Healthy Meals for Kids

Great Tasting Healthy Family Recipes – December

Your Family Chef from Parenting Today is here each month with great meal ideas.

Here are some ideas for some tasty meal for the month of December.

These meals offer good nutrition while making it easier to get kids and teens to eat more nutritional meals.

Meal and Treat ideas for the holiday season.

Recipes for this month include:  Get into the Spirit of Hanukkah with Delicious Potato Latkes and More,  Simple Roasted Chicken,  Kwanzaa Beef Stew AND Delicious Homemade Holiday Treats

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Benefits of Family Meals

It is well known that family meals are important and beneficial. But with new studies, family meals are becoming more recognized for their vital impact on children and the family. Family meals, in particular, have a major influence on children nutrition, education, and communication.

Better Nutrition, Less Chance of doing Drugs and Alcohol, and Better Eating Habits

According to Pediatrics 2011, children and adolescents who have family meals 3 or more times per week are more likely to have a normal weight and eat healthier than those who had less than 3 family meals.

Overweight- decreased by 12%
Eating unhealthy foods- decreased by 20%
Disordered eating (such as anorexia nervosa)- decreased 35%
Eating healthy foods- increase 24%

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Great Tasting Healthy Family Recipes – October

Your Family Chef from Parenting Today is here each month with great meal ideas.

Here are some ideas for some tasty meal for the month of October.

These meals offer good nutrition while making it easier to get kids and teens to eat more nutritional meals.

Recipes for this month include:

Quick and Easy Halloween Chili, Mac n’ Sausage, Healthy Chicken Salad Wrap, Indian Coconut Shrimps, Halloween Punch

Visit Healthy Meals for Kids for more information on family meal planning and nutrition for children and teenagers.

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Great Tasting Healthy Family Recipes – September

Your Family Chef from Parenting Today is here each month with great meal ideas.

Here are some ideas for some tasty meal for the month of September

These meals offer good nutrition while making it easier to get kids and teens to eat more nutritional meals.

Recipes for this month include Labor Day Chicken Skewers, Labor Day Baked Beans, Labor Day Baked Beans, Creamy Potato and Carrot Soup,  Labor Day Sangria Punch, Frozen Peach Yogurt Dessert

How to Shape Up Your Family This Summer

It can be fun to get into shape over the summer. Some say it’s easier because the weather just seems to coax everyone outdoors and into fun activities. If you want to shape up your family this summer, here are some ideas.

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Super Foods for Kids and How to Serve Them

When you hear the words “super foods,” many people assume that kids won’t like whatever the super food is. We tend to think of super foods as unpleasant tasting, or the sort of thing you have to eat to be healthy. But really, almost any healthy food can be a super food, and they can be made appealing to children. However, there are some super foods that may really help children’s health.

Here are some of these super foods, and how to serve them to kids.

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The Moveable Feast – A Picnic Cookbook for All Seasons

If you are a picnic-loving family and already have your picnic basket ready, The Moveable Feast cookbook gives you great ideas for picnic food for all tastes and ages. We like the fact that the book gives complete menu ideas,… Continue reading

Great Tasting Healthy Family Recipes – June

Your Family Chef from Parenting Today is here each month with great meal ideas.

Here are some ideas for some tasty meal for the month of June.

These meals offer good nutrition while making it easier to get kids and teens to eat more nutritional meals.

Great tasting recipes for this month include: Shrimp Rice with Spinach, Black Bean Quesadillas, Lemony Fried Fish Dinner, Pork Chops with Balsamic Vinegar,  Butternut Squash Pasta, Easy Baked Mac and Cheese, Nutty Apple and Carrot Salad,  Pizza Potato Snack and Rhubarb Crumble.

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Great Tasting Healthy Family Recipes – May

Your Family Chef from Parenting Today is here each month with great meal ideas.

Here are some ideas for some tasty meal for the month of May.

These meals offer good nutrition while making it easier to get kids and teens to eat more nutritional meals.

Great tasting recipes for this month include: Tasty Fennel and Parmesan Salad, Speedy Aubergine Stir-Fry, Pasta with Shrimp and Broccoli, Low-Fat Parsley and Chive Salad Dressing, Hawaiian Smoothie, Barbecue Chicken Tikka Kebabs

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Great Tasting Healthy Family Recipes – April

Your Family Chef from Parenting Today is here each month with great meal ideas.

Here are some ideas for some tasty meal for the month of April.

These meals offer good nutrition while making it easier to get kids and teens to eat more nutritional meals.

Great tasting recipes for this month include: Baked Easter Ham, BBQ Lamb Chops with Rosemary, Family-Favorite Taco Salad, Honey Chicken Dinner, Easy Cabbage Salad, Delicious Easter Cookies

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