Healthy Meal Ideas
for Kids

Healthy Meal Ideas and Tips

Every parent has the same question, how do you get your kids to eat healthy?

We have some healthy meal ideas for getting your kids to eat healthy and ways to provide more nutrition.

1. Add vegetables wherever possible. For example, shredded zucchini or carrots can go in breads, muffins, scrambled eggs, spaghetti sauce, cupcakes! Try adding shredded vegetables to soups if your kids don't like the chunky version. Or you can puree them in a blender.



2. Add wheat flour instead of white flour when baking even a little wheat flour mixed with white flour is beneficial.



3. Add wheat germ or flax seeds in granola, yogurt or baking for a little extra nutrition.



4. Snack on vegetables cut in sticks, nuts, fruit slices or cheese. Have these available for easy snacking. Don't give into the impulse to buy easy bagged snacks like chips. If your kids don't have it available to snack on they'll find something else quick and easy. If you don't have the time to slice and dice vegetables or fruit buy the no prep work version. From the salad bar or fruit already in cubes or slices are easy for kids to grab and go.



5. Grow a garden, small or large, if kids are involved in the growing process they will enjoy the fruits of their labor. Not to mention they will love to pretend to be a bunny eating a fresh picked carrot.



6. Have a salad with dinner. It doesn't have to be the same one everyday, invent something new each day.  Check out some salad and side dish recipes in 6 ingredient or less section.
   



7. Take a field trip to an apple orchard, pumpkin patch or visit a farmer's market. Help inspire your children's interest in fruits and vegetables.



8. Use our food fact pages for an easy reference while you are cooking with your kids.



9. When preparing dinner set out carrot sticks, apple slices or another fruit or vegetable. Kids will be more likely to snack on these while they are hungry for dinner.



10. Be creative when you serve fruits and vegetables. Sometimes seeing vegetables in a different way can be more appealing to kids. For example, if your kids don't like cooked broccoli try serving it chopped in a casserole or uncooked.



11. Start kids cooking lessons with your child. They are more apt to try what they helped create.



12. Cut out sugary cereals. Replace these with wholegrain cereal, hot cereal or cooked breakfasts. If mornings are too busy try preparing things the night before. Stir together pancake batter or scrambled eggs and store in the fridge. Wake up the next morning and just cook it! If your kids really want their sugary cereals serve them mixed with wholegrain cereals.



13. Reserve dessert for once a week. It will be an anticipated event instead of an everyday occurrence.

Kids Cooking Video: Healthy Meal Idea