Making this Easter Healthy and Fun!

Who doesn't love Easter?! Whether you are religious or not, it is a great excuse to get together with family and friends for a lovely spring backyard barbecue or pick nick! The only problem is the candy....                                                                         
                                                                     
This year, let's take the focus off of candy-filled eggs and Easter baskets.

Instead:                                                                                   

• Keep the focus on hard boiled eggs.
• 1 large egg contains: 
• 1 oz. protein, 77 calories, and only 2 g of saturated fat
• High amounts of riboflavin, selenium, vitamin B12, and choline
• Fair amounts of phosphorus and vitamin A
• 70% of your daily cholesterol allowance (choose egg whites if you are watching your cholesterol)
• 2 large egg whites contain:
• 1 1/2 oz. protein, 32 calories, and 0g saturated fat
• High amounts of riboflavin and selenium
• Better choice if you are watching your cholesterol
• Eat bunny treats. You can make this fun for little ones by getting them to pretend they are bunny rabbits, hopping around and munching on carrots.
• Fill plastic eggs with fun toys or knickknacks like coins, stickers, seashells, marbles, bouncy balls, hot wheels cars, Legos, hair bows, plastic figurines, bracelets, or chap stick.
• Take apart a few puzzles and hide the pieces in various plastic eggs for a fun challenge.
• Create a scavenger hunt with the first egg containing a clue leading to the second egg, leading to the third egg, and so on until reaching a bigger prize at the end.
• Put small pictures or stickers of a variety of animals in plastic eggs for little ones. At the end, help them figure out which are pets, farm animals, or found in the jungle, etc.

http://www.familyvolley.com/2011/04/easter-egg-hunts-more-than-just-candy.html
https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/foodapedia.aspx