Health Tip: 10 Ways to Encourage Kids to Eat Healthier

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Health Tip 10 Ways to Encourage Kids to Eat
Healthier
Create smoothies with fat-free or low-fat yogurt
with fruit pieces and crushed ice. Use fresh,
frozen, canned or even overripe fruit, such as
bananas, berries, peaches or pineapple. Let your
kids dip fruit and vegetables in a dip. Make fun
kabobs resembling caterpillars by assembling
chunks of melon, apple, orange and pear on
skewers. For a raw veggie version, use zucchini,
cucumber, squash, sweet peppers or
tomatoes. Make personal pizzas with whole-wheat
English muffins, bagels or pita bread as the
crust. Add tomato sauce, low-fat cheese and
cut-up vegetables or fruit for toppings. Assemble
a fruity peanut butterfly by using carrot sticks
or celery for the body and attaching wings made
of thinly sliced apples with peanut butter.
Decorate with halved grapes or dried
fruit. Freeze fruits for a fun and refreshing
treat during summer. Make "bugs on a log" by
using celery, cucumber or carrot sticks as the
log, and add peanut butter. Then top with dried
fruit such as raisins, cranberries or
cherries. Make homemade trail mix with dried
apples, pineapple, cherries, apricots or
raisins. Make a potato person by decorating half
a baked potato. Use vegetables such as sliced
cherry tomatoes or peas, and low-fat cheese to
make a fun face. Ask your child to name new
veggie or fruit creation. Let the child arrange
raw veggies or fruit into a fun shape or
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