Smoothies For Kids
We all know how important it is for kids to eat a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables every day. Although, finding the time to prepare fresh meals and then getting the kids to eat them is another story! Smoothies for kids are a delicious, quick to make and super nutritious solution. They can be a snack between meals or even the meal itself. For example, check our scrumptious breakfast smoothie.
The benefits of smoothies for kids are many:
Whole food
Smoothies use the whole food so there is no waste unlike juicing where much of the pulp is thrown away. In fact the pulp of fruit and vegetables often contains many beneficial nutrients and fiber.
Better absorption of nutrients
When fruit and vegetables are blended the cell walls are broken and all the wonderful nutrients are released. Smoothies allow much better absorption of nutrients for this reason and will ensure your kids are getting the maximum nutritional benefit.
Anything goes with smoothies for kids!
Smoothies for kids taste delicious and can be made with your children’s favorite fruit flavors. This allows you to hide healthy raw vegetables (and all sorts of other goodness) in them! It can be extremely difficult to get a sufficient quantity of raw and/or green vegetables into your kids diets but with smoothies it’s easy!
Prepare ahead of time
Smoothies keep well in the fridge for 24 hours and so can be made ahead of time. It’s wonderful to have a pre-made smoothie in the fridge when the kids come home hungry from school.
Add smoothies to lunchboxes
They also keep well in the freezer in an ice cube tray. Just pull out five or six cubes to put into a lidded cup or sipper cup to put into the school (or pre-school) lunch boxes. This technique also works well for taking smoothies when traveling or to a picnic.
Easy clean up
Clean up is a breeze! Just rinse out the blender and you’re done. Don’t delay the clean up too long though as the smoothie mixture will harden and be much more difficult to clean.
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