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Healthykins // Smoothie Time!

By Liz Jacob, Copy Editor Leave a Comment

We all love a good smoothie, but let’s admit it, sometimes we get carried away with adding too much fruit and juice and not enough other goodies. Our family has been making smoothies for years and we have finally created a few recipes that are a win-win when it comes to balancing taste and healthy ingredients. Today, I’m sharing my personal favorite. I originally created this combination of ingredients for my son, who was recently diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, but found that it’s a perfect fit for all of our palates.

Strawberry, Banana, Mango + Protein Smoothie

Ingredients:
1 ripe banana
1 cup strawberries
1 cup mangos
1 handful of organic spinach
1 TBS coconut oil
1 scoop Green Superfood drink powder
1 scoop Organic Plant Protein Powder
1 tsp L-Glutamine powder
1 packet probiotics (we use VSL#3)
3 cups pure coconut water (we love raw coconut water too)

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and mix until well combined.
Serve and enjoy!

** When adding supplements into your diet it is very important to speak to your physician or pediatrician about those supplements and the correct doses. Probiotics and L-Glutamine are great supplements, but please consult your physician before using.

Healthykins // Superfood Oat Bars

By Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief Leave a Comment

Sophie Jaffe is a certified Raw Food Nutritionist and Raw Food Chef and owner of Philosophie. Sophie has graciously given us a excellent recipe to do and share with our kiddos.

It’s so nice to make your own bars + be prepared for the week ahead with snack ammo. My kids LOVE these bars! Perfect for on the go + in the car.These are slightly sweet with no added sugar. If you want to make them a wee bit sweeter you could add 2 tablespoons of agave or honey. yum!

Superfood Oat Bars

1/4 C + 1 t coconut oil
1 C [packed] Medjool dates, pits removed
1 T vanilla extract
1 T green dream powder
1 T berry bliss powder
1 1/2 C gluten-free rolled oats
1/2 C coconut flour
1 handful raw cashews [optional]
1/4 C coconut milk or any dairy-free milk
3/4 t baking soda
1/3 C hemp seeds
1/2 t sea salt [i used pink Himalayan]
1/4 C cacao nibs [optional]
1/4 C goji berries [optional]

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a baking sheet with 1 t coconut oil, or use parchment paper.

In a small saucepan, melt the remaining coconut oil into a warm liquid. Pour the coconut oil into a food processor, add the dates, coconut milk, vanilla extract and Philosophie superfood powders [green dream + berry bliss]. Blend until a smooth paste has formed, stopping the machine and scraping down the sides when needed. I added a handful of cashews at this point, it’s completely optional + the bars will taste awesome without them!

In a large bowl, mix together oats, flour, baking soda, salt and hemp seeds. Stir in the date mixture and mix well. Fold in the cacao nibs and goji berries.

Spread the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet with a spatula [or fingers, like me] forming it into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Cut the wet dough into about a dozen rectangles or desired shape. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until edges begin to turn golden brown and are cooked through. Let cool, then separate the rectangles and in-joy!

It’s so important to start feeding kids healthy foods from the get-go. Mostly, their palette forms right away + those tastebuds will continue to guide them through their entire lifetime. Habits are formed incredibly early, probably much earlier than you’d suspect. An easy way to get healthy food into young bodies is to add Philosophie Superfoods to food you’re already making. For example, make a smoothie and add the superfood/protein powders. Add it to applesauce. Mix it into greek yogurt. That way, they aren’t eating something brand new AND trying a new weird colored powder 😉 Philosophie superfoods enhance the flavors in whatever dish you add it to so it’s an easy no brainer. Start them young + they will thank you later!

MOMKINS :: Healthy Eating Tips for Little Ones (and introducing @gracielaraquel, blogger from the Netherlands!)

By Gina Munsey, Senior Editor Leave a Comment

Hello, friends! Join me in welcoming Graciela of @gracielaraquel on Instagram, who’s the newest addition to the Babiekins blogging team!
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Hi, my name is Graciela and I live with my husband and son Gabriel Mavi (2) in the Netherlands in a small lovely town near the sea. One of the great benefits of living in a small country like the Netherlands is that everything is so close. And I love that because that means I have my big Argentinian family near by me. I’m really a family kind of person and so is my husband. He comes from a big (Turkish) family as well. My little son is growing up with a lot of aunties and uncles around him to love and there is always someone to babysit — which is quite handy since my husband and I both work.

Beside my big family, I also love fashion a lot. I have studied Design & Styling for one year in Amsterdam. And like most mothers I like the brands Bobo Choses and Mini Rodini a lot for my little guy. Besides all the playful kids’ brands, I also really like the more minimalistic little collection of COS. And for some reasons I always go for stripes. I love stripes.

(Our organic garden!)

I’m a dietitian and we have our own organic garden. Healthy food is an important thing in my live and since the birth of Gabriel it’s become even more important. I think every parent wants to feed his child with healthy stuff full of vitamins. But nowadays it’s more difficult to eat real healthy food, since there are so many products to choose from. Most of these products contain a lot of food additives. So I have some tips for you and your little one to eat more healthy:

1. Get your kid(s) involved. Kids enjoy helping adults to shop groceries, selecting what goes in their lunchbox and preparing dinner. I know that isn’t always an easy thing to do but give them a task. Because it’s also chance for you to teach them about healthy food.

2. Look at the ingredient list of the product you choose. You don’t have to read every ingredient on the list. But remember: The longer the ingredient list, the more processed a food is likely to be.

3. Healthy snacks. Choose for healthy snacks between meals. Make sure you have a variety of healthy snacks available instead of empty calorie snacks. I always have plenty of fruits, vegetables and nuts to eat. But Gabriel loves dried fruits as a snack, his favorites are raisins, dried apricot and cranberries.

4. Relax and enjoy. When your kid is a picky eater avoid struggles. But keep on offering because it takes most kids 8-10 presentations of a new food before they will accept it. Most of all it has to be fun. I’m a lucky mum because Gabriel loves to eat almost everything healthy. But he also has periods that he’s a picky eater and that’s normal. The most important thing is that you don’t make a big thing about it and relax.

5. Limit beverages before eating. Because liquids often fill up. When Gabriel drinks a lot before dinner he will not eat a lot. I also try to avoid surgery drinks and give Gabriel most of the time tea and water.

Of course beside the healthy food, we eat ice-cream, cake and cookies.

xo Graciela

Healthykins // Smoothie Time!

Healthykins // Superfood Oat Bars

MOMKINS :: Healthy Eating Tips for Little Ones (and introducing @gracielaraquel, blogger from the Netherlands!)

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