{"id":119,"date":"2008-09-26T05:50:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T11:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=119"},"modified":"2008-09-26T05:50:31","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T11:50:31","slug":"healthy-snack-friday-frosted-veggies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Snack Friday &#8211; Frosted Veggies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veggies in sugar?\u00a0 Probably not the first thing you think of when you&#8217;re thinking of all things green and healthy but this is actually a wonderful way to get some of the healthiest veggies into your kids &#8211; and they&#8217;ll come begging for more &#8211; another great healthy snack for your kids!<\/p>\n<p>This is a rather big recipe so make sure you have a large glass jar or bowl to store this in and room in your fridge too or make 1\/2 a batch to start.\u00a0 The marinade is simple to make &#8211; just make sure you stir really well to get the sugar to dissolve.<\/p>\n<p>Frosted Veggies<\/p>\n<p>What You Need:<\/p>\n<p>1 cup cold water<br \/>\n1 cup sugar<br \/>\n1 cup white vinegar<br \/>\n\u00bc teaspoon salt<br \/>\n1 pound fresh mushrooms<br \/>\n2 cups broccoli florets<br \/>\n2 cups cauliflower florets<br \/>\n2 large red bell peppers, cut into 1 inch strips<br \/>\n2 cups carrots, cut diagonally into strips<\/p>\n<p>How to Make It:<\/p>\n<p>Place the water, sugar, vinegar and salt in a large bowl.<br \/>\nMix until the sugar is completely dissolved.<br \/>\nAdd the vegetables and stir well to coat.<br \/>\nCover and refrigerate overnight or longer before eating<\/p>\n<p>The longer these set the better they taste.\u00a0 The sugar makes this a slightly sweet treat.\u00a0 Cucumbers and onions also work well in this marinade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veggies in sugar?\u00a0 Probably not the first thing you think of when you&#8217;re thinking of all things green and healthy but this is actually a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[55,56],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-to-eat","tag-healthy-recipes-for-kids","tag-healthy-snacks-for-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}