- Limit your child’s intake of sugary soda. Serve water, or 100% juice which can be diluted with water.
- Try lean turkey or veggie burgers instead of hamburgers.
Feed your children nitrate and nitrite-free chicken, turkey, tofu, or veggie hot dogs to avoid the extra fat and calories of traditional hot dogs
- Instead of whole milk, serve skim or 1% milk or soy milk.
- Instead of processed cheese, look for wholesome natural cheeses without artificial food coloring. Serve baked fries instead of greasy fries.
- Get more veggies into your children’s diets by making blended veggie or bean based soups, or by simmering finely chopped veggies into spaghetti sauce.
- Get pizza with more veggies and less cheese instead of ordering pizza smothered in cheese and meat. Try burritos and wraps!
- Give your kids fruit, almonds, or protein bars for snacks, not candy bars!
- Cookies, like most sweets, are more filling than healthy snacks. Try serving whole-wheat animal crackers, whole grain crackers, fig bars or graham crackers.
- Replace ice cream and milk shakes with homemade fruit and yogurt smoothies, fresh or frozen strawberries, peaches, or raspberries, or watermelon and cantaloupe in season.
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