Encouraging Kids to Eat Healthy by Beth Bence Reinke
Our November 2010 issue included an excellent article on eating healthy during the holidays ("Nutritious Celebrations," p. 26) by registered dietician Beth Bence Reinke.
Here, Beth shares some of her favorite resources for getting kids to eat healthy.
These three healthy cookbooks contain numerous recipes that would work for parents and kids to make for parties and holidays:
- Healthy Snacks for Kids: Recipes for Nutritious Bites at Home or On the Go by Amy Wilensky (Knack, 2010)
- Real Food for Healthy Kids: 200+ Easy, Wholesome Recipes by Tanya Wenman Steel and Tracey Seaman (William Morrow Cookbooks, 2008)
- The Top 100 Recipes for Happy Kids by Charlotte Watts and Gemini Adams (Duncan Baird, 2008)
Web sites:
Nourish Interactive has a special Thanksgiving page with tips for healthy eating, recipes, and advice for involving your kids.
Food Champs : At this site kids can sign in with a screen name (no need to give personal info) and then print out a dozen healthy recipes. They print out with step-by-step instructions and full-color photos of the recipe.
Catherine McCord, the author and chef behind Weelicious, posts recipes near-daily that take advantage of local, fresh foods yet are kid-friendly. She encourages parents to expand their kids' horizons through food!
Do you have a favorite resource for cooking with kids? Please share in the comments!
Comments (2)
I read a recent copy of your magazine and found positive comments in there about school lunch. As a former School Nutrition Association professional, I was pleased to see them. Encouraging a child to take every part of a federally regulated school lunch is a great start to healthy eating. Each serving is portion controlled and every part of the meal is necessary for the right nutrition.
Posted on November 11, 2010 9:03 AM
Hi Rita,
Sounds like you read my article about healthy school lunches in the October issue of ParentLife. As a dietitian and a mom, I really appreciate all of the folks out there working within guidelines to make healthy lunches on limited budgets. It's not easy, but so many school food service directors and their staffs do a great job.
Thank you for visiting! :o)
Posted on November 16, 2010 7:21 AM