All about Kids ~ Lies & Truths

There are several books out there on how to get more nutrition and vegetables into their kids by using a little deception and planning for mealtime.  The plan is all about adding pureed veggies to well... everything... like..casseroles, brownies and pasta sauce to name a few.

Well, in theory it's a wonderful concept. HOWEVER they are all talking about adding cooked food to their meals to be possibly cooked even more.  I just can't see how this will be more nutritious because... "Cooked Food=Dead Food".      This whole idea of helping our children become healthier by using foods is such an important one but using dead food to create that is just not gonna happen!  So I thought I would give you an  idea and show you that with a little tweaking how this concept can be just PERFECT!! 

Green Slimey Sauce with Pasta (remember it's named for kiddies)

Ingredients:
2-3 Avocados
Juice from 1/2 lemon
1 cup baby Spinach
2-3 leeks
2 garlic cloves
2 Tomatoes
Olive Oil for sauteeing
Salt and Pepper (optional)
Pasta (I LOVE Trader Joe's Alphabet Pasta, they are large, hold up well kids & adults are amused by them)

Directions:
*Cut Leeks in strips and place in cool water to clean or in strainer to rinse.  (they can hold a lot of dirt) Cut white to light green and chop ... then sautee in Olive Oil in large skillet
*Cook pasta.
*Chop Tomato into tiny pieces...set aside
*Squeeze lemon in food processor
*Add all ingredients in Food Processor (except Tomatoes) and blend to sauce  

*Add the blended food to sauteed Leeks
*Put Drained HOT Pasta in large bowl ADD Leek/ veggie mixture and chopped Tomatoes

*MIX
*Serve... DELICIOUSLY NUTRITIOUS!!!

Serving size would be 1/2-1 avocado per person... the bigger (adult) the person the more avocado
VARIATION: You can add spanish olives to the completed pasta dish and call them green eyeballs...

You can serve this dish with my favorite salad:
cucumber, tomato and chickpeas... with your favorite salad

Please let me know if you make this and what you think of it...

For those of you who don't know about our Sunshine Heroes Line of Supplements for children you can see a copy of a managers magazine all about our new children's line..."Sunshine Heroes" click on this link and go to the September issue   http://www.naturessunshine.com/us/members/myaccount/magazine.aspx


For those of you who want to get a little more creative in the kitchen and would like to be invited to my Annual Pampered Chef Online Party just let me know drdeborah@townisp.com ... I LOVE kitchenware and gadgets and Pampered Chef has more than you can ever dream of...