HEALTHY RECIPES YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE

Try These Creative Snacks and Meals That Are Super Healthy and Delicious!

These days, it seems like you can’t open your web browser without reading about the latest exotic super food that you just have to try. Well some super foods are great, many of us are still trying to figure out how to get our kids to eat their recommended daily intake of nature’s original super foods — good old fashioned fruits and vegetables. Here are some simple, healthy recipes that will help your kids get the nutrition they need with the flavours they love. The best thing is, you won’t need to make any trips to a fancy health food store — you can find everything you need for these right at your local supermarket!

Garden Fresh Pizza
Crust Ingredients: 100g each strong white and strong whole wheat flour; 1 tsp or 7g sachet easy-blend dried yeast; 125ml warm water
Toppings: 200g can chopped tomato, juice drained; handful cherry tomatoes, halved; 1 large zucchini thinly sliced; 25 grams shredded mozzarella; half a cup of spinach, chopped; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 1 tbsp olive oil.

Making your own pizza crust might seem intimidating at first, but with this simple recipe you’ll be amazed at how quickly you can get it done —with a total prep and cook time of just 30 minutes.

First make the crust by mixing the flours and yeast with a pinch of salt into your food processor. Pour in the water and mix until the dough is soft, then continue mixing for 1 minute. Then remove the dough and roll it out on a lightly floured counter until it is about 12 inches across. Finally, slide onto an oiled baking sheet.

After you’ve made the dough, simply spread the canned tomatoes on top, then place the toppings however you’d like. You can even get the kids to help with this part! Finally, drizzle evenly with oil and leave the dough to rise for 20 minutes. In the meantime you can preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the dough has risen, put the pizza into the preheated oven and cook for just 12 minutes. Then let stand for a few minutes and you are ready for your super healthy family pizza party!

Mock Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients: 1 head cauliflower, chopped; 1 tbsp reduced fat cream cheese; 1 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp kosher salt; 1 clove garlic, smashed; 1/8-teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese.

For a more nutrient dense alterative to traditional mashed potatoes, try this delicious recipe that uses cauliflower instead — ready in just 25 minutes! First steam the cauliflower for 10 minutes until tender. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, add garlic and cook for about two minutes. Then transfer half the steamed cauliflower to a food processor and blend on high. Once it is fully blended, add in the rest of the cauliflower slowly while blending until you have a mashed-potato like creamy texture. Then add in the rest of the ingredients and blend briefly, and you are ready to serve!

Wow Butter, Banana Spirals
Ingredients: ½ Wow Butter or all natural peanut butter; 1/3 cup raspberry yogurt; 2 sliced bananas; 4 whole grain flour tortillas; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon.

You can also use peanut butter for this recipe, but a soy based peanut butter alterative like Wow Butter may be a better choice for many parents whose children have peanut allergies.

For this quick after school snack, simply take your Wow Butter, yogurt, and cinnamon and mix it together. Spread the mixture evenly over the tortillas, then spread the sliced bananas evenly over top. Finally, just roll the tortillas up and cut the rolls into small, bite-sized bits. Yum.