5 a Day For Kids
Here are some handy tips for getting your children eating five a day:
- Get them started on the FIVE A DAY habit early.
- Bite-size pieces of fruit and vegetables are perfect for small hands, and make great party food.
- If cooked vegetables aren't popular with your children, try blending them into casseroles, soups and sauces, or see if they prefer their vegetables raw.
- The natural sweetness in sweet corn, carrots and cherry tomatoes make these vegetables popular with children.
- Liven up school lunch boxes with brightly coloured vegetables such as carrots or treat your kids to bite size fruits like grapes or strawberries instead of sweets.
- Give a jelly extra bite by adding fresh or canned fruit.
- www.5aday.nhs.uk