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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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Our family loves Eggplant Parmesan
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My family loves my homemade banana muffins. Gluten free of course.
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We love tomato salad. We get a huge variety of tomatoes (you’d be surprised how many you can find just at your local grocery store) and we mix it up with a little bit of vinegar, olive oil, fresh basil, salt and pepper.
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We love Frozen fruits on a stick and corn with 3 different melted cheese! :]
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I love doing grilled shrimp marinated with caribbean spices and lime – which I put over cilantro couscous!
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my family loves roasted red pepper humus I make with carrots from our garden 🙂
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My whole family loves to eat fruit salad. It is easy to make. everyone pitches in with cutting and dicing up the fruits, which include Canteloupe, Watermelon, Oranges, Tangerines, Apples, Raisins (yes raisins), Cherries, Grapefruit, Bananas, Kiwi. We either eat it all mixed up, or place it on a bed of Romaine lettuce and add some Cottage Cheese.
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It’s simple, but so good! As a family we love apples, so I like to cut up the apples and put organic peanut butter on them. It’s so good!
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My family loves sliced fruit and we use vanilla yogart with a little strawberry jello mixed in, as a dip.
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Any fruit with yogurt dip.
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Home made hummus is so easy and really gets kids to eat cut veggies.
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Everyone here likes my tuna noodle casserole
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