Do you have an easier time finding a match for every sock, or arriving somewhere on time than getting your kids to eat anything even remotely healthy? What can we do to make sure they are getting enough nutrients to help them grow and develop strong healthy minds and bodies? We become sneaky health ninjas… that’s how!
Most moms know that sometimes you have to be sneaky when it comes to food and nutrition with the little ones. Kids can be picky sugar-obsessed brats who will throw a temper tantrum at the very mention of a veggie. (Or at least mine will) so we have to sneak things in from time to time and hope and pray for the best. Here are my secrets
to attempting to get some real food into your kids diet.
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1. Smoothies
Most of you have probably already made smoothies for your kids that have healthy ingredients but it never hurts to
try to really pack some nutrition in there and hide the taste of health so they will actually drink it. Here are my tips: Chocolate or Vanilla greens powder. This stuff is health in a tub, and tastes pretty darn good if you mix it with the right stuff. (Don’t use water) Mix 1 or 2 spoonfuls of organic super greens powder into the blender along with any fruits or veggies you like, some cinnamon, turmeric, yogurt or kefir, raw cocoa, coconut oil and chocolate almond milk. Boom. Healthy and delicious! You can even add a scoop of frozen yogurt or other healthy ice cream
alternative to make it more of a milkshake!
2. Popsicles
Making your own popsicles is a great way give your kids a refreshing and tasty snack that you can easily sneak some
good stuff into. Simply buy your own popsicle makers and fill them up with whatever you’d like. Some organic raw fruit juice, super greens powder, (mixed of course) liquid supplements like vitamin C etc.
Just pour it all into the molds, freeze and voila! Just don’t tell the little buggers that they’re not “real popsicles, ok?” Ok.
3. Baked Goods
Baking your own muffins, cupcakes and cookies is a creative way to sneak a few healthy ingredients into something that your kids are sure to eat. Baking some delicious goods from scratch using pure, organic and healthy ingredients
isn’t as daunting or tasteless as it sounds! Pinterest away and you’re sure to find countess recipes for healthy, easy and yummy recipes for some nutrition packed baked goods. I am always making some cupcakes using quinoa flour, raw unrefined organic sugar, coconut sugar, flax and chia seeds, bananas, raw organic oats, applesauce and organic soy-free chocolate chips and homemade cream cheese frosting. Ok now I’m hungry… somebody pass me a cupcake?
4. Veggie Sauces
Whipping up your own homemade veggie sauces for pasta or pizza or just for dipping is another way to sneak in
the power of veggies almost undetected! Check out these 7 veggie packed sauce recipes to get you started!
5. Homemade Jello Snacks
For a fun way to pop in a little bit of nutrition, try making some homemade organic Jello (Yes, there is such a thing!) and add in some watermelon or other fruit flavored super greens powder, liquid vitamin supplements or other healthy liquefied shot of nutrition and mix it in with your Jello mix. You can either eat as is, or use molds to make into little shaped snacks! Booyah!
Well that’s it for my tips on sneaking some nutrition into your kids’ diets. I hope you enjoyed this little tidbit and I wish you luck with trying these ideas out!
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Love these ideas! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
These are very helpful tips. My twin granddaughters are picky eaters. I need to show this to their mom. Thanks for sharing.
I love these ideas! I didn’t think about jello and veggie broths. Yummy and sounds good. I’ll be trying some of these.
As a mama of 4 kids this has been what feels like the never ending battles but it’s one I truly see and know is worth the fight! I love your ideas and have used it. I’ve found that even introducing the good eats as early as possible makes it that much easier to get them to eat better. Plus I’ve found the more I offer of good eats for my kids I eat better myself. I say that is a win-win!
These are wonderful ideas, especially smoothies! I like to add kale to smoothies for my kiddos.
My kids are only allowed to have mac and cheese if there’s a veggies mixed in. I know how much kids love their mac, so here’s the balance. They get their yummy cheesy noodles and some healthy veggies. It works! The eat it. 🙂
My kiddos love popsicles and smoothies, they are delicious and mostly nutritious for them!
I absolutely love this post. It’s so important to know exactly what you’re feeding your kiddos, and how you can make meals as healthy as possible. I love all of your suggestions, and want to try making smoothies for my kids!
Great ideas. My kids won’t eat hardly any veggies. I used my nutri bullet to chop up some spinach and I added it to my chili…the only problem was it turned my chili green!!!
I love these tips!! I know my kids aren’t the biggest veggies fans so sneaking more into their diet is always a plus for me.
Great ideas! My toddler is a picky eater. I sneak veggies into baked goods all the time.
Veggie sauces is a brilliant idea! I’ve never thought of that one before!
I always have to find ways to sneak some veggies and fruit to my 3 year old! He is the most picky eater ever! He loves popsicles so we actually make our own and its super fun!
I’ll have to try some of these other ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Veggie sauces are a great solution. I don’t have kids yet, but I opened the link to your recipes and saving them. This is what I love! Thank you.
Smoothies are my favorite ways to get them to eat veggies that they aren’t keen on. Plus, mama likes to drink them too. Green smoothies are so yummy!
I totally love these ideas! I would like to try these especially the Homemade Jello Snacks, I’m pretty sure that my son would love it.
These are all great ways to sneak in veggies and a boost of nutrition. My kids are the pickiest eaters ever so I’ve tried all of these.
These are great ideas. It’s not always easy to convince kids to eat the healthy stuff so we really have to get creative when it comes to the food that we serve them. Thanks for these!
Smoothies is SUCH a no-brainer and delish idea to sneak in all kinds of good things! In fact, I have to fool myself sometimes with adding in more veggies and sneaking kale into a smoothie is the easiest way to do it!
I love making veggie sauces. It is the perfect way for me to sneak in veggies. I will have to give these other ideas a try.
One of my favorites is pasta sauce. I grate up veggies and add them in!
i have been lucky in that son has always eeaten his veggies, that said these are great tips
When I have kids I am definitely sneaking stuff into my kids food. Now its actually pretty cool and tasty in a smoothie would be perfect and I am sure jello would be great too!