This watermelon {cake} is a fun twist on fruit salad and makes a great healthy dessert or snack and beautiful centerpiece for any party or function. Use your favorite fruits or whatever is in season to decorate the watermelon.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
These naturally-dyed pink beet rolls are a festive Valentine’s Day treat. And they double as a fun activity because the vibrant-colored dough (reminiscent of playdough) should keep your kids entertained for a while. Happy Heart Day!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Dress up your baked potato (or sweet potato/yam) with an assortment of veggies to make an edible Mr. {Baked} Potato Head. This edible art project is fun for all ages and allows kids to play with healthy foods.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
When I want to play with food but I don’t have time to really be creative, I pull out the cookie cutters and let my four-year old son do the creating. Simply cutting sandwiches (and quesadillas) into different shapes is a fun project for him and it’s an easy way to make a holiday (or any day’s) meal more festive. Happy Halloween!
Monday, September 10, 2012
My son’s 1st train birthday party seems like so long ago now but the edible landscape idea is perfect for back to school and it makes eating healthy snacks fun for your kiddos all year. Depending on the age of your kids, they may even like to help create the scene before eating it!
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
One morning I was playing around with my son’s toast and the next thing I knew it had transformed itself into a train. Spread the train toast with your choice of jams, nut butters, Nutella, etc. Make the train as long as you’d like and fill the train cars with different fruits and other toppings.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Fruit bouquets make the perfect healthy snack in addition to being eye-catching centerpieces for parties, BBQ’s and picnics. They can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like. You {and your kids!} can make a detailed plan, brainstorming how to make different fruits look like specific flowers or you can simply jump into an making an arrangement using an assortment of fruits, cookie cutters and skewers.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Dress up your everyday quesadillas (or sandwiches) by cutting them into Easter egg shapes and letting your kids decorate them. My son has just as much fun decorating healthy food as he does cupcakes and sugar cookies. And it’s just one more way to make healthier fare fun and festive.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
With or without silly faces, these fruit and spinach smoothies make a quick, healthy and kid-pleasing breakfast, snack or dessert.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Mickey Mouse quesadillas made the perfect mess-free finger food for my son’s Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3rd birthday bash. Cutting Mickey Mouse shapes out of your quesadillas or sandwiches is fun any day!
Monday, May 13, 2013
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