What’s a healthy soft drink idea for kids’ parties?!
What’s a healthy soft drink idea for kids’ parties?
Answers:
One hundred per cent tap water
100% Juice not from concentrate!
Fresh smoothies. get a smoothie maker or blender, and have all the fruit out on the side. You could get the kids to pick what they want in it and help prepare the fruit (keeping them away from sharb knives) and then voila! They have a fab drink and they were incuded in the process!
Gorilla Juice, AKA orange and cranberry.
apple juice
orange juice
fllavoured water with pop up caps?
There's an oxymoron for ya! Try milk (chocolate or white) or bottled juices that don't have too much sugar if you really want healthy. You could always serve water. Even sugar-free koolaid is better than carbonated beverages.
gator aid and propell fitness water.. Both come in several flavors
Try some Hansen's sodas! Their 100% natural and have great flavors. If you're in to making a punch, then try frozen orange juice, pineapple juice or lemonade, grape juice and sparkling water. Top it off with some Raspberry sherbet and you have a nice, not too unhealthy, sparkling drink that is also festive!
For large parties we used to mix in a punch bowl, 7-UP and Cranberry Juice.
You can use diet 7-up (or sprite) to cut back on the sugar and any other type of juice you like.
No caffiene...
Reduced sugar by cutting it with diet soda.
Still get the sweet flavor.
Vitamin C from the cranberry juice.
Other drinks... similar concept
Shirley Temple
2 parts ginger ale or sprite
1 part orange juice
1 small jar of marachino cherries
1 orange sliced into thin rounds.
pour it all into the punch bowl, plus the juice from the marachino cherries. The orange and the cherries make for a neat little presentation in the punch bowl.
Do people still use punch bowls?
Why not make a selection of mouth watering smoothies instead for a treat but health difference.
Sierra Mist- No caffine
100 percent juice, organic!
Sprite. Ginger Ale. Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi.
HI-C
Juice like apple juice or orange juice. You might want to try smoothies too.
juice boxes! come in all different flavors and sizes and no mess.
Try Apple&Eve. They are very healthy ..nothing artificial.
http://www.appleandeve.com/pages/juices/...
Diet Rite - 0 everything! no caffeine! sweetened with splenda. A MILLION FLAVORS
Moo Juice (milk with different flavors, banana, strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, etc...)
Iced Tea (Peach, Blueberry, passionfruit, raspberry)
Good old fashioned Lemonade/Limeaid/Cherry-Limeai...
Shirley Temples (Cherry Juice/Ginger Ale or Selzer)
Fresh fruit juices
Get frozen berries, puree them, strain them, add water and sugar (or splenda)
Use different flavored sugar-free Kool-Aid ice cubes for fun....Cherry Juice with Lime flavored Kool-Aid ice cubes, etc...)
Low-fat yogurt smoothies (lactaid,soy, 1%, 2% and skim)
Low-fat shakes
Cold Hot Chocolate (Chocolate milk, but add whipped cream and chococlate shavings)
Juice boxes are the easiest, but you can get colorful cups and covers with fun bendy straws and it looks a lot more festive then Juicy Juice juice boxes.
If you definitely want to have a soft drink at your child's party, I'd go with a clear variety like 7-Up or Sprite. I would steer clear of the flavored waters like Aquafina puts out, as many of those have aspartame and children are not supposed to consume aspartame. The idea of doing a punch where you mix fruit juices with a clear soda is pretty good compromise. It gives you the fizziness that your kids will like but it will have some healthier content to it. Be sure to find a kid friendly mix of flavors.
Diet drinks are not good for children. Gatorade is a good choice on hot days if they are playing outside in hundred degree weather, but it contains more sugar than a regular coke (which isn't good, either). The smoothie idea is a great one. The kids would probably love to help make them, and choose their own ingredients. If water is your choice, though, use food coloring to entice children to drink it. It doen't change the taste, and it really is the best thing for them.
Apple juice.
I ALWAYS HAVE JUICE BAGS NO MESS YOU CAN USE A SHARPIE TO WRITE THIER NAMES ON THE BAGS.IF THEY R TOO YOUNG TO READ MAKE IT A LITTLE SPECIAL ASK FOER A SIMPLE PICTURE TO DRAW ON IT SO THEY CAN REMEMBER ITS THIER BAG
To cut down on the amount of pop. Try having fruit juice and adda bit of clud soda for fizz.
reduced sugar ribena cordial made up with soda water, fizzy juice without the yuk in it, my kids love it and have no idea it is not from a can
I would definately go for fruit smoothies or yoghurt drinks. Much better than low calorie drinks.
Gingerale and Orange Sherbert
Fruit cocktails!! The youngsters will love them, or make a fruit punch!!
Anything from Trader Joes like Apple Juice. If you think it is too sweet, just dilute with water. Or you can do a drink mix like, kool aide and not add sugar. Or you can brew tea and mix it with a fav fruit drink that your kids like. that way it will be less sweet and they will be less likely to suffer from a sugar high. Hope this helps.
sparkling water mixed with fruit juice/ squash/ on its own, kiddies LOVE the fizz!
A Very Intense Fruit Smoothie
"Gorgeous color and absolutely refreshing. Use your favorite canned fruit - I prefer peaches or pears."
INGREDIENTS
1 (10 ounce) package frozen mixed berries
1 (15 ounce) can sliced peaches, drained
2 tablespoons honey
DIRECTIONS
In a blender, combine frozen fruit, canned fruit and honey. Blend until smooth.
Juice slush - fresh fruit juice, either a single variety or a combination (orange, cranberry, apple, pineapple, etc), whizzed in a blender with lots of ice. Serve with wide straws they can slurp through - the ice cuts the sweetness of the juice and therefore the sugar, and the texture makes it fun and interesting for them.