Healthy Snack Quiz

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Research shows the benefits of a healthy diet and exercise, and its effect on learning. In honor of National Eat Your Vegetables Day, June 17th,  BOKS (Build Our Kids’ Success) is sharing tips with parents to educate their kids about the importance of eating vegetables, as well as ways to make eating vegetables more exciting.

Below is a BOKS Bits Snack Quiz.  BOKS, Build Our Kids’ Success, an initiative of Reebok and the Reebok Foundation, is a free before-school physical activity program.  BOKS was founded on the principle Active Kids = Active Minds, and was created by a group of moms after reading Dr. John Ratey’s book Spark, which states that “exercise is the single most powerful tool that we have to optimize the function of our brains.” The goal of the BOKS program is to enhance academic performance and the overall health of kids through physical activity. The program, run by moms, dads, P.E. teachers and all other types of volunteers in local communities, is simple to implement. BOKS is currently in close to 1,000 schools around the world.

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Objective

To discuss how to test if a snack is a super healthy one.

Discussion Questions

1. I am going to tell you a way to help you choose a super healthy snack.

2. Take your snack out of the package or the wrapper if it has one.

3. Go over to the kitchen sink and turn on the water, run your snack under the water!!!!!

4. Can you still eat it??

5. If yes, it is probably a super choice; if no, maybe you can make a different choice.

6. What are some things that would be ok to eat after you run under water? Fruits and vegetables, such as apples, grapes, strawberries, carrots and peppers, hard boiled eggs, cheese sticks, nuts (if no allergies) ….

7. What would not be ok to eat? Cookies, potato chips, donuts, Twinkies ….

8. Another test could be if the food you are eating gets stuck in your teeth, then it is not a good choice either. (This can be in response to lollipops or candy being ok to eat after running them under water.)

Homework Assignment

Think about this when you get home from school today and see if you can make a really super choice!

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P1130432I’ve been looking for a healthy alternative to sugary snacks and desserts for my family.  I was up late watching t.v. one night and I saw a product that caught my eye- Yonanas.  Yonanas is a machine that makes healthy, frozen treats that look and taste like soft serve ice cream in minutes.  Instead of sugar, cream, and other ingredients that are high in fat and sugar, Yonanas is made with nothing but frozen bananas and other frozen fruits.  Yes, I said bananas and other fruits.  I had to try this amazing machine for myself and it didn’t disappoint.
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The machine is easy to use, only has a few parts, and therefore is also easy to clean.  You start off with frozen bananas.  What’s great is that the bananas need to be spotted brown and not yellow, green, or black.  Now I don’t have to worry about not eating all the bananas in my house fast enough.   When I only buy a banana or two, my kids end up wanted more.  But if I buy more, then they somehow decide they don’t feel like eating bananas that week and they start to turn brown.  Once those bananas get spotted brown, they are perfect for freezing for Yonanas so I am not wasting any more bananas.  I have a baggie in my freezer that is where we keep our frozen bananas.  When we are ready to make Yonanas we simply take a few out to defrost for about 10 minutes per the directions and we’re ready to go!

P1130512The machine is so simple (only has 1 button) that my children can use it (with supervision, of course).
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Put a bowl in front of the machine, turn the machine on, and put a banana in the chute on top.
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Use the plunger to push the banana down through the machine.
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Next do the same with whatever other fruit or mix in you are using.  Follow with another banana, more fruit, etc. until you make as much as you want.  Stir it all together and that’s it!
P1130831 It’s the bananas that make it so creamy and like ice cream.  Don’t like bananas?  You can also use the machine to make sorbet with other frozen fruits.  Making sorbet with the Yonanas machine is just as delicious!
yonanasThere are so many options with Yonanas.  It includes a recipe book with lots of great ideas of combinations.  Below you can see 3 of the many combinations that we tried.  On top we made Yonanas with Nilla Wafers and bananas, on the bottom right we made Yonanas with Oreos and bananas, and on the bottom left we made Yonanas with mixed berries and bananas.  They were all delicious but when we mixed the Nilla Wafters version with the mixed berry version it was like eating a berry pie.  SO YUMMY!!!
P1130561I love that my children are eating lots more fruit now and we haven’t had any sugary ice cream since we started using the Yonanas.  If you are on Weight Watchers and only use fruit, your Yonanas creations will have ZERO POINTS!!!  Eat as much as you want!!!
yonanas2Yonanas is dishwasher safe but we’ve been using our daily so I have been hand washing it.  There are only a few parts to clean so cleanup is quick and easy.
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Disclosure: I was not compensated for performing this review. I received one or more products mentioned for free to conduct my review. The statements expressed by me in this post are my own personal and honest opinions of this product.

 

 

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