Fruit kebabs
Here's a healthy fruity snack or dessert. These rainbow fruit kebabs are a fun and colourful way to encourage children to eat fruit. You can use whatever's in season or readily available.
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Method
- Cut all large fruit into chunks or slices (let the age of the children guide the size you make them).
- When using banana, put the lemon juice in a bowl and toss the banana pieces through to coat them. This helps to prevent browning.
- Insert all fruit onto the skewers.
This recipe makes 1 skewer per serve.
Variations
To keep to a rainbow theme, you can swap for these fruits:
- Red - watermelon, raspberries
- Orange - rockmelon, mandarin, apricot
- Yellow - pineapple, peach
- Green - green grapes, honeydew melon
- Blue/Purple - blueberries, plum.
Note
Children can choke on food at any age but the risk is higher in children under 5 years. Refer to the Ministry of Health Guidelines to find out more.
- 8strawberries, hulled
- 1orange, peeled
- 2small banana, peeled
- 2kiwifruit, peeled
- 16purple grapes
- 2 tsplemon juice
- 8skewers
- Energy244kJ
- Total Fat0.4g
- Saturated Fattrace
- Total Carbohydrate16.1g
- Sugars11.0g
- Dietary Fibre2.0g
- Protein0.9g
- Sodium1mg
Method
- Cut all large fruit into chunks or slices (let the age of the children guide the size you make them).
- When using banana, put the lemon juice in a bowl and toss the banana pieces through to coat them. This helps to prevent browning.
- Insert all fruit onto the skewers.
This recipe makes 1 skewer per serve.
Variations
To keep to a rainbow theme, you can swap for these fruits:
- Red - watermelon, raspberries
- Orange - rockmelon, mandarin, apricot
- Yellow - pineapple, peach
- Green - green grapes, honeydew melon
- Blue/Purple - blueberries, plum.
Note
Children can choke on food at any age but the risk is higher in children under 5 years. Refer to the Ministry of Health Guidelines to find out more.
Ingredients
- 8strawberries, hulled
- 1orange, peeled
- 2small banana, peeled
- 2kiwifruit, peeled
- 16purple grapes
- 2 tsplemon juice
- 8skewers
Ingredients
- 8strawberries, hulled
- 1orange, peeled
- 2small banana, peeled
- 2kiwifruit, peeled
- 16purple grapes
- 2 tsplemon juice
- 8skewers
Nutrition Facts
- Energy244kJ
- Total Fat0.4g
- Saturated Fattrace
- Total Carbohydrate16.1g
- Sugars11.0g
- Dietary Fibre2.0g
- Protein0.9g
- Sodium1mg
Method
- Cut all large fruit into chunks or slices (let the age of the children guide the size you make them).
- When using banana, put the lemon juice in a bowl and toss the banana pieces through to coat them. This helps to prevent browning.
- Insert all fruit onto the skewers.
This recipe makes 1 skewer per serve.
Variations
To keep to a rainbow theme, you can swap for these fruits:
- Red - watermelon, raspberries
- Orange - rockmelon, mandarin, apricot
- Yellow - pineapple, peach
- Green - green grapes, honeydew melon
- Blue/Purple - blueberries, plum.
Note
Children can choke on food at any age but the risk is higher in children under 5 years. Refer to the Ministry of Health Guidelines to find out more.
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