Healthy Back to School Recipes for Kids - Healthy Kids 4 Busy Families Episode 25
Hi Mandy Curry with Healthy Kids Inc. We are back for our 2nd annual
back to school taste testing with the kids. We’re going to try a couple new recipes. See how they like
them. Try a few new things that they haven’t had before,
as we start to gear up for some new recipes for back to school. So we like
to do this on camera so you get to see how they like them, the ingredients that we use,
some changes that we’re making to our lunches this year, and all of that.
So here we go lets get started.
Okay, so we are experimenting with our very first recipe and this is an oatmeal
recipe for the morning. We’re looking something thats really healthy but
super-quick in the morning and we’re working with overnight oats. So our kids
have been a little hot and cold with oats lately. So we’re trying a new recipe and the
premise behind overnight oats is very simple. Its one cup of oats to one cup
of your liquid. So here we’re using some almond milk. So we went ahead and got all
that ready last night and we added the ingredients of our choice and now they’re ready.
So lets show you the very first one that we did was a peach oatmeal. This is just simply,
we ground up, put everything in the Vitamix. We put the 2 cups, the one
cup of oats, the one cup of liquid. We added then our peaches and we added about
one teaspoon of brown sugar, some cinnamon and a little bit of vanilla and we pulsed that up.
Now here you can see that I’m really working on the consistency with the kids so I pulsed
this up, and the oats are definitely much different. Much smaller, a little bit
better. We’ll see how the kids like that. Now the second one then is oats with a little
bit of peanut butter in them for a little bit of extra protein. So, this one
I did not pulse as much and you can see that the oats are a little bit bigger. They are typically they’re normal size.
So we’ll see how the kids do with that. Now once you get your oats out of the refrigerator
the next morning you can eat them cold or you can heat them up. So we’re going
to be doing that as well to see which ones the kids like, which flavor they like
best, and if they like it warm or if they like it cold.
Alright, we are ready to taste test. Welcome to the 2nd annual cook-off as we test to see
how we like this.
Alright here we go, everyone try this one. This is the one with the peaches
that we pulsed a little bit different and its, I warmed it up too.
Okay.
Preston: Smells good.
Mandy: What do you think? That’s actually pretty good.
Alright, now lets try it cold and let me see which one you might like better.
Ashton: That’s good.
Mandy: Good, thank you!
Tell me if you like the cold or the warm?
Preston: Warm.
Mandy: Warm? Definitely.
Preston: Yeah, I like it.
Ashton: Warm!
Mandy: (laugh)
Oh, yeah. Warm, for sure.
Okay, so now we know
peach is good (laugh)
peach is good but it’s got to be warmed up.
Okay, so lets try the other one.
The next one is the peanut butter flavor and we’re going to try this one cold first. Lets get that one out
of the way. Alright, everyone try the peanut butter (laugh).
Ashton: I hope I like this one better.
Preston: Oh yeah, smells a bit better.
Ashton: You dropped on your toes (laugh)
Mandy: Okay.
I think that’s too big of a bite.
Ashton: Me?Mandy: Yeah, just go for it. Just eat it.
Preston: I got some on my toe.
Mandy: (laugh)
Alright, lets try it warm. Alright so we got the rough one out of the way. Preston: I’m going to love this.
Mandy: Now try the warm. Lets see if we like it.
Ashton: I don’t even like peanut butter.Preston: Umm-Umm-Umm.
Preston: I’m going to get some more.
Mandy: Man.
Okay....
So...
I think general consensus is that
we definitely like the oatmeal when it is pulsed
and we can change this into a different consistency,
much thinner consistency not the, not the
thick rolled oat pieces and then flavor it up with some peaches and a little bit of brown
sugar, a little bit of cinnamon, and warmed up a little bit. Alright, we got it. Now on to the next recipe.
Alright we are back with lunch recipe number 1.
So our strategy with every meal that we have is to try and fit in a fruit or a vegetable at every meal and at
every snack. If we can accomplish that then our kids will at least get five to six
servings of fruits and vegetables a day. That’s huge. That’s a big win for us.
Alright, so this is a sample of one ofour lunches that we're gonna try today.
