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Keep your kids growing at a healthy weight and stay fit! §  Stock your refrigerator with ready to eat fruits and vegetables—fresh, frozen, or canned. If buying canned veggies, keep your heart healthy by assuring no sodium is added. If stalking up on canned fruit, buy items without added sugar or syrup that will add unwanted calories. When possible choose cans foods without BPA. §  Prepare fruits and veggies in an eye catching way: Studies show that children eat more of them when served in a beautiful and interesting way. §  Turn off the TV. Watching TV distracts families from enjoying healthier activities that exercise the muscles and the mind. §  Clean and sanitize your refrigerator regularly. Having a clean refrigerator reduces the risk of contaminated food. §  Monitor mindless munching. Teach your kids to be aware of when and what they are eating. §  Find healthy ways to reward your children for a job well done, like stickers or time together, instead of cookies or candy. Rewarding good behavior with food is related to being overweight later. §  Be a good example. Model healthy behaviors like eating breakfast and including fruits and vegetables at all of your meals.

This week's fruits and desserts

JOCOTES: TRONADORAS
MANDARINAS
WATERMELON
PINEAPPLE
MANGO DE ANIS
TORONJA ROSADA
CHOCOBANANOS
CHARAMUSCAS: MORA, HORCHATA, CHOCOLATE

Menu has been posted.  Enjoy the long weekend!

Skip the Take-Out & Get Cooking with the Kids with this Easy Chinese Meal
Introducing cultural cuisine to your family by cooking a healthy Chinese dish with your kids. It’s easy and fun!  Moo Goo Gai Pan is a delicious, easy-to-make stir-fry chicken dish with mushrooms and other veggies! Have your child help you wash the vegetables and measure the ingredients.

§  Heat a little olive, grape seed oil or canola oil in a wok and stir-fry mushrooms and canned water chestnuts for 2 minutes.

§  Add celery, pea pods, and 1 tsp honey. Sugar snap peas are a popular alternative with kids.

§  Add about ¼ cup water and steam for 2 minutes, then remove all food from the wok.

§  Stir-fry chicken for 4-5 minutes until cooked throughly.

§  Add back in the vegetables with a little minced ginger, soy sauce and 1 tsp of corn starch mixed with 2 tsp warm water. Stir while heating until sauce thickens. Eat and Enjoy!

Which Foods Bring You Great Harvest, Blessing and Fortune In The Chinese New Year?

Match the foods to the type of good luck they symbolize!

1. Harvest                                     a. Apple

(food with seeds, nuts)

2. Blessing                                    b. Orange

(red food)

3. Fortune                                    c. Walnuts

(golden/yellow food)

Reference:

Answers and more info athttp://superkidsnutrition.com/wordpress/kids-nutrition/skip-the-take-out-get-cooking-with-the-kids-with-this-easy-chinese-meal

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Remember this coming Friday and the following Monday is a holiday.

Monster Pops!!

Unlike most store-bought popsicles which contain little to zero nutrition and an over-dose of toxic ingredients like corn syrup and artificial colors, this homemade version packs a nutritional punch! This recipe also provides a convenient and sneaky way to get even the pickiest eaters to enjoy spinach without plugging their noses! Imagine the satisfaction you'll get from transforming a typical junk food into one of the healthiest options in your freezer!

These homemade popsicles are made from 100% fresh fruits and vegetables, so they are a great option for a sweet but healthy snack or dessert! Spinach is one of the main ingredients, and it's a great source of fiber, potassium and iron. The spinach also makes these popsicles a fun, bright-green color! (If you prefer to make a different color, try adding some berries to create red or purple pops!) Fresh pineapple, bananas and freshly-squeezed orange juice complete the ingredients list of this recipe, and they cleverly disguise the taste of the spinach while adding even more potassium, vitamin C and calcium to these treats.

If your picky eaters don't like spinach, you shouldn't let them watch you make this recipe the first time. You may or may not choose to reveal the ingredients to them after they've enjoyed the flavor. It's also useful to name these pops something fun when serving them to children. The "Monster Pops" name used here plays up the fact that they are green. "Popeye Pops" is another great name, highlighting the spinach ingredient! Either way, your picky eaters will soon be bragging to their friends about how much they enjoy eating their spinach!


See Recipe on "Recipe of the week" at your right.

The Menu for the week has been posted.

This week's fruits include:


For dessert we'll have 

Tres Leches

Carrot Cake

Healthy Bones Means More Than Just Milk

Milk and milk products are high in calcium, which is important for strong bones, says MyPyramid for Kids. Milk isn't the only source of calcium, it is also found in soy milk and fortified juices, says the Vegetarian Resource group. Some vegetables, such as broccoli and Chinese cabbage, also contain calcium. Shellfish, salmon and sardines eaten with the bones, almonds and dried beans are also good sources of calcium, according to the National Institutes of Health Medline Plus.