• Tracey Shaffer: Healthy Halloween fun      • email print
Of course, Halloween is known to be a sugar-laden candy fest,
and this is a perfect opportunity to talk to your kids about
moderation and healthy eating. Halloween, and all its fabulous
chocolaty, gooey, rot-your-teeth sweetness is a once-a-year
occasion. Use this opportunity to talk to your kids and explain
to them that candy, like many of our other favorite treats, is a
“sometimes” food. “Sometimes” foods aren't foods we eat every
day because they don't give our bodies the nutrients we need to
grow and stay healthy. We enjoy “sometimes foods” on occasion,
and because we enjoy them only once in a while, it makes them
that much more special.     Make Yummy Mummy Pizzas on whole
grain English muffins and explain to your kids that whole grains
help fill their bellies and provide the energy they need to
play. Add a few chopped veggies and hide them as you “wrap up”
your mummy pizzas with pieces of reduced-fat string cheese. To
get a little more calci