
| will make them smile and want to eat it. You can | | | | sugars. |
| make food fun because fun food is tempting food, | | | | Recipe for a Healthy Fruit Smoothie |
| even when you use healthy ingredients to make it. | | | | Fruit smoothies are attractive to kids because they |
| Canned and Frozen Fruit | | | | are colorful and taste delicious. You can use any soft |
| Fruit does not have to be fresh and canned or frozen | | | | fruits to make smoothie recipes. |
| fruit can be a great option. Frozen fruit is flash frozen | | | | The following recipe makes two portions of fruit |
| when it is perfectly ripe, which means the nutrients are | | | | smoothie and the honey and vanilla give the smoothie |
| preserved and retained. | | | | a wonderful flavor. You can use regular yogurt or |
| The longer fresh fruit is off the vine, the fewer | | | | even milk instead of the frozen yogurt if you prefer. |
| nutrients it retains, making frozen fruit a healthier option. | | | | What you will need: |
| Fruit sold in stores is ripened after it is picked, so it is | | | | - 1 cup frozen yogurt |
| fair to say that frozen fruit usually contains more | | | | - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| nutrients. | | | | - 1 chopped banana |
| You can make frozen fruit tempting to your kids by | | | | - 8 frozen strawberries |
| thawing it and using it to top a cheesecake. You can | | | | - 1/2 teaspoon honey |
| also combine sugar free jello with thawed fruit or | | | | How to make it: |
| chopped fresh fruit to make a healthy and colorful | | | | Add all the ingredients to a blender and puree the |
| dessert. | | | | smoothie for a minute on a high speed until everything |
| Canned fruit is healthy as long as it is packed in fruit | | | | is well mixed and the smoothie is frothy. Serve |
| juice, rather than sugar syrup, and you can use it to | | | | immediately. |
| make smoothies, milkshakes or add it to breakfast | | | | |