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Snacktime

In the effort to shake things up here chez BeachMama, I have started increasing the fresh fruit we serve. I find quite often, I buy the fruit and nobody eats it. Today when I was at Ikea I saw these pretty blue dishes and I could just see the fruit sitting in them begging to be photographed then eaten.

Grapes

No sooner did I have the fruit in the dishes that the kids were asking me for them. Apparently it appeals to children to have fruit in a pretty bowl as well. They have each polished off a bowl of grapes and are now working on the strawberries.

Strawberries! Here’s hoping that we can continue this much healthier snack trend. Next attempt, veggies!
Any tips or suggestions on how you get your kids to eat fruits and vegetables would be much appreciated.

Categories: Food, Health

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  • Sara October 13, 2010, 5:37 pm

    Dip in the form of yogurt is a big favourite around here at snacktime. DS also likes to roll fruit in tortilla’s with cheese for lunch. The photos gave me just a glimpse of what summer was like 🙂

  • bethany actually October 13, 2010, 6:19 pm

    Apple dip! Mix some cream cheese with a bit of brown sugar and vanilla extract (to taste) and serve it with apple slices. Always a favorite, and it gets a bit of calcium and protein into them too.

    I serve veggies (carrots, pepper slices, cucumber slices, celery, cauliflower, broccoli) with ranch AND peanut butter for dipping. If you think peanut butter sounds weird as a dip for peppers or cauliflower, then you clearly have not tried it yet. It’s actually quite tasty!

  • Neeroc October 14, 2010, 9:16 pm

    Too cute, presentation really is everything isn’t it?

  • 180|360 October 14, 2010, 9:48 pm

    I have those same dishes! They are so pretty, esp when contrasted with red. 🙂