RECIPES AND HEALTHY TREAT IDEAS FOR CHILDREN, ALTERNATIVES TO REFINED SUGAR

FRUIT SMOOTHIES
Ingredients:
Natural plain yoghurt
Fruit of your choice (preferably colourful)
Honey
Granola
A dash of pure fruit juice of your choice (no sugar added)

Combine the above in a blender
Serve with a sprinkling of nuts on top

KIDS LOVE THEM!


ROLLED DATE BALLS
Ingredients:
Soft dates without pips
Dessicated coconut

Form dates into soft balls
Roll the balls into the coconut

YOU NOW HAVE A DELICIOUS COCONUT DATE BALL.


APPLES WITH PEANUT BUTTER
(one of my sons favourites!)
Sliced apples
Spread with peanut butter

YUM! A NICE PROTEIN AND HEALTHY ENERGY BOOST!

THE EFFECTS OF REFINED SUGAR ON MY CHILDREN

My children are the kind that just bounce off the walls when they eat sweets made from refined sugar. I have spent a great deal of time thinking up healthy alternatives to their sweet intake. The recipes I post are tried and tested. My kids love them and aren't even bothered that they are not traditional sweets. I think it is because they are getting their sugar fix naturally. I have found that they are far calmer....

I especially have to watch the refined sugar intake of my Mosaic Downs Syndrome son. The sugar has a direct effect on his ears. When he has had a lot of refined sugar he gets ear infections.