By Mark Bishop, Deputy Director
This blog is the first in our new Friday-morning series on the fun, healthy snacks that kids love.
My wife and I love feeding our son Henry a healthy kid-version of ice cream: frozen fruit blended with unsweetened yogurt and cinnamon. And as much as we love feeding it to him, Henry loves eating it.
The basic idea is this: when you have over-ripe fruit, cut it up and toss it in the freezer rather than let it rot. Then when you want a treat, blend the frozen fruit with some yogurt to make a thick, creamy frozen snack.
It’s not that my wife and I are opposed to traditional ice cream – we do let Henry have 'real' ice cream at times – but there’s no need to give a kid the not-so-healthy stuff all the time. For a day-to-day tasty treat, some frozen fruit in a cone makes everyone happy.
The video below can attest to that. This wasn’t the first time Henry tried his healthy ice cream, but it was the first time he had it in an actual ice cream cone.
What kind of healthy snacks do you love?
Like clockwork, at 3:30 every day, I get the same question, "Can we have a snack?" Yesterday,my response was sliced apples with peanut butter for dipping. It was a bit hit with the two 11 year old boys at my house.
Posted by: Jean | February 06, 2009 at 09:22 AM
Great idea with the yogurt and frozen fruit, I must try it out! My favorite healthy snack growing up (and even today!) are those natural fruit roll-ups and fruit leathers. Healthy, delicious and sweet.
Posted by: Leena! | February 06, 2009 at 09:56 AM
That's probably the cutest blog in the history of HSC.
Posted by: Alicea | February 06, 2009 at 04:19 PM
oh Mark, he is so cute. And not a surprise, of course, that he likes the "healthy" ice cream, since you like spinach for a special snack!
Posted by: Susannah Fuchs | February 20, 2009 at 03:09 PM
Well, we're all a bit more flexible with our kids, but I think we're doing pretty well with H...
Posted by: Mark | February 20, 2009 at 03:45 PM