It’s  time to teach your kids healthy habits this summer with Valley Natural Foods!

Don’t miss our fun,  5-2-1-0 Events starting on June 29th.

Also don’t forget to pick up your STAR CHART to mark your progress in the program along with your FREE Fruit Coupon. Read our 5-2-1-0 blog from last week for more details on this process.

If you have a couple kids home from school this summer, and need fun activities to entertain them, 5-2-1-0 can help! From yoga sessions, reading events, planting, poetry, and playdough, we have a wide variety of things that your kids can do while you shop!

Here is a preview of the 1st Week, June 29th- July 5th Events:

Week 1:
Eat 5 Fruits & Vegetables

Seeding Indoors Class
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Instructor: Shari Mayer
$5.00/non-members, $3.00/members
(Fundraiser for the Dakota County Master Gardeners)
During this hands-on class, let your kids explore the world of seeds and figure out if certain veggies/fruits will grow in Minnesota. Kids will do a hunt for seeds usingvegetables such as cherry tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, avocados, and watermelon. Kids will also get the chance to sow their own seeds and plant them in containers.

FREE Kids Juicing Demo, Thursday, June 30th, 3:00-6:00 p.m at the demo kiosk.

Discover how to create a 100% juice drink, using whole fruits at our demo kiosk. If you are going to serve your kids juice, buy only 100% juice or make your own. Most juice products that you buy labeled “-ade,” “drink,” or “punch” often contain 5% juice or less juice.

Tips from Valley Natural Foods RN, Eileen Johnson on how to make eating 5 fruits and vegetables fun:

• Hold a weekly taste testing event in your home where you all agree on a new vegetable to try. Try preparing it in a couple different ways—grilled, raw, steamed or roasted.
• Allow kids to help prepare fruits andvegetables. Children can wash carrots and peppers, tear lettuce for salads,or peel and slice cucumbers.
• Make a fruit smoothie with fruit and yogurt.
• Wash and chop veggies and fruits, placing them in bags in the refrigerator so they are ready to eat.
• Click here for more 5210 Healthy Living Tips.

Read Eileen’s entire 5-2-1-0 article on page 12 of  the June/July 2011 issue  This Is Living Naturally magazine.

 

 

 

Tags: 5-2-1-0, demos, healthy habits

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