Out of ideas for your child's lunch box?
Looking for healthy recipes your kids won't
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'Healthy
Lunch' DVD is packed with hundreds of
easy-to-follow lunch box ideas, like: sandwiches,
soups, wraps, pastas, using your leftovers
and adding interest to fruits and vegetables.
It even covers beverages and healthy snack
alternatives! Plus, get valuable nutritional
insights from a pediatrician and registered
dietitian. Each DVD comes complete with a
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Fresh Raspberries &
Peanut butter Sandwich
This delicious, very berry, sandwich is a
delicious alternative to the traditional PB&
J sandwich.
Makes
2 Servings
Ingredients:
¼ cup Smooth, Peanut Butter
2 Tablespoons Raspberry jam, 100% pure fruit
½ teaspoon Maple syrup, 100% pure
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup Raspberries, fresh
Method:
" Mix together peanut butter, syrup,
vanilla and raspberry jam until well blended.
" Spread nut butter mixture on both top
and bottom pieces of bread.
" Press fresh raspberries into spread.
" Press sandwich gently together (this
will keep berries from falling out).
Options:
Try using other types of nut butters like:
almond, or cashew. Mixing in cream cheese
to give this recipe a creamer flavor.
Health Notes:
Raspberries not only are loaded with flavor,
they also contain and excellent source of
fiber, vitamin C, magnesium and anti-oxidants.
Shopping List
" Nut butter, peanut, almond, or cashew.
" Raspberry jam, 100% pure fruit
" Maple syrup, 100% pure
" Vanilla extract
" Fresh raspberries
" Whole wheat bread
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See 90-minute 'Healthy
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lunch box ideas.
Roll-Ups
(Reprinted from The Press Democrat, Santa
Rosa, CA and written by Jill Nussinow, MS,
RD of The Vegetarian Connection www.vegetarianconnection.com).
These are nothing more than tortillas that
have been rolled with filling and sliced.
Many kids like them more than sandwiches.
Bean Roll-Ups:
1 small or large tortilla, white, wheat or
flavored
¼ cup or more refried beans
2 tablespoons salsa or sliced tomato
2 tablespoons grated cheese (optional)
Spread beans on the tortilla. Top with salsa
or tomato and cheese, if using. Roll tightly.
Cut into slices and stand up right.
Nut Butter and Fruit Spread Roll-Ups:
You can use 2 tablespoons peanut, almond,
cashew or soy butter instead of beans and
fruit spread instead of salsa. Roll in the
same way.
Your Roll-Ups:
Roll-ups are limited only by your imagination.
Think about adding grated carrots, sprouts,
shredded apple or your child's favorite fruit
or vegetable.
Pumpkin-Carrot Muffins
(Reprinted from The Press Democrat, Santa
Rosa, CA and written by Jill Nussinow, MS,
RD of The Vegetarian Connection www.vegetarianconnection.com).
Makes 1 dozen
1 large egg
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup mashed pumpkin
1 cup finely grated carrot (1 large carrot)
1 cup soy or other milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or unbleached
all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar or Sucanat (unrefined cane juice
extract)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup currants
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Vegetable cooking spray
Preheat oven to 375.
Spray muffin tins with cooking spray. In a
medium bowl, beat the egg. Add the oil, pumpkin,
carrots, vanilla and soymilk. Stir well to
combine. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine
the whole wheat pastry flour, salt, baking
powder and cinnamon. Stir in currants and
walnuts. Fold the wet ingredients into the
dry ingredients until just combined. Spoon
the batter into the muffin tins until 2/3
full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until a tester
comes out clean. Remove from the oven. Let
cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then remove
to rack to cool.
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