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Thanksgiving Snacks Kids Will Crave Their Whole Lives
In the United States, November is a month of celebration and change. Sundays are filled with football. Plans for Thanksgiving preoccupy our minds. In Florida, we look forward to cooler temperatures. Break out the boots and sweaters! In the spirit of these two themes (celebration and change), we’re offering a few dead-simple, good-for-you food switcheroos to help you celebrate! Thanksgiving Snacks Set the Stage When it comes to ingraining good habits early on, there’s hardly a better time than Thanksgiving! After all, you’ve got a captive audience, your kids will be starving by the time they get to Grandma’s, and most times, they even have their own table! Why not use this opportunity to slip in some healthy snacks and see what happens? Here are two super easy ideas to turn your kids onto healthy snacks: Fresh fruit You wouldn’t believe how
chips, you name it – it’s all quickly kids devour fruit when it’s all cut up into bite- available. Even seaweed, which is so good for teeth sized pieces. and bones, might win a few For parents everywhere, half folks over. Don’t forget Grandma’s favorite: fresh the struggle of getting kids to eat more fruit is overcom- carrots and celery! Kids will love the crunch, and you’ll ing the labor of all the cutting and peeling. If you find be providing their teeth with yourself in that boat, swing self-cleaning fiber that’ll keep ‘em healthy for many by the supermarket and pick up a fruit platter. Then years to come. watch it disappear at the Festive snacking doesn’t kid’s table! have to be a guilty indulgence in November, or Thanksgiving doubles as any other time of the year. game day for football fans, Getting your kids to snack and with the family gathhealthy this month can help ering around the TV before establish a great, healthy and after the meal, snacks habit to last them a lifetime! are going to be in high demand. November is also National Diabetes Month. For more Dips great information, please Moms, dads, and kids all visit: https://www.hsph. love feasting on de rigueur snacks like chips with ranch harvard.edu/nutritiondip -- but there are so many source/disease-prevention/ diabetes-prevention/presubstitutes that even the venting-diabetes-full-story/ staunchest fans of creamy ranch will enjoy. Hummus, We wish you and your famitzatziki, baba ghanoush, ly a very Happy Thanksgivguacamole, salsa and nut ing! butters will all be received well, so try them on for size. There are also a host of healthier chip options out there to keep many chip fans happy. Bean chips, taro
