Its vital that kids eat plenty of fresh fruit every day, but what do you do if theyre bored with everyday apples? Try these five easy ways to get children to eat more fruit. - Add fresh fruit to breakfast cereals. Dont ask, just slice on half a banana, or scatter over a few berries or half a chopped apple.
- Buy good quality fruit juices, that is fresh-pressed and not made from concentrate. Pour a glass for everyone in your family, every morning. Again, dont make a grand announcement, just do it. If it tastes great, theyll love it.
- Fresh fruit smoothies are delicious for breakfast, and very satisfying, and all you need to make them is a blender. Whizz together low fat yogurt, juice, soft fruits like strawberries or bananas, for an instant and highly nutritious start to the day.
- Make fruit desserts more interesting. A whole apple for dessert isnt very enticing, but slice it up and fan it out, maybe do the same with an orange and a pear, spend two minutes arranging them on a plate and bingo, the whole disappears and thats two portions of fruit delivered without even trying.
- Fill some small containers with chopped dried fruit, mixed with nuts and seeds. You can use tiny plastic boxes or little zippered plastic bags and the like. Add to lunch boxes, or take along whenever theres a risk of an unhealthy snack attack.
Thats all there is to it. Once you get started, youll find its easy to serve more fresh fruit to your children, every day, so that they get their five portions and more without even noticing. |
