Daily Fit Tip: Mix and match for healthy meals

I like doing silly things with my kids to add some variety to the healthy food we eat. My kids lean towards white chicken or turkey, fruit, veggies, low fat cheeses, and pasta on occasion. In order to keep things interesting I've decided to pick parts of each food group and smoosh em together to keep life fresh.

So far this week we've dined on: bananas covered in peanut butter, apple slices wrapped in turkey, cantaloupe balls with cherries inside, chicken with sugar-free raspberry preserves smeared on top (I kid you not, my 4 year old daughter invented this) and chicken chunks with raisins and carrots jammed through the middle of each chunk. All healthy, all my children's creations.

As a parent, I feel no pressure to stick with the norm. The traditional 'norm' offers heavy meals with too much butter and oil. Not so much here. We pick lean nutritious foods from each food group and enjoy em. Sometimes our food is hot, sometimes nothing is hot. It's never fried or sauteed and it's almost always with a purpose. Tasty too.Let your kids invent their own recipes, or surprise them with something silly of your own. The weirder, the better.