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Tips for Offering a Variety of Foods
  • Mix it up. Change your typical foods. Try something new with your family like fresh pineapple, green peppers, low-fat cheese, canned salmon, or a whole wheat pita with hummus.
  • Let your child choose a new vegetable to add to soup. Only an adult should heat and stir hot soup.
  • Add different ingredients to your typical salads. Try adding mango, Swiss chard, or tuna to your green salad.
  • Vary the cereals, types of bread, and sandwich fillings you buy week to week.
  • Add fruit to your preschooler’s breakfast by using it to top cereal.
  • Put rinsed and cut fruits and vegetables on a shelf in your refrigerator where your child can see them.