Many times our children prefer cupcakes, donuts, and other sweet temptations over fruit… As a parent, however, it is our job to model how healthy food like produce can be enjoyable and yum! Right now, Produce for Kids has launched its annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign with 16 major supermarket chains across the country to help raise money for local children’s hospitals!  Talk about a WIN-WIN situation!

Now until 7/31 is the annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign hosted by local supermarkets and Produce for Kids, the more product you add to your shopping list the more you help your local children! This year, in honor of their 10th year, Sprout and LazyTown are joining forces with Produce for Kids! While shopping,  look for displays with your favorite characters that offer Ideal Meals. Ideal Meals are quick and easy healthy meal ideas. Also look for these meals while watching your favorite shows on the 24-hour preschool television channel, Sprout!

Ideal Meals are chef-created/nutritionist-approved easy solutions for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert! Featuring fresh fruits and vegetables, use these optins as substitutes to drive-throughs, sugary snacks, and high-carb/caloric meals.

You MUST MUST MUST check out some of these Ideal Meals on Produce for Kid’s Pinterest Page – So many great ideas!

Also find some of these fun Ideal Meals Below.

Chocolatey Fruit Skewers

Serves 4
Preparation Time: 12 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 premade pound cake
• 8 strawberries, whole, leaves hulled
• 8 raspberries, whole
• 1 cup pineapple, cored, chunked
• 4 Tbsp. chocolate syrup
• 4 (6-inch) bamboo skewers

Directions:

1. Cut pound cake into 4 1×3-inch rectangles and 8 1×1-inch squares.
2. Place 1 1×3-inch piece cake on plate, stick skewer in middle.
3. Add strawberry, raspberry, pineapple and 1×1-inch piece of cake to skewer. Repeat with another strawberry, raspberry, pineapple and 1×1-inch piece of cake.
4. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Nutrition Information:
Chocolatey Fruit Skewer Calories 354, Fat 2.5g, Protein 12g, Carbohydrate 52.1g, Fiber 2.4g, Cholesterol 9mg, Sodium 280mg, Calcium 348mg, Vitamin A 529 IU, Vitamin C 44.4mg, Iron 1.4mg

Fruit & Cream Delights

Serves 4
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 peach, pitted, roughly chopped
• 1 nectarine, pitted, roughly chopped
• 1 plum, pitted, roughly chopped
• 1 cup cherries, pitted, roughly chopped
• 1 Tbsp. honey
• 4 tsp. whipped topping
• 4 portions premade angel food cake

Directions:

1. Chill large metal or glass mixing bowl in freezer for 10 minutes.
2. Combine peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries and honey in medium bowl. Mix thoroughly, set aside for 5 minutes.
3. Top portioned angel food cake with fruit and whipped topping.

Nutrition Information:
Fruit & Cream Delights Calories 255, Fat 2.9g, Protein 11.4g, Carbohydrate 47.6g, Fiber 2.6g, Cholesterol 10mg, Sodium 338mg, Calcium 363mg, Vitamin A 827 IU, Vitamin C 10.9mg, Iron 0.6mg

Smoothie Pops

Serves 16
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 large peach or mango, peeled and chopped
• 1 large nectarine, peeled and chopped
• 2 medium bananas, sliced
• 1 pt. strawberries or raspberries
• ¼ cup orange or fruit juice
• 2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt

Directions:
Place all smoothie ingredients in a blender and blend until just smooth.
Place 16 paper cups on a baking tray. Pour smoothie into paper cups. Place tray in freezer and freeze until slushy, about 20 minutes. Remove tray from freezer and insert one popsicle stick into the center of each cup. Return to freezer and freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
To serve, tear away paper cup and place on plate. Enjoy!

Serves 4
Preparation Time: 2 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 cup toasted oat rings cereal (like Cheerios®)
• 1 cup round corn puffs cereal (like Kix®)
• ½ cup round colored corn puffs cereal (like Trix®)
• ½ cup roasted, unsalted peanuts

Directions:
Combine all cereal mix ingredients in a large bowl. Serve with Smoothie Pops.

Nutrition Information:
Smoothie Pops & Super Cereal Mix Calories 278 (60% carbohydrate, 11% protein, 31% fat); Fat ; Protein ; Carbohydrate ; Fiber 7g; Cholesterol 5mg; Sodium 7g; Calcium 18% DV; Vitamin A 13% DV; Vitamin C 52% DV; Iron 33% DV

This Produce for Kids 2012 Campaign is quickly coming to a close! Check out the ending dates at your store below.

Fred Meyer: Now through July 26th
Price Chooper: Now through July 28th
King Soopers: Now through July 31st

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