| If you are a parent, you're probably
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| | seventh heaven. If you can't get your
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| all-too-familiar with hearing "eww!"
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| | child to eat healthy foods, try offering
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| ick!" "I don't like it!" and "That's
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| | healthy dips to go with it and you might
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| gross!" coming out of your child's mouth.
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| | be surprised at how quickly they change
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| In fact, getting a child to eat health
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| | their minds.
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| food can sometimes be as hard as getting
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| | #4 - Put It in an Ice Cream Cone
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| a parking space that three other cars are
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| | A woman we know of had made a wonderful
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| waiting for. If you're tired of your
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| | fresh-fruit salad for a party and her
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| child's dietary battles turning into
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| | grandson wouldn't touch it. If there's
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| tactical missions and
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| | one thing grandma's like, it's watching
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| survival-of-the-fittest lessons (or
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| | they're grandchildren eat healthy foods
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| survival of the most stubborn), we've got
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| | so she was bound and determined to get
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| six sneaky ways for you to trick your
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| | some of the fruit salad into him. She
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| child into eating health food that you're
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| | came up with the idea of putting the
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| absolutely going to love.
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| | fruit salad in an ice-cream cone and
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| #1 - Carrot Cupcakes
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| | suddenly fruit salad was the best thing
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| Show me a child who doesn't love cupcakes
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| | ever and all the kids wanted it. Since
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| and I'll show you a dog that doesn't like
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| | then people who witnessed the success at
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| bones. I've known hundreds of children in
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| | the party have tried the ice-cream cone
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| my lifetime and I cannot remember a
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| | technique with cottage cheese and even
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| single one of them not liking cupcakes.
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| | tuna salad and it hasn't failed yet. If
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| That's what I call an opportunity.
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| | it's in an ice-cream cone, chances are
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| We all know cupcakes aren't healthy.
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| | kids will eat it.
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| Chocolate or white cake and a bunch of
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| | #5 - Ovaltine Please
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| sugary frosting on top equates to nothing
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| | If you know what Ovaltine is or if you
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| more than empty calories and a huge sugar
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| | already have Ovaltine in the house,
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| rush. But what if you make cupcakes out
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| | that's great. If you don't, you're about
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| of carrot cake? Or even zucchini or
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| | to fall in love with a good,
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| banana bread? All you have to do then is
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| | old-fashioned wholesome product.
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| create a cream-cheese frosting (lightly
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| | There are thousands upon thousands of
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| sweetened of course) and you've got a
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| | children who just don't like the taste of
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| cupcake that's healthy and that kids
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| | milk. However, when Ovaltine is mixed
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| can't resist.
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| | into it, many of them can't get enough.
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| #2 - Fruit Smoothies
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| | Ovaltine makes milk taste somewhat like
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| Some parents, no matter how hard they
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| | chocolate milk, but more malt-flavored.
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| try, just can't get their children to eat
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| | Even though the stuff tastes great, it's
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| fresh fruit. It may be the texture or the
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| | actually quite healthy. Ovaltine is full
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| taste, but whatever it is, getting them
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| | of vitamins and minerals and it's fat
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| to eat fruit is like getting a vegetarian
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| | free and cholesterol free. Just add it to
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| to try steak - it just isn't going to
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| | low-fat milk and you've got healthy
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| happen.
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| | chocolate milk for your kids.
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| One day a friend of mine was drinking a
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| | #6 - Make It Pretty
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| fruit smoothie she had picked up at the
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| | The visual presentation of food has a big
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| local juice bar and her son asked her if
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| | impact on how kids perceive it. Throw
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| he could have a sip of her "shake." My
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| | some plain low-fat, all-natural yogurt in
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| friend didn't bother to correct her son.
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| | a plastic bowl with a spoon and they'll
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| She simply gave him the cup and let him
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| | probably turn their noses up at it.
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| take a swallow. Guess what? He loved it!
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| | However, if you put it in a parfait cup
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| Since then they've been making their own
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| | with a sprinkling of granola or a few
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| healthy fruit smoothies at home and he's
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| | berries on top and serve it with a fancy
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| getting wholesome fruit on a regular
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| | spoon, it may be an entirely different
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| basis.
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| | story. The same goes for healthy drinks.
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| #3 - Dip It
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| | Serve fresh juice or milk with an
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| For some reason (I have yet to figure
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| | interesting straw and kids will be much
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| this one out), children seem to accept
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| | more likely to drink it.
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| healthy food easier if they can dip it.
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| | While deception and trickery isn't
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| Offer a little girl a whole carrot and
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| | something we should often use when
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| she'll look at you like you've grown a
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| | dealing with our children, in the case of
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| third eye. Offer her cut-up carrot sticks
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| | sneaking health foods into their diets, I
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| with low-fat vegetable dip and she's in
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| | think it'll work out just fine.
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