From our friends at Gotham Greens
As the school year approaches, we’re busy gathering new lunch ideas for our little ones. The challenging part? Making sure they are getting enough veggies. We chatted with our friends at Gotham Greens for advice on how to sneak in more greens while keeping meals delicious and enjoyable.
5 Tips to Get Picky Eaters to Pick More Plants
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Make it appealing! If you’re meal prepping for a kiddo, you’ll want to maintain a delicious-looking lunch without scaring them away with a sea of green. Gotham Greens’ leafy greens, dips and sauces offer yummy ways to incorporate nutrient-dense greens into their favorite snacks, sandwiches, pinwheels, pastas and more. To make mealtime even more exciting, use a cookie cutter to create fun shapes with their food.
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Pesto, pesto, and more pesto. Pesto cooking sauces are our favorite way to sneak in greens because they are incredibly adaptable. Does your little one go crazy for mac and cheese? Just add a spoonful of pesto, and the veggies will blend right in. Gotham Greens Classic Pesto is made with greenhouse-grown basil and simple ingredients, so you can feel good about adding heaps to any pasta dish, egg bites, or quesadillas.
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Switch up your dips. With a creamy base, plant-based dips are naturally mess-free and pair perfectly with healthy fresh cut veggies like carrots and celery. Gotham Greens Dips are the ideal side dipper since they’re each packed with plants. You can even cook with dips! Check out this homemade Spinach Artichoke Dip Mac and Cheese!
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Add a lettuce layer. Whether you’re preparing a turkey sandwich or veggie cream cheese pinwheels, add a leaf or two of Butterhead lettuce. It adds a delicate crunch and won’t overwhelm the other ingredients.
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Keep it contained. We know some kids don’t love when different foods are touching. To avoid a meltdown at mealtime, we use Lalo’s new Bento Boxes which come with several compartments. Bonus: they’re spillproof, easy to clean, and come in a handful of fun colors!
Ensuring your little one gets enough fresh greens can be tough. Try out these tips from Gotham Greens and you’ll be surprised how easy it is to sneak in nutritious greens, and how delicious the recipes are, too.
Gotham Greens sustainably grows leafy greens and herbs in cities across America, and they use their fresh greenhouse-grown basil to create fresh plant-packed dressings, dips and sauces.
You can learn more about their products by visiting www.gothamgreens.com
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