As I mentioned in another post recently, now that we are back to the school schedule having time to make a healthy meal seems to be even harder to find.  I was really pleased to learn that one of our family pantry staples – Ragu Old World Style Traditional Sauce is an even healthier option now.  It now has 2 servings of veggies in every half cup!  My kids are not big veggie eaters so this is great to hear.  Any way I can get my kids their veggies I’m all for.   I am going to love making them their family favorite – spaghetti even more now.  Ragu Old World Style Traditional Sauce now has a thicker recipe too! My kids, especially my son are going to love this.

My son’s newest favorite is making pizza’s with Ragu Old World Style Traditional Sauce, a gfcf tortilla and some pepperoni slices. In fact, I have to take the ingredients with me today as he asked it for lunch this morning.

Check out Ragu on facebook to learn more:  facebook.com/raguesauce You’ll also find videos and recipes that look really yummy especially the lasagna one and while you are there don’t forget to join the conversation and share how you feed your kids well .  You can also find Ragu on twitter at @ragusauce and online at Ragu.com

“Disclosure: I was entered for a chance to win a Ragú® prize package in exchange for this post.  No monetary exchange took place.”

© 2010, Nanette Gomez. All rights reserved.

Need to get your kids to eat veggies?  Sometimes us mom need to get a little creative and a little sneaky.  With this yummy brownie receipe, your kids will get yummy brownies they’ll love and you’ll get some veggies in those little tummies.

Give ‘em a try and let me know how they went over with your kids?

Items You’ll Need:

Non stick cooking spray
3 ounces of bittersweet chocolate
½ cup carrot puree
½ Cup spinach puree
½ brown sugar substitute
¼ Cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tablespoon fat free margarine, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 egg whites
¾ Cup all purpose flour
½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoons salt

Preparation Instructions:

Place the bittersweet chocolate into a microwave bowl and microwave the chocolate on high 1 minute.

Stir and continue melting chocolate at 15 second intervals, stirring after each 15 second interval, until chocolate is completely melted.

Once the chocolate is melted add the carrot and spinach puree.

Stir in the sugar substitute, cocoa powder, margarine and vanilla.

Continue stirring until the mixture becomes creamy.

Whisk in the egg whites.

Add the flour, baking powder and salt.

Stir with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until mixture is completely combined.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Smooth batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Be sure to allow the brownies to cool to room temperature before cutting and serving to insure that the spinach and carrot flavors will not leave any detectable flavor in the bars.  The kids will never know.

photo credit: ♥ellie♥

© 2009, Nanette Gomez. All rights reserved.