Healthy Eating: Ways to add healthier food

Anytime I can incorporate vegetables/fruits into the children’s diet it is a win for them and I, promoting healthy eating.

If I can manage to add it into something that we can bake together, even better! Not all recipes are tasty if altered too much, balance is the key. As an example when a recipe calls for vegetable oil, I will use an applesauce and/or coconut oil mixture. Not only does it add nutrition, but sometimes its a good way to use up vegetables/fruits before they go bad. My daycare loves bran muffins with crushed pineapple in it, or pureed carrots mixed into tomato soup. The list is long, and the younger the children are for these changes, the more the taste becomes the preference.

If you’re looking for healthier recipes, the below recipe books are packed full of alternatives without compromising flavor.

Consider adding pumpkin and pumpkin spice into waffles, cinnamon buns, even cream based soups. You could also put sweet potatoes into chocolatey brownies, and cakes, and more. The options are endless. Healthier treats, healthier children, happier parents. The children will also be amazed at how they can’t even notice a difference 🙂

In addition, the children from my daycare enjoy in helping with the prep work for some of these amazing recipes. Combining healthy choices for healthy eating into baking makes everyone happy.