{"id":43846,"date":"2011-03-09T10:42:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T15:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=43846"},"modified":"2011-03-09T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T18:15:23","slug":"fun-green-and-healthy-st-patricks-day-treats-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/fun-green-and-healthy-st-patricks-day-treats-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Green and Healthy St. Patrick’s Day Treats for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Move over Red Velvet Cupcake…it\u2019s time to celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/a><\/strong>. During the month of March, stores are filled with Irish-inspired items, most of which fall under the not-so-good-for-you category.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re the parent in charge of bringing slimmer shamrock-style snacks to your child’s class party or you’re looking to lend a little luck of the Irish to your own family, think beyond Lucky Charms this year.<\/p>\n

Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread<\/strong>: Instead of traditional white flour, this year you can opt for a whole wheat version<\/a><\/strong> of this favorite Irish treat. Think soda bread at its finest – unadulterated without bells and whistles – and without a lot of added fat or calories.<\/p>\n

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Shamrock Shortbread Cookies<\/strong>: Chicago-based Sweet Miss Givings<\/a> is a social enterprise bakery that gives back to the community. All proceeds from its sales go to Chicago House, a non-profit organization that helps formerly homeless men, women and children who are impacted by HIV\/AIDS. Sweet Miss Givings’ baked goods might not be calorie-free, but all of the cookies and sweet treats are all-natural, preservative-free and made with some of the Windy City’s finest ingredients. They ship nationwide- and won\u2019t cost you a pot of gold.<\/p>\n

Chocolate Mint Pie<\/strong>: On St. Patrick’s Day, cap off your festive dinner with a chocolate mint pie<\/a><\/strong>, a refreshingly minty cool end to a great holiday.<\/p>\n

What’s your favorite healthy St. Patrick’s Day treat?<\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recipes Go Green for St. Patrick’s Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Low Calorie Irish Beers for St. Patrick’s Day on a Diet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Move over Red Velvet Cupcake…it\u2019s time to celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day. During the month of March, stores are filled with Irish-inspired items, most of which fall under the not-so-good-for-you category. Whether you’re the parent in charge of bringing slimmer shamrock-style … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1367,3695,16],"tags":[1011,281,3864,1218,3727,1219],"class_list":["post-43846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-recipes","tag-cookies","tag-desserts","tag-healthy-holidays","tag-irish-soda-bread","tag-pie","tag-st-patricks-day"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43846"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44186,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43846\/revisions\/44186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}