Healthy Foods & Snacks 101 Pt. 2

It's amazing how much good nutrition you can sneak into a drink. In fact, a single glass of 100 percent juice supplies one of the recommended five daily servings of fruit or vegetables.

Offer the drinks in mugs, cartoon glasses or wine glasses. Don't forget the crazy straws.

BANANA SCREAM

3 bananas (the riper the banana, the sweeter the shake)
2 tbsp. nonfat milk

Peel the bananas, cut in half width-wise, wrap in plastic wrap, and freeze until firm. Place in a blender,
add milk and puree until creamy. Serves 4.

JUNGLE JUICE

1 1/2 cups nonfat milk
1/2 cup grape juice
1 banana, sliced

Put milk, juice and banana in a blender and mix until smooth. For more vibrant color, add a few drops of purple food coloring. Serves 2.

MAKE-A-SHAKE

Combine two favorite drinks to create a refreshing new taste. Try grape juice and orange juice, strawberry nectar and pineapple juice, lemonade and soda water, or chocolate milk and 2 teaspoons of melted smooth peanut butter. For a frosty drink, add ice and blend.

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Healthy Foods & Snacks 101 Pt. 1

I learned the trick of serving frozen treats when my toddlers started teething. The cold felt good on their gums, and it got them to eat something. They loved to eat frozen fruit, suck on frozen juice pops and crunch fruit juice ice spooned from paper cups.

ARCTIC ORANGES

4 oranges
4 cups orange juice
4 cherries

Cut the tops off the oranges in a zigzag pattern. Hollow out the insides, remove the seeds and combine in a blender with the juice. Set the rinds in a muffin tin and fill with the mixture. Drop a cherry inside each orange. Freeze for 2 to 3 hours. Soften the treats for 5 minutes, then serve. Makes 4.

BANANA POPS

3 bananas
6 Popsicle sticks
1/4 cup peanut butter, softened
1/4 cup chopped peanuts or walnuts, granola, crispy rice cereal or sunflower seeds

Peel the bananas. Cut them in half, widthwise, and push a Popsicle stick through the cut end of each half. Spread peanut butter on the bananas, then roll them in the nuts, cereal or seeds. Wrap them in waxed paper and freeze for 3 hours. Makes 6.

FROZEN FRUIT SALAD

Freeze the following bites for a fast and frosty treat: grapes, pineapple chunks, peach slices, apricot slices, banana slices, apple slices, cantaloupe balls, watermelon chunks, peas, zucchini slices, cucumber slices, orange wedges and fruit leather.

SEA SHELLS

8 jumbo pasta shells
1 cup tuna or egg salad filling
1/2 cup grated cheese (optional)

Cook the pasta shells. Drain and rinse in cold water. Fill each shell with tuna or egg salad, then sprinkle with grated cheese, if desired. (Or stuff the filling into hollowed-out cherry tomatoes, green peppers or cream puff shells.) Serves 4.

PEANUT BUTTER PINWHEELS

Spread creamy or chunky peanut butter and a little bit of honey on a fresh flour tortilla (available in the refrigerator section of most grocers). Sprinkle with granola, roll up the tortilla, then slice it into bite-size pinwheels.

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Can You Tell Me How Do Ya Get.. How You Get To Sesame Street!

EATING HEALTHY...

Kayla's Mom here, eating healthy has always been something that comes naturally for our family; my father being a teacher always introduced me to new and tasty fruits & veggies and exciting ways to eat them. Naturally this stuck with me throughout my adulthood and a core when I had a Lil Kayla-Bayla and X-man.

We eat fruit like it's candy (and not the other way around) and while it still takes some imagination to get some veggies down or a helping in with every meal these little ones are dedicated to eating well as a lifestyle.

You can imagine how excited they were to share a moment with favorite characters from Sesame Street in dedication to "Food 4 Thought  Eating Well on a Budget" Campaign shoot w/ Rosita!

And afterwards mom treated to a host of unique, perfectly strange new and familiar produce from the Farmers Market and even our very own HERB GARDEN that now grows in our kitchen...

Here is to everyone who wants or continues to eat well... Stay tunned for GREAT HEALTHY RECIPES HERE ON....

Kayla~Bayla's Lemonade Stand

On Set w/ Dream Mining "It's All Good" Ftr. Kelsey, Kayla~Bayla & Friends!

It's September and NYC is filled with life and the buzz of people on the streets...

That's an understatement here on the set of Dream Mining featuring "Kelsey" and a gang of young/tween kids performing to a great upbeat number called "It's All Good!" right in the heart of The Big Apple NYC!

The energy here is high as everyone is excited to be apart of this great upstart project-

And what cool kids don't love the magic of dance & music all wrapped into one?!

Kayla~Bayla & Chyna 

(of Kayla~Bayla's Lemonade Stand and Chyna Doll's House) were two of the youngest performers to be picked for the opportunity and shinned their brightest at the chance. After hair and wardrobe {which captured some of falls greatest looks with colored jeans, hip foot wear, headbands and colors that POPPED!} the girls had the opportunity to meet with other great talent and youth throughout the tri-state area, shut down a NY city block and even rock out rooftop style over the Metropolis below which made for a magical backdrop! 

Come recap with us- Ask questions and leave comments because there is a lot more where that came from, HERE ON...

KAYLA~BAYLA's LEMONADE STAND * 

SNEAK PEEK EXCLUSIVE:

Kayla & Chyna 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYqGo60Hdc

Featuring Kelsey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqLf9DzZREI

NYC Rooftop! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIWp6VIrD_o

http://www.dreammining.com/