Figs make a tasty and nutritious snack!
Move Over Summer – It’s Back-to-School
It’s back-to-school time when enjoying relaxed moments with the kids, counting on a slower-paced schedule, and chilling with family time are quickly becoming summer memories. Are you ready? Do you have the courage to transition back? For Busy Moms, it’s exciting to write a new chapter and it’s a big deal for the kids, too, who will grow in many ways over the year. Watching them succeed in the classroom, on the soccer field, in the ballet studio, or as a community volunteer, is amazing for busy moms who do so much to make it happen.
Make Time for Good Nutrition
So, as school kicks off, there’s work to do in the family kitchen. In fact, there are excellent reasons to put good nutrition at the very top of your priority list, for the kids. After all, it’s simple, delicious, health-promoting foods that make kids go.
Their small bodies run best on a predictable input of foods to keep all systems of their bodies well-tuned and well-fueled. Without proper nutrition, including plenty of hydrating water, kids will not feel well, think well, nor behave well, and they will not thrive at back-to-school time. With proper nutrition, the whole thing changes — kids feel well, think well, behave well, and thrive at back-to-school time — and life is good.
Your Kids’ Favorite Foods and How Fig Foods Fit In
So, here’s the deal. When busy moms and the kids talk over family food favorites, things go surprisingly well. Tasty meals fall into place. Snacks are full of tasty nutrition. Longtime favorite foods are easy to include. New favorite foods are, well, new. For kids, new foods mean a new adventure and a new beginning for healthy eating and a successful school year.
Figs are a new fruit to some moms and kids and they deserve a try. Fresh figs are soft and lightly sweet and dried figs are chewy and sweeter. As far as the nutrition goes, figs are a combo of moderate calories, quality carbs, lots of dietary fiber, a tiny bit of protein, and a nice assortment of minerals such as iron, magnesium, calcium, and potassium. Five dried figs come to 110 calories, 0 fat, 0 cholesterol, 0 sodium, 26 grams carbohydrates, 5 grams dietary fiber, 1 gram protein. The percent daily value of minerals in 5 dried figs is 7% potassium, 6% calcium, 6% iron, and 6% magnesium. It’s a bundle of top-quality nutrition.
Dried figs have a nice, sweet flavor that comes simply ‘from the sunshine,’ making them ideal for active kids and busy moms. Figgin’ Fruit is a dried fig snack that stands tall in the grocery snack aisle as it combines the solid nutrition of dried figs in a whole grain coating that kids love.
Not only that, Figgin’ Fruit offers 3 options of dried fig snacks:
- Turkish Fig
- Fig, Blueberry and Acai
- Fig, Strawberry, and Chia.
So, everyone can have their favorite flavor of the bite-size, soft baked, pop-in-your-mouth fun food! For kids, the sweet flavor and poppable size are irresistible. For moms, the quality nutrition and convenience make Figgin’ Fruit a great friend. Learn more at HelloDelicious.com.
7 Fig Snackin’ Ideas for Busy Moms
So bring on back-to-school with some easy-to-do snacks. Here’s a snack plan for every day of the week!
- Figgin’ Fruit snacks with a slice of Swiss or Cheddar cheese
- Figgin’ Fruit snacks with a glass of 1% milk
- Figgin Fruit snacks with a roll-up of lean roast been and light cream cheese
- Figgin’ Fruit snacks with a small bowl of baby carrots and hummus to dip
- Figgin’ Fruit snacks with Ants on a Log, celery filled up with peanut butter and dotted with raisins or pumpkin seeds
- Figgin’ Fruit snacks with a spoonful of almond butter
- Figgin’ Fruit snacks with a cup of warmed up, leftover chili
When will you try figs as part of your kids’ good nutrition, sweet snackin’ plan?
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