It can be hard to get kids to try new foods… especially healthy foods. So we’re excited to have discovered the new HuePets app for kids made by HueTrition™.
We recently partnered with HuePets to host a Twitter Party about Making Healthy Food Fun For Kids Sept 14, 8pm ET.
The Twitter Party was great fun and we loved hearing all your tips for getting kids to eat healthier foods.

We gave away $650 in Amazon Gift Cards at the Twitter Party and we’re giving away a $200 Amazon Gift Card here in this extra giveaway post that you can enter right now. Prizing is open to both the US and Canada (except Quebec.)
Nutrition Can Be Fun For Kids
Wanna get your kids to eat fruits and vegetables? HuePets is the answer!
Do your kids love playing games on your smartphone or tablet? Of course they do…
So here’s an awesome chance to turn one of those games into an adventure in nutrition!
HuePets™ is a new app for kids that turns daily healthy eating into a game for young children and their families.
HuePetsâ„¢ makes nutrition fun and easy to understand. It was created by the nationally-recognized family wellness program HueTrition™ and is available in both the App store and Google Play.
They are what YOU eat! HuePets makes it fun for kids to eat healthy and try new foods!
Using the HuePets app, kids scan their real-life meals to feed their HuePets, unlocking prizes and raising their pets from a little eggs to HueMasters.
As a parent, you can track how well your kids are eating, and get personalized recommendations on what to serve.
I love how easy it is to get startedI. first create a free account at huepets.com and add the names of your kids. Then download the app to your phone or tablet and login. When your kids want to play with their HuePets, they can switch between profiles.
Click Here To Download a HuePets Parents Tutorial
$200 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
If you’d like to win a $200 Amazon Gift Card, leave us a comment letting us know one of your kids’ favorite healthy foods. Then complete your entry using the form below.
By entering this giveaway, you are giving permission to the folks at HueTrition to follow up with you by email.
Prizing is open to both the US and Canada (except Quebec.)
And Don’t Miss This…
Also… we have ANOTHER fun opportunity for you to win a $250 Amazon Gift Card and get your kids excited about healthy eating by playing the HuePets app.
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Disclosure: This post and the Twitter Party are sponsored by HueTrition™.All opinions are my own.
Written by Susan Carraretto, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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OMG thank you so much, couldn’t have come at a better time.
Bananas and peanut butter
My kids favorite healthy foods are usually fruits, such as cherries and grapes. My youngest son does like raw spinach too. Thanks!
Mine love salads and steamed veggies
My son loves having grapes.
My boys love beef jerky and fresh fruit as a healthy snack.
My daughter loves all sorts of veggies and fruit but I’d have to say her favorite is green bell peppers.
My grandson loves crunchy vegetable snacks like carrots, broccoli, sweet peppers, and cauiiflower.
Chicken of any kind and green beans everyday!!!
My kids like to eat red seedless grapes.
Please leave us a comment letting us know one of your kids’ favorite healthy foods.
My kid loves lobster.
My youngest loves broccoli. He said that when people say they don’t like it, he doesn’t believe them 🙂
She really enjoys broccoli and asks for it by name! Cooked, steamed or raw, she loves it!
Apple slices
Apples, Watermelon, Cheese and Crackers.
He loves Apples
My niece loves apples.
my daughter just recently discovered hummus and she is obsessed with it.
My kids love cherries.
My daughters really enjoy eating bananas.
My daughter loves APPLES! which is perfect because they’re always ‘in season’.
My son loves broccoli…even without the cheese!
My girl loves green beans! Thank you!!
My kids love fruit, vegetables and cheese!
Red bell peppers.
peanut butter and crackers
my son would eat any fruit.
My granddaughter actually like brocolli and almost every fruit.
Huepets is a great idea.
My son eats everything! I think favorites are strawberries, and broccoli though!
we all like apples
Carrots pears apples grapes potatoes….almost any fruit and veg
My son love fresh vegetables. Of course he would eat any junk I gave him but offered veggies or fruit he is satisfied.
My older son likes tomatoes. When I get tomatoes for my salads, I have to get him a few extra, or he will eat mine!
Almonds are a surprise favorite! Lightly salted!
Any types of berries are our favorite (strawberries, blueberries, etc.).
She loves raisins.
They love hummus.
my kids really love fruit. strawberries are their favorite.
Fruit is a big hit at our house!
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No kids. I like fresh veggies.
Thanks for the contest.
My niece loves fruit, especially apples, oranges, and grapes.
My kids love fruit especially apples, strawberries, banana, and watermelon.
My niece adores apples… and oranges. Oh, and grapes.