Alright, here we have, and anycontainer works, this just happens to be some
of the containers that we use. We're just going to be doing some apples. We have about half an apple here and then
we have some of our sugar snap peas. Now
we're going to dip them in something which I'mperfectly fine with. We've got a combination of
ranch and hummus. You generally like hummus, you often times like a ranch so
let's try this because we haven't,sometimes you've taken sugar snap peas
in your lunch but Ashton has not. Sowe're gonna try this. Want to try this in ranch? Ashton: Yeah.
Alright here's your little ranch cup and welove these little cups. These are perfect
for taking little, little items in theirlunch containers so these are perfect
for us. So, everybody dip your littlesugar snap peas.Ashton: The strings are out, right?Yes, yes they are.
Alright! Yeah, let's try it.
It's going to be real good.
That's pretty good isn't it?Ashton: Yeah!
It's really good isn't it?
Good job buddy, that was awesome.
Now we've got a new food to add to your lunch box.
Ashton: I've never tried it before until now.
Great! Awesome! I'm proud of you.
Alright, now...
So that takes care of our fruits and vegetables.
but lets talk about the main dish that we're going to be eating.
So here we are sampling then
a new dish for us. And we know how much Prestonloves quinoa. You love chicken and you both
love grapes and mandarin oranges. So wehave mixed it all together. We've added a little bit
of a seasoning that includes a littlebit of soy sauce, which you both love.
So we're gonna taste this and see if youlike it, and if you do this will make its way into the lineup.
Ashton: It’s warm.It’s a little bit, yes, it is a little bit warm because we just made it.
But when in your lunch box it will becold though and that's how it should be
so eat all of it at the same time like havea little bit of everything
Preston: I'm going to try one thing at a time.
Okay, that's fine.Ashton: (laugh)
So here we go.
Ashton: I still have to wait, I’m still chewing that.
I know, you like them.
That's really good.Preston: That smells really good.
Okay.Ashton: That smells good.I know. Go for it, try it.
Preston: Try the chicken.Uh-ha.
Ashton: That's what I'm doing first, chicken.
Preston: Um, that’s good.Ashton: Plus, I think we’ve had chicken and quinoa before?
Yes.Ashton: Like mixed?
We haven't taken it in your lunch though yet.
Nor have we added grapes or mandarin oranges to it. Ashton: Oh, this is good with the chicken.You like it?
Nice job!Ashton: I’m going to try the orange now.Okay.
Ashton: I love oranges.
Preston: I can't help it.
What do you think?
Preston: You got to take everything.Ashton: It’s good.You like it?
Nice job boys. I’m super proud of you.Ashton: I’ve got to try the grapes.
Oh, okay.
What do you think Pres?Ashton: Then all together.Okay.
Yes. Lets try it one bite all together.
Can you do that Preston?
Preston: Yeah.Ashton: Like this.Yes, yes.
What do you think?
Ashton: That’s good.Awesome! You like it too buddy?
You're not talking so I assume so.
Ashton: It's hard for me to get the chicken on there.Preston: Uh-huh.
Yeah, sometimes huh.
Would you take this in your school lunch?
Ashton: I might.Yeah. That would be awesome.
Wow! I can't believe it. The first recipe was a hit.
We are trying now sugar snap peas. Which is a big win for this.
Because generally he like cucumbers and cucumbers only. So that's a big win for us.
And the quinoa was a hit too. Quinoa is
super healthy of course, but we alsoflavored up our quinoa with our own
homemade chicken stock that we hadused. Also use some really good organic
free range chicken too. So it's good quality ingredients the kids are gonna be
getting for their school lunch now too.Alright, one more together we'll be right back.
Alright, we're ready for our final recipeand this one is super simple we are just
featuring a very simple hamburger for lunch. And there's nothing wrong with that
if you think good quality ingredients ofcourse. But this could be a great thing for your kids to
take with them and it's super simplebecause you can make some hamburgers up
on your prep or make them the night before.So, here, all we have, we've used some on grass fed
ground beef and we also added some mushroomsto it. That's going to give our kids some added nutrients throughout the day.
You can't even taste them and it alsohelps to make your ground beef go a little bit
further. So that's all that we have here isthe ground beef mixed in with the
mushrooms. Now as far as the breads. That'salways a hot topic, so here's a couple,
here's my suggestions or recommendationson bread. So one of the breads that I
really really like it this Sami's Bakerybread. I like this for me personally.
