Get Creative with Healthy Recipes for Kids?

Answer 1

It is a common myth that for a meal to be healthy it must look like a traditional meal. When it comes to creating healthy recipes for kids, believing this myth can cause trouble. Thinking outside the box and getting creative is a great way to get kids to eat healthy.

Sometimes healthy recipes for kids that more closely resemble snacks can be even more healthy than traditional meals. This is because the only way a healthy meal is really healthy is if it is actually eaten. Children are much more prone to eat snack type foods than entire meals.

One idea is to include placing lean lunch meat, crackers or pretzels, cheese and fruit on a plate and serving for lunch. Another is to serve chunks of meat and cheese with raw vegetables and dressing for dipping. It does not have to be hard, it just has to be healthy, and it has to get eaten.