Healthy Kid Foods: Yellow Foods

Day 3: Yellow Day

Breakfast:

Pineapple-Mango Smoothie

Lunch:

Yellow Peppers with Ranch Dip
Yellow Apple
Dried Apricots
Rice Cake with Peanut Butter

 

Dinner:

Spaghetti Squash with Zucchini and a Turkey Meatball

Cooking a Spaghetti Squash:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees
• Cut the spaghetti squash in half and scoop out the seeds
• Place in baking dish cut sides up
• Brush sides with olive oil and then cover with aluminum foil
• Cook in the oven for 20 minutes
• Remove the aluminum foil and cook for another 35 minutes uncovered.
• With a fork, scape out the squash into a bowl.

The spaghetti squash was a hit with one out of the three kids (one has been sick so I am not counting her thumbs down and the other one took one bite and said "these noodles don't taste the same"!) The one bite rule was instituted again and everyone lived!!!

Day 3: Yellow Day

Breakfast:

Pineapple-Mango Smoothie

Lunch:

Yellow Peppers with Ranch Dip
Yellow Apple
Dried Apricots
Rice Cake with Peanut Butter

 

Dinner:

Spaghetti Squash with Zucchini and a Turkey Meatball

Cooking a Spaghetti Squash:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees
• Cut the spaghetti squash in half and scoop out the seeds
• Place in baking dish cut sides up
• Brush sides with olive oil and then cover with aluminum foil
• Cook in the oven for 20 minutes
• Remove the aluminum foil and cook for another 35 minutes uncovered.
• With a fork, scape out the squash into a bowl.

The spaghetti squash was a hit with one out of the three kids (one has been sick so I am not counting her thumbs down and the other one took one bite and said "these noodles don't taste the same"!) The one bite rule was instituted again and everyone lived!!!