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As a MVP Generation Go Ambassador and a mom of three, there’s a bunch of healthy recipes that I enjoy making for my family but I’ll share one that is very special. This week’s topic is all about healthy recipes and getting your kids involved in eating healthy.
Having a daughter who is extremely picky, it’s often difficult to get her to eat healthy, especially any green vegetable. So it’s up to me to “hide” the veggies until she gets accustomed to the taste.
If I left the food choices to her, it would definitely be pasta with butter, white rice and chicken nuggets with milk and cheese on the side. What kind of menu is that? Not a healthy one, that’s for sure!
The one recipe we all love is the Green Apple Smoothie. A few years ago, I found a green smoothie recipe that used broccoli and asparagus. Instead of adding both the asparagus and broccoli, I added fresh baby spinach leaves. My daughter would never eat spinach leaves or anything green like I said before but since this is a Green “Apple” Smoothie (she loves apples!), she drinks it with no problem whatsoever.
Green Apple Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1 Banana, cut in chunks
- 1 Granny Smith Apple, cored and chopped or sliced
- 1 cup White or Green Grapes
- 1 cup Fat-Free Vanilla Yogurt (or Plain Yogurt and ¼ teaspoon vanilla)
- 1-2 cups fresh Baby Spinach Leaves
- Splash of Apple Juice (optional)
- Ice
Instructions:
- Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth
- Enjoy.
You see, getting kids to eat healthy is not that difficult at all. It’s sad that I have to hide veggies from my daughter but I’ve got to start somewhere.
Do you have to hide veggies from your kids? Do you have any tips for me? I would love any tips and ideas to help me out!
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Grill 3 chicken breasts and slice into strips. Chop spring mix lettuce in to bit sized pieces and create the bed, add diced boiled egg, sliced carrots, sliced avacado, sliced cucumber, raisins, chopped almonds, then the chicken and lite ranch dressing (or whatever you like). Serve with wheat bread and fresh fruit on the side.
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Crunchy apple dip
1/2 cup of peanut butter smooth
1/4 of corn flakes
Crush cornflakes in a baggie. Mix crushed corn flakes into peanut butter. Slice up your favorite apple and dip in the crunchy peanut butter dip. So good and so easy!
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burrito wraps with brown rice, non fat refried beans and assorted veggies
Super easy
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My boys and I love fresh fruit smoothies, and it doesn’t ever get boring with new combo’s of fruit all the time, and they always have fun watching them getting “smashed up”! Lol
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boil an egg, cut in half and take yolk out. Fill center with mixure of avocad0 and fresh roma tomatoes, put back together with toothpick. fantastic snack!
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tuna salad sanwich, tuna, a tiny amount of mayo, lettuce & tomato
One of my favorite healthy recipes is stir fry – tons of fresh, healthy veggies – whatever is ripe in the garden that day, on a bed of brown rice! Colorful and healthy and tasty!
angle food cake, berries and fat free whiped cream for desert
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At our house we enjoy a big salad created from whatever vegetables are growing in our back yard garden.
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Frozen grapes! So delicious and so EASY!
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We love fresh and crunchy vegetable stir fry.
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We love whole wheat penne with broccoli and turkey sausage.
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We make smoothies with yogurt and frozen fruit.
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Grilled Chricken Breast and Salad. Thanks for great sweep and hope to win 🙂
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