Nutrition and Fun Healthy Foods and Snacks

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4 Ways to Keep Your Foods Safe to Eat

Cooking Techniques

Kitchen Dictionary

Everyday Snack Ideas

- Fresh vegetables dipped in ranch dressing or peanut butter (as long as there are no peanut allergies)

- Low-sugar cereal with milk

- Pretzels and string cheese

- Mini bagel sandwich made of lean turkey, lettuce and a dab of mayo or mustard

- Pita bread stuffed with tuna, tomato slice and sprouts

- Fresh fruit dipped in yogurt

You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

Crockpot Recipes:
Mac and Cheese
Cashew Chicken

Funplaydates.com encourages healthy eating and active living for children to inspire them to move toward healthier lifestyles. Here at Funplaydates.com you can find lots of nutritious "kid-fun" recipes. Enjoy! PS - have you checked out the new Food Pyramid?

bird cookies

Bird Cookies - click here for the recipe

Bananas and Cream Dessert

Bananas and Pumpkin Creme - click here for the recipe

Cranberry Breakfast Bites - click here for the recipe

Trail Mix - click here for the recipe

Chug 'a Lug

Citrus Berry Milk Mixer
ChocoMint Shake
Grape Ape Smoothie
Monster Madness Hot Chocolate
Orange Mandarin Madness

Smart Snacks

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
Apple Cinnamon Snack Bars
Corn Bread Muffin People
Cranberry Breakfast Bites
Cucumber Caterpillar Salad
Insect Logs
Hummus Dip
Nuked Nachos
Pinwheels
Quickie Kiddie Quiches
Shakin' Snack Mix
Shrimp Topiary and Pineapple Centerpieces
Trail Mix
Turkey Fruit Salad Snack
Zucchini Harvest Breakfast Muffins

Tummy Pleasers

Blood & Guts Soup
Bug Sandwiches
Egg Salad Sandwiches
French Toast Fries
Grilled Cheese Snowmen
Holiday Sandwich Stars
Hot Tuna Tomato Bowls
Pepper Pesto Witch
Pita Pocket Monsters
Starfish Pizza
Thanksgiving Twice Baked Corn Bread Quiche
Toaster Tomato-n-Cheese Sandwich
Valentine's Salad
Wraps

Sweet Tooth

Bananas and Pumpkin Creme
Bird Cookies
Black Beauty Pie
Carrot Cupcakes
Chocolate Dipped Banana Pops
Dessert Parfait
Dirt Bowl Dessert
Fruit Chunks in Yogurt
Fruit Parrot
Komishbrodt
Lemon Rice Pudding
Marshmallow Krispy Puppy
Moose Oatmeal Cookies
Nutty Banana Bread Squares
Puppy Cookies
Raspberry Petal Dips

Child and Adolescent Nutrition

Children and Overweight

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Nutritional Handouts from
The Ellyn Satter Institute:

•Helping Children Be
Good Eaters
•If Your Child is Finicky
•If Your Child Doesn't Eat
•If Your Child Eats Too Much
•Solving Childhood
Feeding Problems