{"id":1351,"date":"2012-06-03T10:43:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vac\/2012\/06\/03\/national-fresh-fruit-and-vegetable-month\/"},"modified":"2012-06-03T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T14:43:24","slug":"national-fresh-fruit-and-vegetable-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vac\/2012\/06\/03\/national-fresh-fruit-and-vegetable-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"images-1\"This is a good time to visit an outdoor farmer’s market.Find one in your area and bring the kids with you.Here is a link for local markets:http:\/\/www.arlingtonva.us\/portals\/topics\/FarmersMarkets.aspx<\/a> and http:\/\/www.fallschurchva.gov\/content\/government\/departments\/recparks\/farmersmarket\/default.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Children should eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.\u00a0 Many children prefer the crunch of raw food \u2013 especially popular are apples, pears, carrots, broccoli, celery and cucumbers.\u00a0 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

~Try new foods!\u00a0 Are you caring for children who are fussy eaters or are reluctant to try new things?\u00a0 Make a tasting passport.\u00a0 Take several pieces of computer paper and fold in half and staple.\u00a0 On the front write \u201cTasting Passport\u201d and the child\u2019s name and the date you started.\u00a0 Look for food pictures in magazines that the child can glue into their passport when they try a new food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a good time to visit an outdoor farmer’s market.Find one in your area and bring the kids with you.Here is a link for local markets:http:\/\/www.arlingtonva.us\/portals\/topics\/FarmersMarkets.aspx<\/a> and http:\/\/www.fallschurchva.gov\/content\/government\/departments\/recparks\/farmersmarket\/default.aspx<\/a>. Children should eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.\u00a0 Many children prefer the crunch of raw food \u2013 especially popular are apples, Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,114,130,292],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-children","tag-farmers-market","tag-fruits","tag-vegetables"],"yoast_head":"\nNational Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month - Dominique and Kristina's Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month - Dominique and Kristina's Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a good time to visit an outdoor farmer’s market.Find one in your area and bring the kids with you.Here is a link for local markets:http:\/\/www.arlingtonva.us\/portals\/topics\/FarmersMarkets.aspx and http:\/\/www.fallschurchva.gov\/content\/government\/departments\/recparks\/farmersmarket\/default.aspx. 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