What kind of food is good for kids to eat when its hot?

Question

I'm taking the family to KOA this weekend and it's supposed to be almost 100 degrees out. I'll keep the water and Gatorade going all day but I'm just not sure what to feed them to make sure they will feel ok all day in the heat. We are bringing our own food and will have no junk food or anything salty. I know fruit is good but I need to plan 3 meals a day for 2 days. Any idea's?

Answer 1

My first thought is baby carrots for a snack, or side item to the lunches. They'll taste good and won't go bad.  

Answer 2

Popsicles are always great.  Um...let see...lots of fruit, but cut it up and package it up before you leave.  Kids really do love hamburgers, and cold pasta salad is a great lunch.  How about cold cut sandwiches?  Package up the turkey, chicken, ham, whatever they like, and instead of bread, use pita bread or torillas.

Answer 3

yogurt, turkey sandwhiches, make muffins to have for breakfast, fruit bars, granola bars, or  bear naked granola it's good and healthy for you.

Answer 4

Pasta salad. It has meat & veggies... and it's great for hot days! Not sure if you'd want to eat that a couple of times a day, but I live on the stuff in the summer. :)

Answer 5

Popsicles? Oh, Wait, No Junk Food? Well They Do Got Sugarless. =]]

Answer 6

watermelon (: it replenishes like all of the liquids in your body..  

Answer 7

You should make fruit salad!

Answer 8

watermelon

Answer 9

Bananas, Trail Mix, Potato Chips, Beef Jerky, Canned Spaghettios & things of that nature,and you can bring a cast iron pans or something to heat it in, bring plastic bowls,easy throw away and you won't have to wash anything...  And don't forget the s'mores!

Answer 10

When it’s just too hot to cook, and you don’t want to resort to delivery pizza, there are plenty of healthy and delicious low-fat meals you can make without going anywhere near the stovetop or oven. Some of these recipes require a store-bought rotisserie chicken or some pre-cooked shrimp, while others simply necessitate opening a jar or can or two from your pantry—think tuna, salmon, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, and beans of some description. Put these together with stock items from your refrigerator or freezer, like salad leaves, veggies, and low-fat condiments, and you can prepare all kinds of no-cook meals to see you through the dog days of summer.

1.This chicken and apple salad can be used atop a bed of lettuce and crunchy salad vegetables, or stuffed into a pita pocket for a sandwich.

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked skinless chicken breast, cubed

1 stalk of celery, sliced

1 medium unpeeled apple, diced

1/4 cup raisins

1 tbsp lemon juice

1/4 cup low fat yogurt

1/4 cup fat-free mayonnaise

1 tsp curry powder

Preparation:

Place chicken cubes in a medium bowl along with sliced celery, diced apple and raisins. In a small bowl, whisk lemon juice, yogurt, mayonnaise and curry powder. Pour over chicken and toss to coat.

Serves 4

Per Serving: Calories 229, Calories from Fat 24, Total Fat 2.6g (sat 0.7g), Cholesterol 85mg, Sodium 237mg, Carbohydrate 17.2g, Fiber 1.7g, Protein 34.1g

2.Soup on a hot day might sound a little odd unless you're talking about a cold soup. Here's a lovely orange-colored soup of melon and mango, which is sweet and refreshing. Be sure to use the ripest fruit you can, and don't forget to wash the melon and mangoes before you cut into them. Although you don't eat the skin, contaminants can get from the skin into the flesh of the fruit as you cut into it. The soup is sweet and delicious as is, but for a slight kick, add a tablespoon freshly grated ginger to the recipe. Garnish the soup with some strawberry slices or a raspberry or two.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

1 3-4 pound ripe cantaloupe melon, rind removed, seeded and chopped (about 6 cups)

2 large mangoes, chopped (about 2 cups)

Juice of 2 small limes

1 tbsp minced ginger (optional)

Preparation:

Place half the melon and mango chunks in a blender with the lime juice and ginger. Puree until smooth. Pour into a large bowl. Puree other half of the fruit and add to the large bowl. Stir well. Chill for at least 2 hours. Garnish with fresh berries or sliced fruit.

Serve 6

Per Serving Calories 113, Calories from Fat 6, Total Fat 0.6g (sat 0.1g), Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 17mg, Carbohydrate 24.8g, Fiber 2.4g, Protein 1.9g

3.This is the perfect soup for a hot summer's day. Gazpacho is a chilled soup featuring ripe tomatoes and a host of other fresh garden vegetables. Serve with some crusty whole grain bread.

Ingredients:

2 pounds vine-ripe tomatoes, chopped

1 cucumber, peeled, deseeded and chopped

1 green pepper, deseeded and chopped

1/2 red onion, chopped

1 cup low sodium vegetable juice

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Preparation:

Place ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend until almost smooth. Garnish with some extra chopped vegetables and a dollop of fat-free sour cream.

Chill for at least 2 hours.

Serves 6

Per Serving: Calories 104, Calories from Fat 26, Total Fat 2.9g (sat 0.4g), Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 51mg, Carbohydrate 17g, Fiber 3.5, Protein 2.5g

i have three kids my self every year we go to fortworth texas nd it so hot my kids are very pickey and love these dishes and so dose my husband!! :) have fun!!!!!

Answer 11

If you have freezer access...try the Gogurts...yogurts in a tube. Sounds kinda gross...but if you pop them in a freezer and they are a healthy cooling snack! Stay Cool!!

Answer 12

skip the gatorade unless you like feeding them lots of sugar.  Bananas, oranges, yogurt, baked potatoes, all are good sources of potassium which is what gatorade is providing.  Additional salt is unneeded as the American diet is usually too high in salt anyway.    After that it is what ever you eat. and provide lots of fresh water. People lived for centuries without gatorade and survived just fine.

Answer 13

SANDWICHES!!!!!

Gatorade isn't that good for kids...water is much better.  Chicken is also good when it's cold...

we always roasted hotdogs on the fire and that was a fun treat and good memory...plus they just taste so much better!

Answer 14

Sandwiches with juice boxes. Corn dogs, hot dogs.-, fruit

Answer 15

fruit smoothies or slushies...also yogurt, cheese, fruits and vegetables

Answer 16

Only if you have a way to refrigerate milk or use reconstituted dry milk and cereal.  Kid's love cereal and add a few berries.

For lunch sandwitches, and take along some peanut butter and Jelly.

They have fruit cookie snacks that has very little sugar or salt.

They now have the packages of tuna that keep preserve well until you decide to open it and make sandwitches just make sure you keep the mayonnaise cold and throw away any unused tuna. {ice chest should work}

I take hamburger helper for tuna, and or/ chicken and cans of cooked chicken and tuna.  If you have a way to heat up the pot.  It takes up not much space and you can buy whole meals in a box now.

  Take a can of peas to throw into the casserole.

You have a full meal with all the food groups.  I use to take a bag of salad all done and a bottle of dressing.  but it is to much trouble so now just the casserole.  My kids are not that much into salad.

If not a good way to cook try a can of beefaroni and a slice of bread and butter.  Set the can in the hot sun and it comes out warm.