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5 Ways to Get Kids to Eat Healthier Every parent knows the struggle of convincing their little
shop. To introduce new foods, set a goal to select one new
ones to eat more nutritious foods. Luckily, by encouraging
food to try at each visit and head home to have a fun tasting.
your kids to get involved in the kitchen, you're helping them build a solid foundation for healthier food choices. Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner offers five expert tips to get kids involved in making healthy family meals:
1. Let the kids pick the recipe
3. Make their favorite foods with better-for-you ingredients Eating well doesn't mean giving up favorite foods, just make them with better-for-you ingredients. Keep kids' favorites like pizza, burgers, fries, tacos, muffins and pancakes on the menu, but just choose healthier ingredients. For example,
Flip through a healthy cookbook and see which recipes the
choose Eggland's Best eggs with better taste, freshness and
kids are interested in making. This is a good way to get kids
nutrition compared to ordinary eggs. EB eggs contain 25%
involved in selecting healthier recipes or new food flavors,
less saturated fat, 10 times more vitamin E, six times more
and because they helped choose, they will be more invested
vitamin D and double the vitamin B12, which transforms food
in trying these foods when you cook them.
into energy that kids need to play and grow.
2. Take family trips to the grocery store Head to the store and select nutritious ingredients for recipes, meals and snacks. You can even let the kids help craft the grocery list and search for ingredients while you 36 • MeSee Magazine
4. Cook as a family Kids adore helping in the kitchen, so have them wash their hands and pull up a chair when it's time to cook. Older kids
