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Topic: How to sneak healthy ingredients into your kids food.
SharonM45458 Joined Sat 01/05/08 Posts: 5694	Sun 02/03/08 06:41 PM
My son has high cholesterol (runs in his dad's family), I was able to get it lowered by changing his diet, but lately he hasn't been very cooperative. So I try to find ways to sneak healthier ingredients into the foods I can get him to eat. One of my favorites and very easy is smoothies. I always start out with bananas and strawberries since he loves those. Then I add a handful of plain oatmeal, walnuts, and ground flax seed. I add ice and milk. Sometimes I will add the V-8 fruit juice that has veg. juices as well. Blend it all up, and he can't taste anything except the strawberries and bananas. What are some of your ideas?

brian325 Joined Fri 10/05/07 Posts: 4132	Sun 02/03/08 06:42 PM
heck, sounds good make me one

brian325 Joined Fri 10/05/07 Posts: 4132	Sun 02/03/08 06:43 PM
or i'll moon ya

sh5166 Joined Wed 01/09/08 Posts: 10	Sun 02/03/08 06:43 PM
My kids do not like to eat veggies....but they love pasta with tomato sauce...so I put carrots other good for you veggies in the food processor and make it like liquid and add it to the tomato sauce. They have no clue!

SharonM45458 Joined Sat 01/05/08 Posts: 5694	Sun 02/03/08 06:44 PM
or i'll moon ya as long as u don't pee on my pizza

brian325 Joined Fri 10/05/07 Posts: 4132	Sun 02/03/08 06:45 PM


trying_to_fly Joined Thu 10/05/06 Posts: 6258	Sun 02/03/08 06:46 PM
My son has high cholesterol (runs in his dad's family), I was able to get it lowered by changing his diet, but lately he hasn't been very cooperative. So I try to find ways to sneak healthier ingredients into the foods I can get him to eat. One of my favorites and very easy is smoothies. I always start out with bananas and strawberries since he loves those. Then I add a handful of plain oatmeal, walnuts, and ground flax seed. I add ice and milk. Sometimes I will add the V-8 fruit juice that has veg. juices as well. Blend it all up, and he can't taste anything except the strawberries and bananas. What are some of your ideas? That sounds great!! I'll have to try one!!!

zanne46 Joined Sun 07/01/07 Posts: 5610	Sun 02/03/08 06:46 PM
My kids do not like to eat veggies....but they love pasta with tomato sauce...so I put carrots other good for you veggies in the food processor and make it like liquid and add it to the tomato sauce. They have no clue! I was going to say that..did the same thing...tricky moms we are...

sh5166 Joined Wed 01/09/08 Posts: 10	Sun 02/03/08 06:49 PM Edited by sh5166 on Sun 02/03/08 06:51 PM
Kids are smart...one day I am sure I will get busted by them...till then...what they do not know will make them healthy.

zanne46 Joined Sun 07/01/07 Posts: 5610	Sun 02/03/08 07:15 PM
Kids are smart...one day I am sure I will get busted by them...till then...what they do not know will make them healthy. I eventually did...with the broccolli...lol My son who is the marine...corn... Well now he eats everything...except creamed spinach..and they all warn each other about that...hell i don't eat that either..lol continue on til u r busted..then u acn always denie..lmao...

SharonM45458 Joined Sat 01/05/08 Posts: 5694	Sun 02/03/08 07:33 PM
You can also buy vegetarian ground "beef" and put it in the spaghetti sauce, or use it for tacos, etc. Vegetable protein works just as well, but it has to be in some kind of sauce as the color is totally different.