It’s sometimes a challenge to get my boys interested in breakfast, but this easy no flip omelet is something they always get excited about. And I’m always excited when they can take over the cooking!
Stop the sugar rush with this healthy treat!
Looking for a way to stop the sugar rush before it starts? I came up with this recipe in an attempt to stop the sugar rush so my kids can be their naturally sweet selves. It’s chock full of ingredients that have been shown to slow sugar absorption such as whole grains, fiber, healthy fat, and cinnamon. It’s not only delicious and healthy, but it really helps to balance their blood sugar so I’m not dealing with four hyper kids!
Time to scare up some healthy Halloween treats!
Next week is Halloween and that means next week is jam packed with school parties. The trick? Trying to sneak in some healthy Halloween treats!
I think the idea of sneaking in healthy Halloween food in “costume” is pretty hysterical, but sometimes that’s all it takes! It doesn’t get much easier than jack-o-lantern clementines, or ghost cheese sticks. And this year I added a couple of new “food costumes”. Trick or treat? Let the kids decide!
Sssssscary healthy Halloween treats!
scary celery snake
chocolate Halloween hummus
A great way to counteract all of the sugar during Halloween is by sneaking in some fiber that will help slow the sugar absorption. This celery snake was a cinch to put together and the celery provides some soluble fiber. My kids also loved this hauntingly healthy Halloween hummus which also provides some fiber from the chickpeas. They kept mistakenly calling it chocolate pudding – which did make me think that maybe they haven’t tried too much actual chocolate pudding – but I decided not to correct them.
A couple of other costume winners in the healthy Halloween treat category are:
I’d love to hear about any tricks you have for sneaking in some healthy food at Halloween!
Healthy Halloween celery snake
An easy way to include fruits and veggies at your Halloween party!
Ingredients
- 1 celery stick adjust for however long you'd like to make the snake
- grapes
- cream cheese
- 1 clementine
- 1 red grape for the eyes
- toothpicks
Instructions
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cut a piece of celery pieces into sections that are about the same length as your toothpicks.
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cut the end of each section at an angle so they can fit together in an "s" shape
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if you want your celery sticks to sit easily on a platter you can cut a thin strip off the bottom of each one to create a flat resting surface
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skewer 3 to 4 grapes on a toothpick.
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Smear cream cheese on top of each celery section and place the grapes on top (the cream cheese will help the grapes to stay in place).
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Make a forked tongue out of extra celery and attach it to a clementine with a toothpick.
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Cut the two thin celery sections off the end of a celery stalk and attach a red grape cut in half to the end of each one. Connect to the top of the clementine with a toothpick.
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Add a small piece of celery to the grape eyeballs.
Chocolate Hummus Recipe
Satisfy your sweet tooth in 5 minutes with this easy and delicious chocolate snack that's actually healthy!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 15.5 ounce can chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 Tbs maple syrup
- 4 Tbs water
- 1 Tbs tahini optional
- 1 Tbs coconut oil optional
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth.
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Optional: If you love the flavor of chocolate and coconut you'll love this hummus try blending in a melted tablespoon of coconut oil. Just don't refrigerate this type of hummus because the oil will harden!
Optional: Just like in traditional hummus you can add tahini. I've made it both ways and while the tahini didn't really add any sesame flavor, it did deepen the flavor a bit so that it tasted to me a little like coffee.
Healthy breakfast on the go for picky eaters
When you’re running late for school and your kids still haven’t eaten here’s a great healthy breakfast on the go! Perfect for picky eaters who are constantly moving.
This is also one of my tips for getting picky eaters to eat: make it fun and just throw the food at them – literally.
Real life, real food and ADHD kids
So far we’ve hit two big bumps along our junk free journey: school/sports and ADHD. To be honest we hit the bump of school and sports and fell right out of the apple cart into the junk river. Yep, just when we were hitting our stride on our journey life started to speed up and the junk started to creep back in. Not a good thing when you’re writing a blog about eating real food!
As our kids started getting into school it seemed that every other day they were being given candy and treats. You might expect this for birthdays – but for “learning” opportunities too, as in “here are some skittles to help you learn math”. They were also surrounded by junk food during sports from the snack shack to the well meaning parents who brought cookies and Gatorade as after game snacks. If you have kids, you know the drill. They started dipping their toes into the river of junk and before we knew it they were completely swimming in it. As they started eating more junk, I stopped blogging as much because all of a sudden we weren’t living what I was learning!
An ADHD SOS
About this time two of our boys were diagnosed with ADHD and all of a sudden it snapped things back into focus. Continue reading
A snow sundae – on the first day of Spring ?!
If life gives you lemons make lemonade.
And if Spring gives you snow….make a sundae!
A pure, natural treat with just fresh snow, strawberries and maple syrup.
So easy, the kids can do it themselves.