My Family Gets ‘Fresh’ with HG!
I’m sure I am no different than any other parent trying to feed their kids healthy food in this day and age when I say…”it’s HARD!” I find that the snack and meal choices kids have today are my biggest challenge. I was thinking about this just today as I was having lunch with my 17 yr. old daughter. We were enjoying a Field and Feta Wrap (I’ll give the recipe at the end) and she was telling me that we need to have healthier choices in the house because ‘the boys’ eat too much junk. I pointed out that I buy fresh fruits and veggies every week…and toss too many to mention when they don’t get consumed. She said I need to make it more interesting. And so I took up the challenge and here is what I did. I packaged the fresh fruits and veggies in small containers and grouped them with an assortment of dips, using all HG products and recipes. For the fruit, I have Lemon Dip and Spiced Vanilla Yogurt. For the veggies, sun dried tomato dip, KC BBQ dip (to fullfill that craving for bbq chips!) and black bean salsa. I also have fat free wheat thins in the pantry for the salty snack cravings to dip. Next week I may try a different variety of dips to find the ones my kids like best. The thought is that if I make the fruits and veggies more ‘interesting’ and eliminate the junk choices…we might get fresh this summer! I’ll let you know how it is going. And if you have fun ways to make healthy eating fun…please share with me and the other parents fighting the junk food battles!
Here is the recipe for the wrap:
Make one batch of HG sun dried tomato dip. Use it as a spread on flat bread or a tortilla. Top it with tossed salad greens (the kind you can buy prebagged), cherry tomato halves,feta crumbles, kalamata olives. That was my wrap….my sweet Allie was a little picky and did without the olives and substituted shredded mozzarella for the feta. Just roll them up and enjoy.
God Bless and Keep You!
Tami
