How Do You Make Kid-Friendly Diabetic Treats?
Helping your child learn to eat healthy starts with providing tasty snacks and offering a variety of food choices. With a bit of preparation, you can have some essential things on hand to make appealing snacks for all your kids. Stock up on useful items from across the new food pyramid. Have breads or other starches such as pretzels, air-popped popcorn or low-fat crackers on hand. Low-fat milk should be a staple. Various low-fat or lean cuts of meats like baked chicken, or turkey deli slices are useful. Fruits and vegetables make great finger foods. Offering the same snack every day will bore your child’s palette, so offer a few choices and let her decide. Eventually your child may begin to gravitate toward one snack frequently. Don’t fret about her dietary intake every day. Instead, look at her intake over a few days. Pushing foods on her will only make things tense and can lead to eating disorders later. Make your own lunchtime assembly fun by cutting squares of low-fat cheese and ad
