| Keeping kids healthy is every mothers major concern, | | | | Smoothies are a wonderful way to get your children |
| but when it comes to eating, well, sometimes they | | | | to eat fresh fruit, but you do have to be careful about |
| make it really difficult for us. My children all ate healthy | | | | the sugar content. There's not much point in preventing |
| nutritious food when they were small, but as they | | | | plaque if your kids teeth are rotting from too much |
| grew they would eat less and less of the fresh fruits | | | | sugar. Pomegranate juice is a little tart, but you can |
| and vegetables I gave them, apparently believing that | | | | add just add little honey. |
| anything which came in breadcrumbs was infinitely | | | | 1 carton of blueberry yogurt |
| superior to anything that could be peeled, or worst of | | | | 1 cup frozen (or fresh) mixed berries |
| all, might have juice. | | | | 1/2 cup pomegranate juice |
| When I was pregnant with my first I got a craving for | | | | If you use fresh berries add a couple of ice cubes. If |
| ice cream, but found it all had a horrible after taste. I | | | | you'd like it sweeter, add a little honey. |
| drove everyone mad until my husband bought me an | | | | When kids go back to school they always catch cold, |
| ice cream maker so I could make my own, and not | | | | so it's a good idea to boost their immune system if you |
| surprisingly, freed from additives and preservatives, I | | | | can. Again pomegranates are a good choice, but they |
| found mine tasted pretty good. | | | | can be a pest to prepare and the arils are fiddly, but |
| So when my son was born we kept up with the ice | | | | they do make a really good smoothie which can be |
| cream and added real fruit, then added some milk to it | | | | used for breakfast. |
| and created a wonderful cold drink, a healthy smoothie | | | | 1 cup of milk |
| you might say. | | | | 1 large banana |
| One of the great things about healthy smoothies is | | | | 2 tablespoons of sliced almonds |
| that they are a great way to introduce new fruits to | | | | 1 cup frozen (or fresh) mixed berries |
| the kids. Fore example apples are a nutritious fruit and | | | | 1 cup pomegranate juice |
| so we often use apple juice as the foundation of our | | | | Once again you can add honey to taste and even |
| smoothies, but did you know that pomegranates are | | | | some protein powder. |
| also extremely good for you? When I first read about | | | | Both pomegranate juice and bananas are good |
| their health benefits I was amazed, and while many | | | | sources of potassium, the third most common mineral |
| apply more to adults than to children (lowering blood | | | | in the body and completely essential to health. |
| pressure and cholesterol), I was particularly interested | | | | Using a Blendtec blender makes it so easy to have |
| in the claim that it can prevent dental plaque as well as | | | | healthy smoothies. It's never too late or too early to |
| plaque build up in the arteries. | | | | eat healthily, so why not give it a try? |