Top 10 Healthier Dishes For Your Family

1. Hamburger (Veggie) Patties - Puree veggies and add it to the hamburger meat as you make patties (works great for in pizza sauce too).

2. “Homemade” Soup - Buy one can of your favorite soup and enhance it with browned chicken, frozen veggies, beans, and broth. Read the label on your can of soup and add more of all the healthy stuff.

3. Sweet Potato Fries – Slice 3 or 4 sweet potatoes into ¼ inch fries. Add 2 tsp. seasoned salt to 1 egg white. Toss with fries. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Place fries in single layer on baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes, turn fries. Continue to bake, turning every 15 minutes until fries are browned and crisp.

4. Boosted Pasta - Use nutritionally enhanced pasta, like Barilla Plus Penne, to add fiber and protein to meals.

5. Low Carb Spaghetti – Substitute spaghetti squash for pasta, top with you favorite sauce

6. Skinny Apple Cobbler – Place 3-4 sliced apples in an 8x8 inch baking dish sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. In small bowl combine 1 cup oats, ¼ cup butter, and ¼ cup brown sugar. Sprinkle mixture on top of apples. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until oats are brown.

7. Pancakes & Waffles - Grind whole oats in the blender and substitute for ½ the flour in your favorite recipe.

8. Fruit & Veggie Plate Snack – Cut up fruit and veggies in the morning and leave them where kids can snack on them trough out he day - experiment with fun dips, healthy salad dressings or yogurt for fruit.

9. P B & J – Choose bread with high fiber content, use natural peanut butter in place of the stuff loaded with hydrogenated oil, and find a jam made from pure fruit sweetened with fruit juice.

10. Set The Table With Salad Plates – Adults are likely to eat much less if they use a salad plate instead of a larger dinner plate. Kids feel big when they get to use the same place setting as their parents.