Tips and recipes from Shana Griffin, registered dietitian for the ShopRite of West Hartford.

Shana’s Sneaky Treats with Googly Eyes. Submitted photo

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Halloween is a fun day full of costumes, imagination, and of course, lots of candy. It’s important to remember that while Halloween comes just once a year, establishing nutritious daily eating habits has the greatest impact on a child’s health.

Monster Mash with Googly Eyes. Submitted photo

Shana, the registered dietitian at the ShopRite of West Hartford, offers a few snack ideas to make Halloween a healthier day for kids while still keeping it fun and interesting:

• Try adding green guacamole “slime” to veggies or whole grain crackers for a dose of heart-healthy unsaturated fat.
• Try popcorn tossed with cinnamon and sugar or chocolate-covered fresh fruit. Make white chocolate covered strawberries as “ghosts”; use mini dark chocolate morsels as the eyes.
• Sip on warm apple cider with cinnamon sticks or green spinach and fruit smoothies – use a sharpie marker and make jack O’ lantern faces on the disposable cups.
• Try making Shana’s “Monster Mash” (Purple Sweet Potato Oatmeal) or Shana’s “Silly Apple Bites.”

Almost any food can be turned into a fun activity or creepy creature when you add Googly Eyes to it! Check out Shana’s “Googly Eye” Recipe:

Silly Apple Bites with Googly Eyes. Submitted photo

What you will need:

White Chocolate Chip Morsels (1 for each eye)

Mini Dark Chocolate Chip Morsels (1 for each eye)

Microwave safe dish & parchment paper

Instructions: Place white chocolate morsels (tips up) on parchment paper, on a microwave safe dish. Microwave until chocolate has melted slightly, about 1-2 minutes. Once melted, carefully place a mini dark chocolate chop morsel on top of each white chocolate chip, lightly pressing the two together. Place dish in refrigerator and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes.

Complete recipes appear below.

Shana Griffin is the registered dietitian for the ShopRite of West Hartford. Shana has an office in the store, located on the corner of Kane and Prospect streets, and offers a variety of free health and wellness services, including one on one nutrition consultations, grocery store tours, weight management and culinary workshops as well as food sampling and recipe demonstrations.

All nutritional services are available to customers free of charge. To make an appointment, customers can call Shana at 860-233-1713 or e-mail her at [email protected]. For her latest happenings at the store, follow Joseph Family Markets on Facebook: www.facebook.com/josephfamilymarkets.

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