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Healthy eating<\/strong>–Start slow<\/strong> and make changes to your eating habits over time.<\/strong> Trying to make your diet healthy overnight isn\u2019t realistic or smart.\u00a0 Changing everything at once usually leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating plan. Make small steps, like adding a fruit or vegetable to your diet every day.\u00a0As your small changes become habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices to your diet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Children should eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. <\/span>Many children prefer the crunch of raw food \u2013 especially popular are apples, pears, carrots, broccoli, celery and cucumbers. <\/span>Use your imagination to serve cut up vegetables in an interesting way\u2013 for example, make a figure with carrot stick arms and legs, a celery body and a round of cucumber for a head.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n June 6 – National Applesauce Cake Day<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a recipe for a healthy and delicious snack to make with the children<\/p>\n 1 cup sugar Mix first sugar and shortening, then add flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix in applesauce and raisins\/cranberries. Place in a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n1\/2 cup shortening
\n2 cup flour
\n2 teaspoon baking soda
\n2 teaspoon cinnamon
\n1 1\/2 cups applesauce
\n1 cup raisins or dried cranberries<\/p>\n