Healthy Smoothie Recipes For Kids: Quick, Easy and Delicious Smoothie Recipes

Coming up with healthy smoothie recipes for kids can sometimes be difficult. You want your smoothie recipe to be one that your kids will enjoy but you also want to make sure that it will be beneficial to them nutritionally. After all there is no point in having healthy smoothie recipes for kids if they're not actually healthy right? This article details two quick, easy to make and delicious healthy smoothie recipes that your kids will not only enjoy but they will want to have them on a consistent basis which will make your job of giving them healthy options to eat much easier.

The first recipe is oh so simple but it packs a powerful nutritional punch. It's a pineapple and coconut smoothie that is simply delicious. The recipe uses cashew nut butter but if you're like me and allergic to cashew nuts you can substitute out the cashew nut butter for an almond, hazelnut or regular peanut butter. Make sure you stick with a no added sugar nut butter as they are much healthier than the sugar filled nut butters available. Your nearest supermarket or grocery store should stock a no added sugar variety but if they don't you will be able to get them in your nearest health food store.

Pineapple and Coconut Smoothie

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 1/2 fresh pineapple, chopped

• 2 bananas

• 400ml of coconut milk

• 1 tsp organic cashew nut butter

• Handful of ice cubes

Method

1. Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth.

2. Drink immediately.

As you can see it's a simple healthy smoothie recipe for kids but one they'll love. The next recipe is a secret one. It's a secret because it's a clever way of getting your kids to eat more green vegetables without them actually knowing. This smoothie recipe contains spinach but the flavours of the berries and coconut milk mask the taste of the spinach so your kids won't realise it's in it at all.

Now I'd prefer to let them know it is in the smoothie and educate them on the importance of including lots of healthy green vegetables in our diets. On the other hand if you do have a particularly difficult time of getting your kids to eat green vegetables then this secret healthy recipe for kids is perfect.

Berry and Secret Spinach Smoothie

Serves 1

Ingredients

• 1 handful of strawberries

• 1 handful of blackberries

• 200ml coconut milk

• 3 blocks of frozen spinach

• Handful of ice cubes

Method

1. Blitz all ingredients in a blender and serve!

2. This is a brilliant way to get more green nutrients!!

Thanks for reading.

Three Quick Recipes for Cookies Without Heating the Oven

When looking at recipes for cookies, there is always the thought of the baking time. If you do not have a convection oven, it usually means baking in many batches, so the oven is on for long periods. What if baking was not necessary? When a busy Mom is on the go, anything that is quick and easy is going to be the first option. These recipes have been made many times over my years as a Mom, and I hope to pass along these recipes for everyone with time at a premium.

No Bake Caramel Cookies

In a large saucepan, combine 2 cups of granulated sugar, 3/4 cup butter and 2/3 cup evapor

ated milk. Bring this mixture to a rolling boil, stirring often. Remove the pan from the heat and add in one small package of instant butterscotch pudding mix and 3 1/2 cups of quick cooking rolled oats. Mix this together thoroughly and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Drop the dough from a teaspoon onto waxed paper. This will make about 5 dozen cookies.

No Bake Chocolate Haystacks

There are many existing recipes with this same title, but this is my favorite. In a large saucepan combine 2 cups granulated sugar, 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup unsweetened butter. Bring to a full boil, stirring to mix well. Remove from heat and add in 3 1/2 cups quick cooking rolled oats, 1 cup coconut, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Drop this mixture quickly from teaspoons onto waxed paper and allow to cool. This should make about 48 cookies, depending on size.

No Bake Apricot Macaroons

This recipe could not be easier with only 4 ingredients. In a large bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups of shredded coconut, one 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk, 2 cups finely diced dried apricots and 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts. Mix thoroughly and chill for at least 30 minutes. This dough is very sticky to work with. Shape the mixture into small balls and roll into powdered sugar. These cookies should be kept refrigerated.

Apricots can be replaced with another dried fruit of choice such as raisins, dried blueberries or craisins. Tart fruits with the sweetness of the condensed milk make these so tasty. The use of craisins or dried cherries mixed with some green glaceed cherries for Christmas time would make a lovely presentation.

These recipes are all so very easy to make quickly. They are also good ways to have children learn about how to measure ingredients. They can be taught very young about filling a measuring cup or spoon and using a straight edged table knife to scrape level. They can be taught the measuring cup sizes and how to measure liquid ingredients. The actual combining is something a 6 or 7 year old child can do, as well as the scooping out of cookies onto the waxed paper. Forming them into balls is a simple process for these last cookies, and having sticky hands is surely no deterrent to a child.

Have fun with children and grandchildren making some of these cookies. Take delight in the time made more enjoyable by sharing and creating memories that will last a lifetime.

Thank you for taking the time to read my article. I hope it was informative and helped you along your own culinary journey.