Healthy eating recipes for cooking with kids?!
Healthy eating recipes for cooking with kids?
Hi, Looking for fun and interesting recipe ideas. I will be taking part in a summer camp and want to spent 3 activity days on healthy eating, however, would like to vary it from the usual make a fruit salad. Does anyone have any different recipes? I will be teaching a large age range so need recipes suitable for all ages, or recipes directed at both younger or older ages. Thanks
Answers:
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Ingredients:
4 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 teaspoon each: salt, onion powder and dried dill weed
1 (10 ounce) package frozen asparagus spears, thawed and drained
1/2 medium red bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
Mock Hollandaise sauce
2 tablespoons reduced-fat margarine
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup non-fat milk
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Ingredients:
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Flatten each chicken breast to 1/4 inch thickness between waxed paper. Mix salt, pepper, onion powder and dill weed and sprinkle on top of chicken breasts. Place 1/4 of the asparagus spears and pepper strips on one end of the chicken breast. Tightly roll each chicken breast and secure with toothpicks. Place chicken seam side down, on baking pan that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Cover and bake about 30 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
Mock Hollandaise Sauce
Heat margarine in a small saucepan over low heat until melted. Stir in flour and salt and cook over low heat until smooth, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Mix milk, egg yolk and lemon juice until smooth and stir into flour mixture. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
Makes 4 Servings
Serving Size: 1 stuffed breast
Nutrients per serving:
Calories: 213
Total fat: 6 grams
Saturated fat: 1 gram
Cholesterol: 122 mg
Sodium: 441 mg
Carbohydrate: 8 grams
Protein: 32 grams
Dietary fiber: 2 grams
Here are some great ones;
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/in...
http://www.healthyfridge.org/kidsrec.htm...
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/...
All these links have great recipes, especially that first one. These are great, healthy recipes.
Try ants on a log! I used to love that, and my mom would always make it for school parties and stuff. You just get celery and cut it into pieces about four inches long, then spread peanut butter on it and line up raisins on top (to make the ants ;D ) I suppose the peanut butter isn't all that healthy, but you can use the natural no-sugar version?
"I've gotten lots of ideas from the great cooks among my family and friends, and share these recipes in the hope that they spark your creativity to achieve a more balanced and healthful diet for your family."
*Blueberry Genius
*Flower Eggs
*Turkey Avocado Wrap
*Tortilla Pinwheel
*Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets
*The Easiest Pizza Ever
*Salmon Patties
*Low-Fat Alfredo Sauce
*Easy-Prep Luscious Fruit Dessert
*Modern Old-Fashioned Cupcakes
http://childparenting.about.com/od/recip...
The following recipes are from the American Heart Association Kid's Cookbook
*Shake-It-Up Chicken Nuggets
*Slumber Party French Toast
*Top Hat Pizza
http://www.healthyfridge.org/kidsrec.htm...
NNCC RECIPES FOR KIDS
http://www.nncc.org/nutrition/recipe.kid...
Cook With Your Kids
(recipes, ideas, videos)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_kids/...
Take a package of sugar cookie dough and roll it out on a pizza pan. Bake as usual. After it cools top with cream cheese and various sliced fruits such as strawberries and kiwi. Fruit pizza!
Try a few simple things like cheese scones, date scones, muffins and breads.
Teach them how to cook a chop or steak, chicken and fish.
If you can get them to achieve some of the basics correctly it will be an important step in their education to take care of themselves.