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7 Powerful Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy

With childhood obesity, autism and other childhood disorders on the rise, everyone from doctors to teachers and parents are seeking solutions for better health. At the most basic level, everyone can agree that kids can benefit from eating healthier. Truth is, with all the glitzy candy and processed foods competing for your kids attention how do you get them to eat healthy meals? Over the years, weve found many solutions, but we also salute the creative parents whove shared their tips for making healthy food for kids.

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Unique Gifts for New Parents

New parents are often inundated with practical gifts: baby clothes, diapers, bottles. Although these gifts help ease a new family’s financial burden, they do not bring the same joy that unique gifts can produce. Unique gifts tell the recipient that you spent a lot of time thinking about the present. They also ensure that your friends will not be stuck with five diaper cakes and countless yellow onesies.

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Is Your Chicken Divan This Divine?

Chicken Divan is one of the great classic recipes from the 1950’s. A famous restaurant, The Divan Parisian, in the New York Chatham Hotel, made this one of their signature dishes in the early 20th century. The 1950 recipe called for broccoli, a good amount of mayonnaise and poached breasts of chicken (ugh!) either cut up into cubes or shredded. With the addition of one of the many Campbell soups, cream of mushroom, chicken or broccoli, this recipe was more often than not turned into a satisfying and comforting casserole. If you are old enough you will remember the Campbell’s Soup Kids with their adorable pudgy faces and rosey cheeks. And who can forget that famous jingle,” M’m! M’m! Good!”

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Healthy Diet Tips for Kids

Green beans and carrots cause most kids to find creative ways to avoid eating them. Parents face the challenge of getting kids to eat a healthy diet on a daily basis. Simple strategies help your kids make healthier choices which will last into adulthood. Establish healthy eating habits in your children at an early age for the best results.