Similar to fruits, vegetables have many nourishing health benefits. However, many kids are picky eaters who turn up their noses and avoid vegetables. One way to end the mealtime battles is by getting kids involved and making the process of eating fun and enjoyable. It is time to unleash your creativity and try the following recipes with your kids for some fun and creative ways of serving veggies!
Mini-Veggie Wagon
The recipe below is just one of the many ways you can make veggie wagons. It is time to get creative and come up with your own design using vegetables of your choice! See our pepper train as an example.
Ingredients:
- 1 stick of celery
- 4 slices of cucumber (sliced thick)
- Assorted vegetables such as carrots, broccoli florets or bell peppers
- Vegetable dip (optional)
*you will also need toothpicks.
Directions:
- Place one cucumber slice on the end of a toothpick for a wheel.
- Stick toothpick through celery and add another cucumber slice. Repeat to
form the body of the wagon and the four wheels. - Pile the assorted vegetables on the celery stick to form the contents of the
wagon. - Eat and enjoy with dip!
Recipe adapted from: Nebraska Extension – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ants on a Log
Ingredients:
- Celery sticks
- Peanut butter
- Raisins
Directions:
- Wash the celery and cut it into pieces (about 5 inches long).
- Spread peanut butter in u-shaped part of celery, from one end to the other.
- Press raisins into peanut butter.
- Enjoy your ants on a log!
Recipe adapted from: Nebraska Extension – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
What are some other fun kids-friendly healthy snack recipes that you have tried? Send in your photos to day-to-day-eats@cornell.edu for a chance to be featured on our site!
