Healthy Recipes For Kids

How to make Healthy Foods For Kids

1. Tortilla Pinwheel

Ingredients:-

Flour tortillas
1 package dry Ranch-style dressing mix
8 oz. Low-fat cream cheese
Favorite salsa
Sliced deli ham


Preparation:-

The cream cheese needs to be softened and mixed with 1/2 package dry ranch-style dressing mix. Spread the cream cheese mixture on tortilla. Lay a slice of deli ham on the tortilla and roll it up. Cut into pinwheels. Dip in your favorite salsa. Serve.

2. Flower Eggs

Ingredients:

Bread
Eggs
Low-fat cheese slices (optional)
Smart Balance or other low-fat buttery spread


Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350. Take a muffin tin and coat it with buttery spread. You can use as many 'holes' as you need. Push a piece of bread down into the muffin tin so that the corners stick up from the hole and it forms a cup that can hold the egg. Crack an egg into each bread flower. Bake for about 12-15 minutes. You can top them with a slice of low-fat cheese.

3. Fruit Dessert

Ingredients:

1 cake, without frosting
1 bag frozen mixed berries
Sliced almonds, lightly toasted
Light whipped topping



Preparation:

Follow the package instructions and let the bag of frozen berries thaw. You may add a tablespoon of sugar, but it is optional. Toast the almonds lightly. Assemble the ingredients in individual bowls. Place a slice of cake at the bottom. Add plenty of berries with the juice. Top with light whipped topping, and warm sliced almonds.

Serves 4

4. Easiest Pizza

Ingredients:

Flour tortillas
Low-fat mozzarella cheese
Jar of low-crab pizza sauce
Turkey pepperoni


Preparation:


Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place a sheet of foil on a cookie sheet or pizza pan. Spray with nonfat cooking spray. Place the tortillas on the foil. Spread the sauce, cheese, and pepperoni on each pizza. Bake for about 12-15 minutes until they turn crispy and bubbly.

5. Low Fat Alfredo Sauce

Ingredients:

4 Tbs light butter or buttery spread
1 1/4 cup 1% milk
3/4 cup low-fat parmesan cheese product
1 Tbs flour



Preparation:

Melt butter in a saucepan and add flour as for a cream sauce. Add milk after stirring for 1 minute. Heat and whisk until the sauce thickens slightly. Add parmesan cheese and salt to taste. Serve immediately.

6. Sugar Free Chocolate Yogurt Pops

Ingredients:

8 ounces plain nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup sugar-free cocoa mix
4 6-ounce paper cups


Preparation:

Combine yogurt and cocoa in a bowl and mix well. Spoon into paper cups and set the cups in a muffin tin. Insert a wooden popsicle stick in the middle of each cup. Freeze until it becomes solid. To serve peel away the paper cup and eat at once.

7. Number Salad

Ingredients:

1 handful of toasted coconut
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
3 orange sections
4 apple slices
5 diced sized cubes mild cheese
6 banana slices
7 small cubes melon
8 seedless grapes


Preparation:


Cut the fruit. Put each ingredient into a separate small dish or bowl. Count out the salad ingredients into one large bowl. Stir 9 to 10 times and your number salad is ready!

8. Italian Herb Biscuits

Ingredients:

1 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c soy flour
1 T baking powder
1 c oat flour
2 T Italian herbs
1/4 t black pepper (optional)
3/4 c milk or unsweetened soy milk
1/3 c olive oil


Preparation:

Preheat oven to 425° F. Keep a nonstick cookie sheet ready. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly in a large mixing bowl. Gently stir in the wet ingredients and knead until they are well blended. Pat dough into little rounds about 1/2" thick and 2" diameter and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes until they turn golden brown.

9. Cinnamon Raisin Waffles

Ingredients:

3/4 c whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c wheat germ
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/4 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
1 1/2 c milk
1/3 c applesauce
1/4 c canola or safflower oil
2 large eggs
1/2 t vanilla
1 c raisins


Preparation:

In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients. Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and gently combine them. Gently fold in the raisins. Don't be too rough with the batter or the waffles would be tough. Spoon batter into waffle maker and cook as per manufacturer's instructions. Cook a little longer for crisper waffles. Serve immediately or keep warm on the rack of a 200° F oven.

10. Mudpuddle Dip

Ingredients:

1 bar (4 oz.) milk chocolate broken into small pieces
2 tablespoons milk
1 medium USA pear, cored and sliced

Preparation:
Place milk and chocolate pieces in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at medium (50%) for 30 seconds. Stir the mixture and microwave 30 seconds longer. Serve pear wedges with chocolate sauce for dipping.