Summer is the perfect time to teach children in the kitchen. Most kids like to have choices, so ask them to help you prepare and clean up your meal. If you like it or hate it, thank you for planning your menu.
Take the time to teach your children about nutrition, simple math, and food science. Explain the importance of washing hands, using separate chopping boards for meat and produce, and unplugging appliances.
You know your child best, so offer choices based on their abilities.
- 1 and 2 years old: Play with wooden spoons, mixing bowls, measuring cups, spoons.
- 2 and 3 years old: Wash produce, tear vegetables for salad, rub potatoes, grind vegetables, grease baking dishes, pour ingredients into bowls and sprinkle with spices.
- 4 and 5 years old: Break the egg, measure the dry material with a whisk, cut soft food with a plastic knife, squeeze citrus food, set a timer, peel the hard boiled egg , Set the table.
- 6 and 7 years old: measure the ingredients, use a vegetable peeler, use an apple knife, snap the green beans, remove the corn from the shell, drain the tofu and slice it to form the putty, Grease the baking pan and load the dishwasher.
- 8 and 9 years old: Using a can opener, beat eggs, grate cheese, scoop batter in muffin cups, rub mixing bowls, slice bread, put food on skewers, use electric hand mixer , Use a meat thermometer and clean up the rest.
- 10-12 years: In addition to all of the above, boil water for pasta and follow the recipe.
Today’s recipe for frozen yogurt berry bites is fun for young children. You can stir the ingredients, spoon them into a muffin cup and decorate them with berries. In addition, this delicious treat contains healthy Greek yogurt, almonds and berries. This means calcium for strong bones, protein for growing bodies, and antioxidants that protect against cancer and heart disease.
Cooking with a child may take some time, but it’s a big investment in time. Make memories with delicious food.
Bethany Sayre is a dietitian nutritionist registered with Henry Ford Health. For more recipes and health information, please visit henryford.com/blog. If you have any questions about today’s recipe, please email HenryFordLiveWell@hfhs.org.
Frozen yogurt berry bites
make: 6 servings / Preparation time: 20 minutes / total time: 30 minutes (and freezing time)
¼ cup of crushed almonds or almond meal
4 tablespoons sugar, split
2 tablespoons butter, melted
¾ Cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1½ cup of fresh chopped strawberries, raspberries, blueberries (or your favorite combination of berries)
Line the 6-cup muffin tin with a silicone or parchment cupcake liner, or use a non-stick muffin tin.
In a small bowl, stir crushed almonds, 2 tablespoons of sugar and butter together. Spoon a small amount into the bottom of each muffin cup. In a medium bowl, mix yogurt, vanilla and the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar.
Spoon 2 tablespoons of the mixture into each muffin cup and cover the crust. Place the chopped berries on top. Freeze for about 6 hours until it hardens. To serve, remove from the muffin tin and / or wrapper and leave at room temperature for 8-10 minutes.
From Henry Ford Live Well.
115 115 calorie (45% from fat), 6 grams thick (1.5 grams of saturated fat), 12 grams carbohydrate4 grams protein17 mg sodium10 mg cholesterol19 mg calcium2.5 grams fiber.. Food exchange: 1 Fruit ½, milk ½, 1 fat.
