Usually, kids enjoy fruits more than veggies; they’re juicier and they have a stronger flavor. Also, besides the taste, they also provide more versatility in terms of food artwork – their vibrant colours and shapes entice kids’ aesthetics.
With the variety of junk foods, a growing number of parents are working to have their kids substitute these unhealthy food choices with fruits packed with vitamins, minerals and many other nutritional value. So to those parents who are doing this tweak, below are some fruity fingerfood your kids will surely love.
1. Fruit sticks – Go with the fresh fruits in season and stick them through attractive, reusable plastic skewers. Strawberries, cherries, grapes, and various other berries are very desirable among kids; they’re vibrant and sweet and can be drizzled with cottage cheese or delicious chocolate sauce like with a fondue. If you wish to try larger fruits, you can use fruit blades in cool designs like hearts, stars, Rilakkuma bear (you can purchase fruit cutters from the Japanese dollar shop, Daiso) and others to get the attention of the little ones.
2. Fruit healthy salad in a wafer cone – The similarity to ice cream holds a fantastic attraction and if you have the fruit salad refrigerated just before scooping it in the cone, the children will forget about asking for sugar-heavy ice cream.
3. Tiny fruit muffins – They’re not simply fancy but can come in unique forms. If they’re made really small, the children can simply put them in their mouth. They’ll feel full right away and you don’t have to worry about the mess a lot; just prepare wet towelettes to clean those sticky hands.
4. Jell-O melon or cantaloupe – this is certainly great over the summer season when melons are in season. All you should do is slice the melon directly at the center, remove the seeds and do a deep well. Chill the melon bowls and then prepare flavoured gelatine like cherry which truly goes perfectly with the subtle sweetness of melon. Take out the melon bowls and then fill in the liquid gelatine. Cool the gelatine right until it sets. Cut the melon servings and the kids get a watermelon-looking Jell-O melon which is delicious, cool and nutritious.
5. Chocolate-dipped strawberries – preparation is very simple, what you need are melted chocolate and also big chilled strawberries so the melted chocolate will harden right away. Put each in a nice cupcake liner so that children won’t get their hands sticky. You can also decorate these strawberries so they will be like hearts wearing a tux; for this you simply add white chocolate on your ingredients and use a piping container for designing.
You will still find countless other fruity fingerfood that you can make for a celebration or perhaps for your kids’ afternoon treat – you are just tied to your creativity. Instructing your children to pick nature’s healthy treats rather than junk treats (high with artificial flavourings which have been determined to influence children’s conduct) might help shape their connection with meal. Give your kids a healthy advantage by giving them exciting, delicious and vitamin-enriched easy to eat treats.
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