You Pinspire Me
I had heard a great tip one day when I was at a workshop on healthy eating. It was simple enough – kids will eat anything shaped like a donut. If you want them to eat some really healthy muffins that they might otherwise not eat, bake it in a donut tin and call it a donut! (Now we really don’t have that problem here of convincing our boys to eat – they will eat anything!)
Since then, I’ve kept an eye out at Value Village and garage sales. I’ve found this large tin and this mini-donut tin for about $3 each.
This morning, I made a basic carrot muffin recipe with lots of whole wheat flour, and not much sugar. I filled the large donut tray and they baked wonderfully!
They look wonderful on their own, but for fun I made a simple glaze with icing sugar to put on top. You could also use this great 2-ingredient chocolate icing with very little sugar.
The kids loved having “donuts” for dessert, and I felt great because they were really healthy. (And it even worked for my husband – he didn’t mind them either).
Let us know if you try this with any other recipes, or if you have any other hints about helping your kids eat healthy!
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Jenn vanOosten
I live in Hamilton, Ontario, and love my city. I'm a Netflixer, choral music geek, bookworm, inventor of recipes (I take Artistic Licence on EVERYTHING that I make), wife of one, mother of two, and owner of a neurotic Schnauzer. I respect people who respect others. I love good food that's well done, but my favourite lunch is KD & hotdogs. With ketchup. I'm addicted to Clearance Shopping. I will ALWAYS get the product that I want at the price that I want, eventually.
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What a great idea! I haven’t had any luck, yet, finding cheap or used doughnut tins – keeping my eye out, though!!
I’ve actually passed up a few recently – I can grab some for you if I see any.