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Dips – Snack Ideas for Kids

Dips are a perfect snack idea for kids. Getting children to make healthy choices is difficult during our busy lifestyles. Having dips on hand from Dip Delivered could help to make choosing a healthy snack little easier.

The USDA says:

“How much fruit and vegetables do children need daily?

Girls ages 2-3 years need to eat 1 cup of fruit and 1 cup of vegetables daily. Girls ages 4-8 years need to eat 1-1 ½ cups of fruit and 1 ½ cups of vegetables daily. Girls ages 9-13 years need to eat 1 ½ cups of fruit and 2 cups of vegetables daily. Girls ages 14-18 years need to eat 1 ½ cups of fruit and 2 ½ cups of vegetables daily. Boys ages 2-3 years need to eat 1 cup of fruit and 1 cup of vegetables daily. Boys ages 4-8 years need to eat 1-1 ½ cups of fruit and 1 ½ cups of vegetables daily. Boys ages 9-13 years need to eat 1 ½ cups of fruit and 2 ½ cups of vegetables daily. Boys ages 14-18 years need to eat 2 cups of fruit and 3 cups of vegetables daily. “ Source: USDA, www.choosemyplate.gov

Clearly children struggle to meet or exceed these recommendations set by the USDA. So, what can you do to encourage your children to meets these expectations? Let us start by offering a great tasting low fat option when our dips are prepared with low fat or fat free sour cream or mayonnaise. Additionally try Greek yogurt as a substitution. These prepared dips will get kids on the right track to not only eat more raw vegetables, but they will ask for them!

 Dip Delivered has a range of dip products that will satisfy a range of tastes, so you have everyone covered. Choose these dry dips mix flavors in Cheesy Bacon, Cajun, Garlic, Vegetable, Mexican, or Spinach. Simple to make and fun to eat, these dry dip mixes will be the hit with the kids.

 The younger children develop a taste for more healthy diet choices like eating vegetables, the more they will continue the good eating habits into adulthood. Make the choices available to them and we think you will be surprised that kids like eating healthy, it just has to taste good.

Sugary drinks, foods high in fat and foods loaded with carbohydrates are single handedly causing many of the dietary issues with adults today. These foods taste great but are short lived in our bodies as a fuel source. We are suggesting that instead of having cookies and high sugar drinks available for afternoon snacks. Let us prepare great tasting dips and plenty of raw vegetables for kids.

Let us ditch the sugar and make the switch to vegetables. Together with dip delivered great tasting dry dip mixes we will make a healthier child one dip at a time. Let’s get dipping!