Hayden’s Super Sneaky Tips
Thursday, January 24th, 2008The top twelve SUPERFOODS are:
- Wild Salmon
- Blueberries
- Spinach
- Nuts
- Eggs
- Tofu
- Yogurt
- Avocados
- Oatmeal
- Flaxseeds
- Beans
- Tomatoes
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- Play feed the bunny
- Eat leaves like a giraffe.
- Start early.
- Dice raw leafy greens and sprinkle into spaghetti sauce.
- Blend some organic spinach or chard into a fruit and yogurt smoothie.
- Play feed the bunny
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- Make your own trail mix
- Ground them into butter try cashew butter, almond butter on your toast or as a dip for apples or celery.
- Keep them in a bowl in the kitchen or in their play area.
- Make your own trail mix
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- Serve them up in a variety of styles.
- Scramble them in fried rice.
- Try them sunny side up or hard boiled on toast.
- Serve them up in a variety of styles.
- 1 tablespoon a day for young children. 2 tablespoons a day for older children and adults.
Use as a SUPER SPRINKLE in cereal, pasta sauces, salad, muffin mix, smoothies.
- serve in sauces. Purees, salsa or juice.
- Sprinkle Cinnamon on everything you can. Applesauce, cereal, yogurt
- Replace flour with whole wheat pastry flour. If the family notices try half and half until they get used to it.
- Flaxseed oil put in our salad dressing, oatmeal or smoothies.
- Use whole grain pasta.
- For more protein for a picky eater, add protein powder to hot or cold cereal, smoothies.
- Children under four grind up choke-able foods such as nuts and sees in a coffee grinder and add to oatmeal, smoothies or salads,
- Use fruits, juice, a little honey or Xylitol as a sweetener.
- Add diced veggies to kid favorites like Mac and cheese.
- Make your own pretty pizzas with lots of veggies.
- Use healthy dips to entice raw vegetable eating. Hummus, guacamole, yogurt, peanut butter, bean dip salsa or olive oil.
- Dilute fruit juice with water. Add a splash of veggie juice in fruit juice. Carrot and apple go great together. If they still use a sippy cup, used a colored cup and then add in some spinach juice to their fruit juice.
