Heart-healthy foods follow three rules: reducing sugar and saturated fat intake and pushing more for fiber-enriched nutrients. The level of cholesterol is increasing among kids for a sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy food habits and lack of physical exercise. Alarmed by that, nutritionists suggest that, the goal of making heart-healthy food is it will attract kids as well as it's healthy to eat.
Use cookie cutters to make healthy sandwiches in fun shapes. (To make heart-healthy sandwiches, use whole-grain bread, lean lunchmeat and vegetables. Avoid regular mayonnaise, salami, bologna, liverwurst and pepperoni, which are all high in saturated fat.)
Dip raw vegetables, like baby carrots, in hummus or salsa.
Make smoothies. Blend low-fat milk with frozen fruit and a banana. Add low-fat yogurt for extra thickness.
Put some grapes in the freezer — they taste just like popsicles.
Spread peanut butter on apple or pear slices. Add two raisin eyes to make a smiling face.
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