Subversive healthy eating tips for picky kids
Parents turn to blends and hidden vegetables to improve kids diets. Kate Hess in Iowa City uses a food processor to add vegetables to sauces, soups, and mac and cheese while smoothies with hidden carrots or beets entice children. Dietitians caution transparency about ingredients.
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Kate Hess
Iowa City
Meredith Hines-Dochterman
Gazette
Solomon
Violet
Isabella
Hess
Liz Martin
Fruit and Vegetable Smoothie Recipe and Tips
A fruit and vegetable smoothie recipe yields two servings with carrot grape cherry blueberry vanilla soy milk blended to a smooth shake. dietitians advise trying one new vegetable weekly and parents should model enthusiasm to help children accept vegetables.
Making healthy foods appealing to kids with hidden ingredients
Dietitians advise involving children in meal planning and using hidden ingredients to gently expand palates. They warn against labeling healthier baked goods as treats and suggest practical ideas like a vegetable tray and adding beans to tacos or chili to boost nutrition without forcing a full serving upfront.
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Meghan Hansen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Hansen
Marti
Mracek
Celery Cake Recipe From 1998 Email Digest
A reader shares attempting a celery cake from Tootie’s Recipe Collection posted to TNT Recipes Digest January 18 1998. The dense cake uses celery apple walnuts and mayonnaise with apple butter and no frosting baked in a fluted tube pan or a 9 by 12 dish.
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Tootie
TNT
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Violet Hess
Ette
Karla Mracek
University of Iowa
Bobbi Marti
Mercy Medical Center
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Dochterman
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Meredith
Hines Dochterman
the Gazette
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