Offer kids the 5 food groups

Making sure your kids eat a variety of healthy foods can be daunting, but it helps to have a list of healthy options in each of the five basic food groups.
The American Academy of Healthy Children mentions these preferred choices:
Health Tips
* Healthy choices from the grains group include brown rice, unbuttered popcorn, oatmeal, buckwheat, whole wheat bread, cereal, tortillas, pasta, whole-grain barley, cornmeal and wild rice.
* Healthy vegetable choices include spinach and butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, red and orange peppers, tomatoes, pumpkin, potatoes, green peas and corn.
* Healthy fruit choices include apples, applesauce, berries, bananas, mangos, papayas and plums.
* Healthy protein choices include lean beef, skinless or ground poultry, tuna, salmon, crab, beans, nuts and eggs.
* Healthy dairy choices include low-fat milk, yogurt, cheese, frozen yogurt and pudding.