Health Food Vitamin

If you are an average parent, you have discovered that if a particular food item is very healthy and great for us, our children quickly learn to dislike it. The challenge then becomes, “How can I get my children to eat more healthy stuff?”

One great answer to this challenge - fruit smoothies. Most children love these drinks. And for the real die-hard kids, we can add just a bit of “bad” food and the children will surely come over to the good side! If you have never made a fruit smoothie, it is easy. Just prepare the fruit as if you were going to eat it raw, put it in a blender, add some extra water, and blend away.

Here are 3 advantages to Fruit Smoothies.

One big advantage to fruit smoothies is that it is easy to pick ingredients that give the result an appropriate colour. Young boys are often fascinated by gross looking objects, and some of the smoothies that you can make will sure look the part. Girls, on the other hand, might like pastel shades, and you can do that as well.

Another advantage to fruit smoothies is that they travel well. Make sure their consistency is right (add more water if necessary) and put them in travel safe drinking containers. Then either just take as is or add them to your picnic cooler so they are still cool when you bring them out. They may be just right for you as well while watching the kid’s soccer game.

Advantage number three is the ability to sneak in some powdered supplements that your doctor may have recommended. However, avoid adding protein powders. They do not digest the same way that fruit does, and may actually interfere with the normally quick fruit digestion process.

Additives

Although smoothies are usually just several types of fruit blended together, you can add spinach leaves into a fruit smoothie and still get an amazing taste! Experiment by using leafy greens like lettuce, spinach, chard, and celery. These green smoothies are the ones the boys should like, as the colours are not appealing looking to adults. Get creative and come up with interesting names like Alien Juice, or Swamp Slime.

One more thing that will aid the desired outcome. Keep some of those thick straws on hand. The children will usually prefer using them over just drinking it straight from a glass.

Enjoy watching your children look forward to their daily “treat”, which is really some super healthy foods in disguise.