Nutrition Nuggets -- October

Baked Potato Buffet

Want an easy dinner idea your children will love? Consider a baked potato bar. Just bake (or microwave) a small white potato, sweet potato, or yam for each person. Then set out healthy toppings, and let everyone fix her own. Suggestions: cooked chicken, beef or pork (leftovers work well), sliced scallions, shredded low-fat cheese, salsa.

Plane fun

Here's a lively game for family or friends. Divide into two teams, and have each player make five paper airplanes. Stand on opposite sides of a divider (sofa, coffee table). On "go," sail planes over the divider. Quickly pick up new planes as they land, and send them back. Call "stop" after 20 seconds -- the team with the fewest planes left wins.