Picnics Are Fun, But You Can Make Them Nutritious, Too

When determing the menu for a picnic, the namehamburger. These alternatives are tasty and will
of the game is tasty. But, tasty doesn't have tobenefit your family's health. When dressing the
equate to unhealthy. A picnic menu can be just asburger, add a generous slice of tomato, onion, and
nutritious and easy as a meal you would serve ator lettuce. The more food items you can make
home. Picnic appetizers keep guests from goingahead of time, the more calm the actual picnic will
stir crazy while they wait for the grill to warm up.be. Chicken breast or seafood kabobs can be
Prepare or buy a container of veggie dip. If youpurchased fresh directly from the meat
buy the dip, purchase the light version. Whendepartment of the local grocer. Keep them in a
whipping up a dip, substitute regular ranch dressingice packed cooler until ready to grill. A side dish of
with a ranch seasoning mix and a container of lowbrown rice can be served with the kabobs for a
fat sour cream. The taste is just as flavorful butcomplete meal. Dessert at a picnic usually consists
without all of the added calories. To accompanyof cake or some other sweet confection. Fruit
your dip, consider a raw vegetable platter.salad is a healthy twist on dessert. A combination
Vegetables are less heavy than chips and theyof sweet fruits topped with coconut pieces or
won't negatively impact your waistline if you overserved with a fruit dip satisfies the sugar craving.
indulge. Preparing the vegetables the eve of givesTry grilled fruits like pineapples or peaches for a
you more time the day of the picnic. Vegetablestangy tasting dessert. When it comes to drinks,
can be sliced into decorative chips with a crinkleopt for bottled water or juices. Sugar free flavor
cutter for added variety. If the kids require saltypackets can be added to bottled water for a
snacks, opt for the baked variety. Most snackfruity drink if you don't want to drink juice. If
companies make a baked, lower fat option ofpicnickers will be in the sun a lot, water offers
their popular snacks. Even better, one hundredbetter hydration than soda drinks. A picnic doesn't
calorie snack bags will keep them from consuminghave to be the end of a health conscious way of
too many of their favorite snacks. Frozen burgereating. Healthier menu items can be managed
patties don't have to be diet busters. Chooseeven on the grill. Pre-planning can keep the menu
from turkey burger patties or 98% leanless filling not to mention easy and stress-free.