Magimix DUO PLUS XL - Manual (Page 30)

KIDS’ CORNER
Getting your kids to eat fruit and vegetables can sometimes be a struggle. Here
are a few useful tips!
Spark their curiosity:
take them to the market to introduce them to
different types of fruit and vegetables. Get them to taste them, touch them or
guess their identity (with or without a blindfold). If they don’t like something, don’t
force them. Instead, either try serving it in a different way (e.g. cooked, blended
or combined with another ingredient) or else wait a few months (or even years!)
before introducing it again.
The “mystery smoothie”:
the idea here is to mix fruit and vegetables
together (e.g. Popeye’s potion, p.30). Kids generally like the sweet taste and
surprising colour. The one who identifies all the ingredients first is the winner!
Ideal at breakfast time, to get the day off to a flying start, as well as at teatime,
to recharge those flagging batteries!
“I made it all by myself!*”:
encourage your kids to invent their own
combinations. It’s a good way of using up surplus fruit and vegetables, and can give
them a real sense of pride. Every season brings fresh opportunities for their
imagination to run free. What’s more, the end result is full of natural goodness, with
no preservatives or additives…
Straws:
not strictly necessary, but far more fun!
“Veg art”:
everything tastes so much better if it’s made to look good! If they
are imaginatively presented, chopped raw vegetables can really whet kids’
appetites! You could even have a competition!
Fruit lollipops:
help your kids to make juices or smoothies and fill lollipop
moulds with them, perhaps adding some tiny pieces of fruit and a drop of cane
syrup if the mixtures are not sweet enough. Freeze the lollipops for 24 hours.
Rule no.1: FUN
* Never let your children use the appliance unsupervised.
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