If you have kids, part of your day likely involves keeping an eye on what they're eating.




With all the food choices kids have these days, getting them to make a healthy choice can be a challenge. Convincing them to eat what you have decided is a healthy choice can sometimes be an overwhelming task. How do you do it?


It's simple. You only offer healthy snacks and meals. If you give a kid a choice, they're probably not going to pick the healthy one.
Karen, Crescent Springs, KY


These are great snacks for children with diabetes. My daughter has Juvenile Type 1 diabetes and these products fit into her diabetic meal plans. The fruit bars are less than a serving of carbs, which doesn't raise her blood sugar levels high and best of all they taste great for the whole family to have.
Teresa, flossmoor, IL


Giving children a variety of healthy choices: bite size pieces of carrot, cucumber, grape tomatoes, celery stored in a 'on-the-go' resealable bags. They can be used at home or on the run. Another idea, invite children over for a SunRype party, where children can use imaginative play and enjoy healthy snacks.
Vanessa


We start the day with dried fruit on our cereal, fruit juice and grapefruit (or sometimes banana) for breakfast. Then we don't have to fight as hard the rest of the day to reach our required number of fruits and vegetables. My four year olds think that grapefruit is dessert for breakfast and ask for it if it isn't on the table.
Nancy


When making nachos for kids, puree onions, tomatoes, peppers and any other type of veggies (even carrots) you wouldn't normally put on nachos. Combine the pureed veggies with pasta sauce and place on nachos! Kids will never know that their regular plain-Jane pasta sauce is loaded with veggies!
Ryan


Grate carrots, zucchini or beets into tomato sauce for use in pasta dishes. It's a great way to sneak some fantastic extra nutrition into a meal that most kids already love!
Karen


On winter evenings, when weekday evening dessert is a bowl of unsweetened preserved fruit, my parents got creative. Children were given one or two tablespoons of the unsweetened fruit juice in their glass of milk. It made a fun and tasty difference to the glass of milk usually served at the end of meal.
Cecilia


My kids never used to like broccoli, but they've always liked mashed potatoes. So... instead of serving the mashed potatoes in a bowl and some broccoli on the side of each plate, I piled all the mashed potatoes like a mountain on a big plate and then stuck each piece of broccoli into the pile. It looked just like a snow-covered mountain with trees sticking out of it! And believe it or not, every tree got eaten that night.
Mary




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