The Easiest Spinach Hack + Delicious Recipes Your Kids Will Love!
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Time to Read: 6 min
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Time to Read: 6 min
Spinach is packed with nutrients that help your child grow and stay healthy:
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Experts recommend 2-3 servings of spinach per week for kids. A serving is 1/2 cup raw or 1/4 cup cooked for younger kids and 1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked for older children.
To make serving more fun (and less stressful), why not use a stainless steel compartment plate? Each section can hold a perfectly portioned serving, keeping the spinach away from the mac and cheese—so no complaints about mixing.
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Serve it up in an Ahimsa Conscious Cup, our kids stainless steel cup. Trust me, once they see those bright colors, they’ll be curious enough to give it a try.
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You can serve these quesadillas on a five-compartment plate, where each crispy triangle gets its own cozy spot—perfect for keeping things neat. You can stash some salsa in one section, maybe a dollop of guacamole or avocado slices in another, and hey, no more runaway spinach sneaking into places it shouldn’t be. Everything stays in its lane, making the whole thing way easier to enjoy.
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I like to keep these in a stainless steel container for the week. They’re always good to go when you need a quick snack at home or on the way to after-school activities, or even a quick breakfast on the fly where everyone is running behind. They’ll stay fresh, and cleanup? Super easy!
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Serve this pasta on a rainbow steel plate—the bright colors instantly make mealtime more fun! Plus, the sturdy, non-toxic material keeps things safe and makes cleanup way easier.
Using frozen spinach might just be the simplest effortlessly easy way to add a boost of nutrition to your kids’ meals—no chopping, no mess! And with the right utensils, like compartment plates or rainbow steel bowls and cups, mealtime becomes fun, stress free, and healthy. It’s a total win-win for both parents and kids.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a report in July 2018 suggesting ways that families can limit exposure to certain chemicals at mealtime, including “the use of alternatives to plastic, such as glass or stainless steel, when possible.” The report explained that “…some additives are put directly in foods, while “indirect” additives may include chemicals from plastic, glues, dyes, paper, cardboard”. Further, “Children are more sensitive to chemical exposures because they eat and drink more, relative to body weight, than adults do, and are still growing and developing.” While stainless steel items meet the recommendation to avoid plastic products in children, Ahimsa® products have the obvious advantage of not breaking like glass.
According to the Steel Recycling Institute, steel can be recycled over and over and over again without losing its integrity and requires less energy to recycle than to make anew. Most plastic unfortunately ends up in landfills and it is estimated to take 700 years to decompose. Our special coloring process that allows Ahimsa® products to be fully metal is environmentally friendly, so it does not produce toxic run-off into the ecosystem.
No. Our steel is durable, so it won’t break or shatter with everyday use, like glass. And it won’t peel, like other colored stainless steel products you’ve seen. We use a special process that allows the colors to naturally occur in the metal.
Our products are meant to last, you can use Ahimsa at ages 1, 8 and 18! We thoughtfully design our products to be safe for little ones and our planet while reducing consumption. Once your child outgrows the Starting Solids Set and can use regular cups and utensils, the training cup is the perfect size rinse cup in the bathroom, the infant spoon doubles as a tea stirrer and the bowl is great for snacks or as an additional compartment to our modular divided plate. Our plates are great for any age as they encourage choosing a variety of healthy foods at each meal and help visualize portion sizes easily. It’s the lasting beauty of stainless steel - grows with your child and reduces waste.