5 Ways To Celebrate Valentine’s Day without a Sugar Crash
How do you plan on celebrating Valentine’s Day this year with your family?
Here are 5 ways to celebrate Valentines Day without a blood sugar roller coaster!
1. Make chocolate covered strawberries with dark chocolate chips as a fun treat that you can all make and enjoy together.
2. Buy several different red and purple fruits and veggies and have fun rating them. Ask your kids what they rate each one and then have each person pick their favorite. Create a family graph of everyone’s top 2 favorites. Think beet chips (just salt and avocado or coconut oil), red peppers, strawberries, and raspberries. Using a mix of fruits and veggies they already like with a fruit or veggie the don’t like “YET” or haven’t tried, is and a great opportunity to expose them to something new! If they are hesitant to try something new, make sure to download our amazing, FREE, tool, the Taste-O-Meter. You can check out this post to learn more about how to use it but the idea is to ask your kids “What they rate it?” instead of asking them to “Take a bite.” This simple shift in language can make a huge difference. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.
3. Have fun making a recipe together. There are so many delicious, nutritious and colorful recipes out there. Here are a few that we have tried.
Beet Pasta (I haven’t tried this one yet, but I need to!)
Smoothie with frozen cherries, strawberries, or raspberries is always colorful and delicious. I like to add a banana to make the smoothie more creamy, frozen cauliflower for added veggies, and plain yogurt for protein and healthy fat. This makes a tasty, nutrient dense, Valentine’s Day breakfast or snack.
4. Create a snack tray with red, purple and white foods. Here are a few foods to help you get thinking…
Applegate pepperoni
cheese
Dehydrated beet chips
Strawberries
Raspberries
Red grapes
Red apples
Watermelon
Cherries
Red peppers
Purple carrots
Beet Hummus
5. Make a Valentine’s Day fruit salad. This is a great activity to do as a family while practicing knife skills and of course, trying new foods together.
What did I miss? If you are looking for a quick and easy dinner to go along with the Valentine’s theme, check out our Veggie Packed Meat Sauce with pasta. I make it weekly and it is always a family favorite.
Wishing you and your family a Happy Valentine’s Day full of love and colorful fruits and veggies!
