Pinkalicious learns that a healthy diet consists of many colors, a RED tomato, a YELLOW banana, an ORANGE sweet potato, a BROWN bowl of rice and grains, and lots of GREEN food!
Learn how to incorporate some literal green food into your child's diet. Its healthy food your kids will love to eat!
*Try these spinach muffins from Mess for Less Mom who says: "When I first made these muffins I was worried about how they would taste. Would they have a spinach flavor? Would my kids eat them or be freaked out by the green color? All my worries were erased when I tasted them. They are moist and delicious and you can't taste the spinach at all. My veggie averse kids loved them and request them all the time."
Ingredients to make 15 muffins: 3/4 cup of pureed spinach, 1 tsp vanilla, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup of oil, 1/2 cup of applesauce, 2 cups of flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp of salt
For the full recipe, click here: http://www.messforless.net/2014/12/spinach-muffin-recipe-food-fun-friday.html#_a5y_p=2972920
*Or, try a green smoothie like the "Mango Monkey", "Alligator Surprise", or "Green Queen" created by Random Recycling blog mom.
Ingredients for the "Mango Monkey:" 1/2 coconut milk, 2 cups spinach, 1 banana, 1 cup frozen mango
For full smoothie recipes, click here: http://randomrecycling.com/green-smoothies-your-kids-will-love-to-drink/#_a5y_p=1012285
Credit: Thank you to Mess for Less & Random Recycling blogs for these fantastic green food ideas and images! http://www.messforless.net/ and http://randomrecycling.com/
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DCT Mom thoughts
Here I am as Mrs. Pinkerton from the DCT production of "Pinkalicious" in 2013 (with the actors playing Mr. Pinkerton and Peter) and my own nieces and nephew. As a "stage mom" and a real mom, I know that a balanced diet is best for our kids, but that can be difficult to enforce when you have busy schedules. I always look at the colors on the plate with each meal. Is everything all one color? If the plate looks too monochromatic, I'll quickly grab some raw veggies or fruit to add to their serving. My kids seem more receptive to eating their full meal if there is variety of color; an artist's palette of hues on their plates.
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