Although most of us love sweet treats, it’s really important to limit your child’s sugar consumption and keep more indulgent treats as “sometimes foods” to set them up for a healthy lifelong relationship with food! These treats with benefits are all dietitian-formulated to be healthier than your regular desserts.
For example, these 3-ingredient cookies are sweetened with mashed banana and some chocolate chips. Although they still contain some sugar, we offset it with a naturally sweet fruit, like overripe mashed banana or applesauce in the case of these 3-ingredient applesauce oatmeal cookies. Plus, the oats add fibre, making these cookies more filling than most sweet treats!
Learn how to make your very own applesauce from scratch, using the peel and everything! Not only is applesauce delicious on its own, but it’s a fantastic sweetener and oil alternative to use in your kid’s baked oatmeal or other treats!Â
Once you get used to substituting fruit-based sweeteners for regular sugar, you’ll realize how much easier it is than you’d expected! Your palate will start to shift to appreciate a more subtle type of sweetness and your kids will experience the same thing.
For more delicious, heathy treats like these, check out my ebook Healthy Little Bites for 40 make-ahead healthy desserts and snacks your kids will love!
I get it. Feeding kids can be tough.
I’ve learned that the key to getting kids to try new foods is to keep it fresh and exciting, get them involved, and inject a little enthusiasm and creativity into how you serve them up. Above all else, don’t give up. If you’re serving balanced meals and snacks throughout the day, then you’re doing a good job!
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