This is the millet and flax bread. I like itbecause it doesn't have any gluten in it
the flours are good. It just worksreally well. So sometimes we'll just make grilled cheeses for the
kids or grilled ham and cheese and willuse this type of bread. By all means one
of our favorite and one of the bestbreads with the best ingredients is the Ezekiel Bread. And you can
see here the ingredients are muchmuch stronger than you would see, and much healthier than you see in
many other breads. Now though, if time isreally important to us and we need to
find just something out of the bread aisle, bevery careful of the breads that you're
looking for, because it's very hard tofind a traditional bread that doesn't
contain high fructose corn syrup. Sowhile this doesn't have the best
ingredients, I would say its one of thebetter though of the options. And I like it
because of this serving size too. This is just thePepperidge Farm wheat slide buns. So again,
the slider size is perfect for kids and itmakes such a good serving size for a lunch,
and for anything else.
So, occasionally if we're very rushed. You know willuse these. We're going to use these today for our hamburger.
Or if you just wanna throw quick ham andcheese sandwich together, I happen to
like this and again I like it becauseit doesn't have the high fructose corn
syrup. Alright, so those are kind of ourthree options for breads. Now, so very
simply put, here is our lunch that we aregoing to be doing with our hamburger on it.
Now today we're gonna be challenging thekids though, because we're trying to get away
from the condiments and all the extrastuff. So we're gonna be added some
veggies to your hamburger to see how youguys do with that. Then we've also got some
really great raspberries which aredelicious and you both of those. We also
have some carrots in here that we can serve with alittle bit of ranch or the hummus as
well, but depending on their tastes. Alrightand these are the containers that we like to use.
These are super simple we would justsimply put this in here
altogether, and boom, lunch is all in one container. We have beenusing these for years, haven't we? And we love
them still. They've actually, they wearvery well. We've been using them in the
dishwasher just about every day for atleast four years now and they work great.
Alright, so, now let's go ahead and move onto your hamburger. So I'm gonna cut it in
half because, at least for this tastetesting, you guys are just gonna try half
of this. So, Preston is going to try with our homegrown tomatoes onit.
Yes, Ashton is going to try with cucumber on yours.
And let's see how we like the taste of it.
That way. Alright buddy. There's yours.
Preston: Mine looks better.Yours is like huge. Do you think you can do all that?
Preston: Maybe.It would?Ashton: It might taste better when you have cheese on it?
I know. It would. But lets try it with some veggies on it.
Preston: Ooh, this smells good.Yeah.
What do you think?
Ashton: The burgers taste different.Yeah?
A little bit maybe? What if you had fetacheese on it? Or regular cheese on it too? No?
What do you think about yours?
Ashton: Well the cheese we put on regular hamburgers, yeah.Yeah?
Ashton: Did you do it off the grill? These?No.
That's probably why its a little bit different.Ashton: Yeah.Preston: Yeah.
Do you like it?
Good. Nice!
Alright, so, that's our goal is to just find some new
ways that we can get some of thosecondiments out and substitute with another
one little sampling of another fruitand vegetable that's what we're always
striving for. So, those are our three new recipes. We'vedone really well. The oatmeal was a hit
but we know what we didn't like and what we didlike, which was warmed up. Our quinoa
was a huge hit. We're definitely going do thatfor next week. And our hamburgers were a
hit too. The best thing is that I can getall this prepped the night before or
during my prep day, and have all this ready togo super quickly the morning that we head
to school. Alright, so I hoped that you enjoyed this.
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http://www.healthykidsinc.com/ In this episode, Mandy and the boys are back for their 2nd annual Back to School recipe taste testing to find new healthy recipes for the kids. This episode features two healthy lunch recipes and one healthy breakfast recipe. First is two versions of an overnight oatmeal recipe for breakfast. Then for the lunches they try a Chicken & Mandarine Quinoa Salad. Next is a Healthy Hamburger. Healthy Kids Inc helps busy families tackle healthy meals with their hectic schedule. Learn more about the Healthy Kids Inc Meal Planning Tool at: http://www.healthykidsinc.com/meal-planner/ Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/healthykidsinc?sub_confirmation=1 Healthy Back to School Recipes for Kids: http://youtu.be/ZFww3Bd-XDo