Fruit Spotlight: 5 Healthy & Creative Watermelon Recipes for Kids
From the archive. This post was first published on the original Green Eggs and Moms blog and is kept here as it was.
Some kids just love watermelon.
While others? Well… maybe they don’t.
If your children belong to the latter, don’t feel discouraged.
Here are FUN watermelon recipes that may convert them. The bonus? By eating this fresh and crisp fruit, the kiddos get a dose of vitamins C, A, B6, B1 and lycopene (an antioxidant). [Source: Fit Web MD]
If you’re looking for healthy snacks for kids, look no further.
5 Watermelon recipes your kids will love
This awesome idea is from Culinary.net.
Get your cookie cutters out, some yogurt and granola or cereals to make this eye-catchingly healthy snack.
Did we mention how easy this is to do?
Watermelon.org has a lot of creative watermelon recipes but we’ve only chosen a few.
The cupcake idea is one of them.
To make this a healthy snack, substitute the cream cheese topping with yogurt, and sprinkles with chopped almonds or any other nuts your kids like.
Thank you to Family Features for this recipe.
Compared to the others, this requires more ingredients but it’s worth it.
You’ll need: Greek yogurt, vanilla and almond extract, craisins, white chocolate chips, toasted almonds, cinnamon and other things you enjoy with watermelon. Get creative.
This is from the Moms Menu blog and is a game in itself.
Cut squares and small circles out of cheese and watermelon.
Arrange accordingly and hey, this is a delicious and great way to teach your kiddo a new game.
This is another one from Watermelon.org.
What can be easier than cutting the following into cubes and arranging them on sticks: watermelon, turkey breast and cheese?
Well, maybe the Watermelon Cut Out recipe above but this is pretty easy too.
That’s it for now, so…
Enjoy making these healthy fruit snacks!
Got other watermelon recipes that should be on the list? Share your healthy snacks by leaving a comment below.
Chomp away!
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