Take a look at some healthy family tips for you and your family!
How to Sneak More Go Foods Into Meals And Snacks
- Always serve a piece of fruit with breakfast! Start the day off right by including fruit (but not fruit juice) with your daily breakfast routine. Choose fresh fruit when available, then canned fruit in natural juices.
- Include fat-free or low-fat milk, cheese, and yogurt in your daily meal planning!
- Replace white bread and rice, high-sweetened cereals, and white-flour baked goods with whole grains!
- Use lean meats and other proteins as the show in your meals!
- Include a vegetable with every lunch and dinner.
- Avoid fattening dips and dressings!
- Offer smaller portions of "slow" foods!
Healthy Recipes
- Pizza Crackers- 5-8 whole grain crackers with 2 tablespoons tomato sauce and 2 ounces or 2 thin slices of low-fat cheese or 1 low-fat cheese stick (melt together or serve cold). Can also make on an English muffin if desired.
- Happy Trails to You Party Mix- 1 ounce whole grain pretzel sticks (1 small handful) mixed with 1/4 cup roasted nuts and 2 tablespoons dried fruit or 1 cup berries of choice. *Serving size suggestion; use each child's hand size as a guide for the appropriate portion of each food included in the mix above.
- Tropical Waffle Crunch- 1 frozen cooked whole grain waffle topped with 1-2 tablespoons low-fat cottage cheese or yogurt, 1/2 cup sliced pineapple or fruit of choice (again let each child pick the fruit if possible), and 1-2 tablespoons walnuts or almonds. Sprinkling with cinnamon (optional).
- Banana Nut Coins- 1/2-1 banana sliced into thin circles topped with 1-2 tablespoons natural peanut butter and 2 tablespoons wheat germ or unsweetened cereal.
- Bugs on a Hike- 2 large celery sticks, each topped with 1 tablespoon low-fat cream cheese or 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter and 1 tablespoon raisins or dried cranberries.
- Apple in a Turkey Blanket- 1 small apple sliced and wrapped in 2-3 slices of turkey and 1-2 slices of low-fat cheese.
- Trees in the Sand- 1/2-1 whole wheat English muffin topped with 2 tablespoons hummus or 1 slice low-fat cheese and 1/2 cup broccoli chopped (cooked or raw)
- Yoyo Fruity Cups- 6 ounces of low-fat yogurt with 1-2 tablespoons chopped nuts or low-fat granola. Alternative: Pour yogurt into small paper cups, top with nuts or granola, cover with plastic wrap, and poke a wooden popsicle stick in the center of each cup. Put cups in freezer until yogurt is frozen , remove plastic wrap and cups from yogurt, and enjoy this frozen treat !