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Make healthy snacks easier with a vegetable tray

in: Food & Mealtime, Fun & Learning

Make and Takes: Helping My Kids Eat Their Vegies

via makeandtakes.com

One of my top 7 vegetable recipes for kids is Crudités with a Surprise. What I forgot to mention is that presentation and availability are a key part of making this "recipe" kid-friendly.

I now covet the vegetable tray Marie highlighted on Make and Takes, and I love her suggestion about keeping it stocked and at the ready in the fridge. Good for the kids and for her.

This is a good place to use Glad Press'n Seal wrap. It's more expensive than regular plastic wrap but it's so much more useful. I keep an eye out for coupons then wait for sales and use the double savings to stock up.

Read the full post at Make and Takes: Helping My Kids Eat Their Vegies

Related: Snack hack: Create single servings to teach portion control and increase independence

More: Hacks about vegetables and picky eaters

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Comments

  1. My Kids Mom says

    February 22, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Eating foods with toothpicks is always fun too. We used to come home from ill-timed birthday parties, full of junk but not “food” and have a Salad Party for dinner. We’d put out all the veggies and dip, then eat with our fingers or with toothpicks.

  2. Tracy says

    February 22, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Love the post from my kids mom! You can turn anything into a party & why not use veggies!! Yummo!

  3. Chelsea @ Someday I'll Learn says

    February 22, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    I LOVE that Press N Seal stuff!

  4. Jenny says

    February 22, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    You can also buy a premade tray of cut veggies from the grocery store. Then save the tray and refill it with your own veggies. They usually come with a lid, so you don’t need the press and seal.

  5. Ami says

    February 22, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    Tupperware sells a veggie tray like this too, with lid.

  6. Donna says

    February 22, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Where is the hack? Using a divided tray to keep food in is not a hack.

  7. Tara says

    February 23, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    I have a Pampered Chef tray like this. It has a base that goes into the freezer to keep the contents cold for a long while. I can leave it on the table most of the day.

    I’ve tried it with veggies, and my kids just let them sit, but it might work with someone else’s kids. 🙂

  8. Heather says

    February 24, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    Great ideas! Found a book with healthy tips too! Thought I would share.

    http://5ba70di2xbvd6per2-x7cc216s.hop.clickbank.net/

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