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Do Your Little Ones Act Like
Vegetables Are Poison?
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Kid's recipes should be quick,
flavorful and nutritious. Getting little ones to consume vegetables is a
major task. Finding a way to get vegetables into the mouths of little ones
is easy when they are part of the fun. Creating ways to get kids to help
with the preparation and the cooking of kids' recipes is part of the fun.
Kid friendly recipes will allow you the comfort of knowing your children are
eating healthy and the kids will appreciate feeling in control of what they
are eating. |
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Take your little ones along when you go
shopping. Let them choose the fruits and vegetables that they enjoy. This is
always the easiest way even with children as young as 4 years old. Kids learn
how to eat healthy when they participate in the cooking and the meal planning
for the family.
Children adore color. Even with food, kids will first look, smell, and lastly
taste. So a variety of color in meals is great. Eating a diversity of foods
greatly improves the odds of consuming all the nutrients you and your family
need for optimum health.
A great way to get children to eat vegetables is to use the vegetables as part
of a project. Kids get to count, make shapes, and then eat what they have
created. You get the pleasure of knowing that you are including nutritious foods
into their meals.
Kids Recipes for Create My Own Soup
Let the children separate the carrots and celery pieces. Let them spell their
names with the noodles if you have alphabet noodles. You may find other
kid-friendly noodles like car shapes, etc. Create a topic of the soup project.
Cut various shapes out of the carrot slices and zucchini (using an aspic cutter)
then set aside.
Ingredients:
*1-2 carrots
*1 zucchini
*4 cups low sodium chicken broth
*1/4 cup shaped pasta
*Dash of sage
*3/4 cup chopped, cooked chicken
*Salt and pepper to taste
Bringing it All Together:
*Let the kids help you wash the vegetables. After they finish you can scrub the
carrots and zucchini softly with a vegetable brush.
*Cut the vegetables into 1/4-inch slices.
*Cut various shapes out of the slices, and set them aside.
*In a medium sized pot, bring the broth to a simmer over medium heat.
*Add the carrot stars and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the carrots start
to become tender.
*Add the pasta, zucchini and chicken. Continue cooking the soup for another few
minutes, stirring occasionally, just until the pasta is done. Makes 4 servings.
*Let the kids search for their names or count the number of shapes in their soup
bowl. The kids will like the exciting activity and fun, you will feel good
knowing they are eating their vegetables.
| Need more Kid-Friendly Recipes? Christine
Steendahl – “The Menu Mom” invites you to visit Kid Approved
Meals at
http://www.kidapprovedmeals.com to claim your personal 13
week breakfast and lunch menu designed just for kids! |
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