Healthy Summer Foods For Kids | Two Listsd

It’s summer time FINALLY!

We had the coldest spring I’ve ever known. Heck it snowed only 2 weeks ago!
(I so wish I was kidding.)

Along with school vacation comes the dreaded mom conundrum:

What to Feed the Kiddos All Summer Long!

Especially at snack time, it gets hard to keep them from eating a lot of junk.

I was looking for ideas and found a couple articles by Dr. Joanna Dolgoff perfect for moms looking for healthy eating ideas this summer! First she has a whole article dedicated to helping your kids eat well even when sending them off to camp. But even for kids not at camp I LOVE her suggestions.

Top 10 Healthy Snacks

1. Hummus with fresh carrots, celery and peppers for dipping.
2. Peanut butter spread on rice cakes.
3. 2 cups of air-popped popcorn.
4. Trail mix made of low fat and low sugar granola, assorted nuts, seeds, raisins and craisins.
5. Non-fat plain yogurt topped with fresh berries.
6. 1 cup of edamame.
7. Apple slices and low fat string cheese.
8. 1 small whole wheat pita stuffed with 2 turkey slices, spinach leaves and fat-free cheese.
9. Baked sweet potato chips.
10. Your favorite flavor Fiber One bar.

Her next article is about organic fruits and veggies. When should you buy organic? I’ve read a lot about this but I think Joanna makes it super clear, the reasons and the times when it makes sense for you and for your kids.

15 items ordered from most to least pesticide containing.

1. Celery
2. Peaches
3. Strawberries
4. Apples
5. Domestic Blueberries
6. Nectarines
7. Sweet Bell Peppers
8. Spinach
9. Kale/ Collard Greens
10. Cherries
11. Potatoes
12. Imported Grapes
13. Lettuce
14. Imported Blueberries
15. Carrots

Apples? Really? And celery tops the list? I didn’t know that? The fact that imported grapes and blueberries are on the list is interesting too? Does that mean local ones are okay I wonder? We eat a lot of several of these items. And I once heard a suggestion to take a look at the top three items your family eats the most of and try to at least buy those in organic. Especially when thinking about kids.

Read the Rest of the GoodNCrazy Summer Series!

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Dr. Dolgoff is a pediatrician who specializes in child obesity. She is amazing and is very active in social media. She answers twitter questions and is very approachable, find her @JoannaDolgoffMD. She wrote the book ‘Green Light, Red Light, Eat Right’, and I swear by it. I’m using her 100 calorie ‘light’ system myself this summer…

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