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With the myriad of packaged, processed and sugar-laden sweets and fast food available today, it's no surprise children turn their little noses up at the idea of eating a salad sandwich and bowl of fresh fruit for lunch instead of a sausage roll and chocolate bar. But there are ways to ensure children can have their (healthy!) cake and eat it too, and at the same time receive the daily-recommended serves of 2 fruit and 3 veg:
- Prepare bowls of fresh pre-cut fruit and vegetables, such as apple or melon slices, orange wedges, berries, celery and carrot sticks, etc. This way when kids open the fridge there is no excuse not to reach for the colourful and enticing nutrients!
- Sneak grated carrot, chopped onion, celery or tomatoes into bolognaise dishes or pasta sauces, and they'll be none the wiser.
- Homemade is best - instead of takeaway junk food, make homemade pizzas for dinner. Put out bowls of chopped chicken, lamb, vegies and cheese so everyone can create individual pizzas. The same goes for hamburgers- homemade not only tastes better, but will benefit health.
- Make cooking fun and get kids in the kitchen to create yummy, wholesome biscuits and muffins, adding their own ingredients such as chopped nuts, fruit and spices.
- Try using cookie cutters to make fun shapes out of sandwiches for lunchboxes, as younger children are more likely to eat a star-shaped sandwich over a square one!
- Rather than a milkshake from the corner store, blend up a cup of milk, chopped fruit, a squirt of honey and a spoonful of bran for a fibre-filled, healthy alternative.
- Add sliced fruit to cereals, or to ice cream, rather than sugar-filled chocolate toppings.
WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND ORGANIC FOOD AS THE BETTER CHOICE !
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