My kids like salads and fruit.
We love fruits and veggies.
Strawberries, red peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Hummus with carrots! Tomatoes and cheese
Both of my daughters are obsessed with Avocado’s!
I don’t have kids myself, but when I was a kid I loved broccoli.
my kids love broccoli and cauliflower.
My kids love apples and peanut butter!
My kids love grapes and apples too.
My granddaughter loves fruits and raisins.
One of Paisley’s favorite healthy foods is greek yogurt!
Bananas and mangos.
My oldest daughter likes spinach and my youngest daughter likes apples. Thank you!
My boy loves carrots.
When my daughter was young she actually loved brussels sprouts. She still does as an adult
Grapes are a favourite
Strawberries and cheese he eats them all the time.
Green grapes are one of our favorites — apples too.
Mine loves carrots
My children like to eat different kinds of fruit.
My kids love fruit.
My Daughter loves apples and bananas. She likes others, but those are her favorites.
My grand kids favorite healthy food to eat is carrots and broccoli they love snacking on them
My son likes his raw broccoli.
I have no kids, but a favorite health food of my nephews was nuts.
He loves any kind of fruit 🙂
My youngest son loves fresh fruit, especially strawberries.
Both my kids really like their fruit. They love all kinds!
One daughter loves all things healthy and trying new things. She loves baked crispy kale, avocado on toast, salads with all the veggie toppings. The other daughter isn’t so adventurous. Her favorite healthy snacks are all kinds of fruit.
Peppers dipped in ranch
Snow peas are there favorite.
my kids loves grapes
My daughter loves beans!! she eats them by the truckload i swear!!
My two oldest children love Avocados.
My kids have always liked snacking on fruits & veggies!
The kids follow our lead when it comes to snacking. Granny Smith, Jarlsberg & raw almonds is quick & pleases everybody.
My toddler loves broccoli!
Strawberries, watermelon, broccoli and green beans are all favs.
My daughter loves to eat pea pods!
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My grandson likes apples, pears and carrots
My daughter loves apples dipped in peanut butter
Bananas
They like crackers and veggies dipped in hummus.
Every fruit they can get their hands on!
My kids absolutely love fresh fruit, I have to say I cannot think of a fruit that I’ve given them that they’ve not thoroughly enjoyed!!
She loves seedless green grapes and strawberries
My kids love apples.
My youngest one loves carrotts, he can sit there and munch on a whole bag!
My daughter loves yogurt with granola on top.
I don’t have kids, but I love fresh fruit and yogurt
They like cheese.
My granddaughter loves green beans.
Broccoli is one of my daughters favorites!
My son loves apples
my son and daughter loves fish baked in the oven with rice and milk
My kids like salmon.
My kids love carrots for some reason. I can’t seem keep a bag of the mini carrots in the fridge.
orange and yellow bell peppers
My daughter loves watermelon and strawberries.
Any kind of fruit is the kids’ favorite healthy foods.
My kids love carrots,celery and apple slices and cheese
Berries, especially strawberries.
Broccoli and cheese sauce and mashed potatoes is what my kids liked.
Frest Fruit Cups – Clementine oranges and blueberry – especially when they are in season. Autumn months he loves Activia Vanilla Yogurt and Pumpkin seeds.
My child loves apple slices and pineapple pieces.
My sons love to eat spinach and mushroom pasta!
his favorites are broccoli and tomatoes
They like broccoli.
I like to keep trail mix and bananas handy, they’re convenient and easy to keep around.
They like apples with peanut butter and bell peppers.
Both of my grandchildren pick carrot sticks as a favorite snack.
Little one loves her berries and mango.
I don’t have kids, but my niece’s fav healthy snack is cheese and crackers!
Our kids love apple slices with peanut butter and honey!
I don’t have any children. However, my favorite healthy snack is a cut up apple with peanut butter. Yummy!
When my kids were little, my daughter loved chicken and green beans. She still does at age 30!
My kids love fruits especially berries raspberries and blueberries .
The girls enjoy fresh fruit like apples and bananas.
My kids love eggs and bananas.
My family loves vegetables dipped in hummus as a healthy snack.
My kids like plain popcorn and love carrots too.
my little one loves broccoli !
My kids love yogurt, the tube kind is their favorite.
My granddaughters love steamed fish and asparagus.
My son loved broccoli, but it had to have cheese on it. He always liked any fruit, but wasn’t too fond of many vegetables.
my kids love fruits and most veggies
One of my sons favorite healthy foods is carrots.
Our kids do not know it, but they love raw spinach. I sneak it into all of our salads. Thank you for the super giveaway opportunity.
