Week One Healthy Sample

This week we tried the Morningstar Farms Tomato and Basil Veggie Burgers and Sweet Potato Fries.


http://morningstarfarms.com/products_tomato-and-basil-pizza-burgers.aspx

Veggie burgers are a great substitute for a hamburger if you’re looking for something different. (Nothing is wrong with a hamburger if you choose the lean variety). Veggie burgers have less calories than a typical hamburger patty, significantly less fat, and have fiber (hamburger does not have fiber). You can find these in the frozen section of Hy-Vee.

Sweet Potatoes are a great source of Vitamin C and fiber, and won’t spike your blood sugars like their white counterparts. I ONLY buy sweet potatoes now… they just have quite a few more health benefits than white potatoes. You can bake sweet potatoes just like you do a regular potato, or you can slice them and bake them on a cookie sheet in the oven for sweet potato “chips”. Frozen sweet potato fries are awfully convenient, you don’t have to peel and slice the sweet potatoes, the prep work has been done for you. Just put them in the oven and 15 minutes later you have a healthy side dish to any meal!

http://www.alexiafoods.com/products/sweet-potatoes/sweet-potato-julienne-fries

You can find sweet potato fries in the frozen section (regular and health market) of Hy-Vee.

Today, the kiddos in the youth program will be sampling edamame in the shell.

http://www.seapointfarms.com/

Super convenient to prepare as a snack, edamame is a great source of protein. These little soy beans are steamed while still in the pods, and you eat them by squeezing the beans out of the pods – you then toss the pods away.