Healthy Snack Ideas for Little Ones
Posted: Thursday, October 09, 2008
by Christine Steendahl
Dine Without Whine
Searching for suggestions for your little ones and your entire family to consume healthier foods but you are not quite sure where to begin? You can always begin with nutritious kids snacks that will please your kids and your entire family family.
A lot of people have the misconception that healthy foods are flavorless. Some people think that if it is organic and in the specialty aisle of the supermarket that the product is expensive. Nothing could be
farther away from the truth.
Don't be surprised if the entire family starts scooping and topping the sorbet as quickly as the kids.
Sorbet captures the essence of summer fruits and is basically fat-free. Best of all this tasty dessert is easy to make. Sorbet does not contain. Ice cream has air whipped into it, sorbet has almost none, which makes sorbet a dense and incredibly yummy product.
You may add any type of berries to a sorbet recipe. Raspberries and strawberries make a delicious and healthy sorbet. Fruit Sorbet is loaded with vitamins and fiber as well as a nice sweet taste. When you tire of eating fresh fruit, enjoy some of these healthy recipes. Most of the recipes work well with frozen berries too. Sorbet is a great way of adding a touch of summer to the winter months
Make Your Own Fruit Sorbet
Raspberry sorbet is a favorite
Ingredients:.
*2/3 cup of superfine sugar
*1 cup of water
*Purée 23 oz. raspberries with 1/4 cup lime juice.
Instructions:
1)Combine sugar and water in a medium sized saucepan
2)Stir slowly over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
3)Bring mixture to a boil
4)Boil for 1 minute.
5)Remove from heat and cool completely.
Make the fruit purée in a food processor or blender.
Add the raspberry purée to the cooled sugar syrup and stir to combine.
Place the purée/sugar mixture into an ice-cream maker and freeze according to
manufacturer's instructions.
If you don't have an ice cream maker, here is an alternative way to freeze the sorbet. Place the purée/sugar syrup in a metal bowl or cake pan and freeze for 1 hour. Remove from freezer and beat with an electric mixer or whisk; return to the freezer. Repeat at hourly intervals 3 more times.
Fruit Sorbet Deserts For Kids
Ingredients
2 pints of sorbet of your choice
2 ripe bananas, sliced
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 pint strawberries sliced
1 package wafer cookies
1)Set out ice cream cups, the sorbet ice cream scoops.
2)Toss the sliced bananas in lemon juice to keep them
from getting brown
3)Set each topping in a separate bowl
4) Let the kids choose and mix their sundaes
Add real whipped cream for added fun.
This nutritious treat for kids does contain sugar but the sugar can be decreased depending on the fruit's sugar content. This is a nutritious way to enjoy fruit and a great way to introduce
the taste buds to a nutritious refreshing treat.
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