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Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry's wife) is a cookbook that shows how to "hide" vegetables into yummy foods in case your kids are picky! It even has a recipe for Brownies with Spinach in them! My kids won't touch spinach by itself, so this book is great for me.
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I just realized something as we were preparing for another overnight visit with Sparkle...We don't keep much food in the house (aside from meat in the freezer, frozen veggies, etc).
What are some staples that we should have in the house, snack-wise? We tend to not keep sugary stuff around like cookies or juice because of medical issues and we probably won't start that now, but what are some good healthy snacks to have sitting around? I know I only have a few years before she's a teenager and we're hoping to create good eating habits from the start.
And since I'm on the subject, what are some good recipes that we can cook together? I'll probably end up looking for some kids cookbooks eventually.
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Hummus and pita chips, clementines, carrots, celery and snow peas w/ dip, mini whole wheat bagels w/ lowfat cream cheese. California rolls if your grocery store carries sushi. Black or white bean dip w/ crackers or baked chips. Williams Sonoma has some cute kids cookbooks. I have taken my nephew to a couple of kids cooking classes also---he's really enjoyed that.
When my son was little - cereal! Cheerios, Fruit Loops, Alpha Bits.
He loves PopTarts. They come in whole grain now. Chocolate graham crackers, plain or with peanut butter. Fruit is always good. Cucumbers, with or without 'dip'. Anything dippable - stawberries with yogurt to dip, carrots/celery with ranch/blue cheese to dip, apples with carmel dip.
Something fun that my son and have done is I let him make his own pizza. I buy tortilla shells, measure out some pizza sauce, cheese and ingrediants for him. He'll make face on it - pepperoni eyes, pepperoni smile, onion hair. Pop it in the oven or toaster oven until crispy and melted.
My youngest (8 yrs) loves to cook and adores Rachael Ray. She has a cookbook, Cooking Rocks, that is designed for kids & grownup helpers. It is healthy, fun things and since the kid makes most of it, they want to eat it! It goes from age 4 and up. As a mom, I use it. It's easy to substitute for allergies, aversions, calories :)
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