We don’t have kids but my nephew loves apples & is crazy about corn on the cob for some reason. lol
No kids, but I love strawberries and cherries.
My son loves fresh veggies & fruit. He loves fresh baby carrots & RAW broccoli & cauliflower & sweet red pepper slices.
My daughter loves carrots
All three of my kids like pineapple, potatoes, and apples.
My oldest really likes broccoli and my youngest likes carrots.
My daughter loves peas!
My daughter loves steamed green beans
my daughter loves squash and sweet potatoes
mangoes
We love apples and bananas!
My son loves nuts and cheese for snacking. 🙂
My 2 kids love raw veggies.
My kids LOVE LOVE LOVE berries – strawberries and blueberries! mmmmm
My kids go to healthy snack is Cheese and apples
crackers and hummus!
All of my kids really liked their veggies but favourites were Sweet Potato, & Peas
My kids are huge fresh fruit and veggie eaters. They even enjoy asparagus
A favorite healthy food my Grand kids love are peaches
they love blueberries
My kids really enjoy cucumbers which is great!
My kids love apples, bananas, grapes, cucumbers, carrots and peppers.
My son loves String Cheese , Apples & bananas
Carrots and apples for days!
My daughter enjoys broccoli and cauliflower.
My kids love fruit smoothies made with greek yogurt!
Watermelon slices or green grapes with pretzel stick skewers.
My son loves apples
My girls actually enjoy healthy food options quite often! Everything from fruit and veggie smoothies to unsweetened apple sauce to plain yogurt with berries, we try very hard to incorporate yummy, heart-healthy foods!
My son loves Kale, especially in smoothies.
My son loves grapes and my daughter loves pumpkin seeds.
my daughter loves green grapes with a dash of pink salt as snacks
My kids’ favorite healthy food is apples!
My son loves carrots and ranch dip
My kid loves hummus and veggies!
My kids like apples with peanut butter 🙂
MIne love fresh crisp apples
My kids like grapes, black forest ham and cheddar cheese cubes.
Let’s see my son loves peas and corn and my daughter loves mushrooms,could eat them till they come out of her nose!
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I would have to say bananas and peanut butter or any nut butter.
Pizza!! 🙂 thanks for the giveaway!
Bananas & Yogurt
They love watermelon in the summer! They also love tuna sandwiches!
Greek yogurt mixed with a fruit variety like pineapple and melon…
She loves carrot sticks.
apple slices with cheese
Fresh fruit with vanilla yogurt dip.
Toast and Nutella with banana slices
My kiddo loves strawberries and oranges
Fresh fruit salad!
Like the rest of us, my sweet nephew is crazy for avocados. He’s pretty good with anything green, really.
My son loves fresh green peppers.
They all like Peanut Butter, so a PB&J sandwich is always a great one.
apples and carrots
My kiddo loves apples!
Sliced apples with natural peanut butter
My two-year-old daughters favorite healthy food is corn on the cob 🌽🌽🌽
My kids love fruits, all kinds from blueberries to star fruit.
Luckily my kids love a lot of healthy foods: Avocado, strawberries, cheese, peanuts, potatoes, tomatoes, broccoli, cucumbers, olives, eggs, carrots, celery, peas, bananas, watermelon, oranges, apples, nectarines, peaches, pears, kiwis, mushrooms, cherries, blueberries, blackberries.
My kid’s love salads, bananas, apples & grapes!
My son loves pretty much every fruit and corn! He love, love, loves corn!
my kids would love the application !! its very usefull to make the learn with such beautifull rewards
My granddaughter is a huge fan of Raspberries and yogurt served together or separately. She is also a salad fan!
blueberries
The kids all love yogurt – especially the parfaits.
thank you
My son loves the hamburger Mac and cheese I make. I love it too!
Cucumbers and green pepper with ranch dressing.eeeveryday!:p
My kids love just about any fruit. Bananas, Apples, Grapes…
Vanilla yogurt with crushed Cheerios.
they enjoy frozen blueberries .
Chicken skewers with a veggie salad!
Avocado!
I don’t have kids but the Nieces and Nephew love Baby Carrots and Celery Sticks
Smoothies or fresh fruit
The healthy food that’s loved is Apples. The saying is right “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”
Grandson loves blackberries and raspberries. He puts them on his finger then eats them
My kiddos love Strawberries.
They love Stawberries and cucumbers.
Carrots
Thanks so much! Party was a blast & I love the app. Kids favorite is Strawberries!!!
The little ones love grape tomatoes and cherries!
I would definitely say any kind of pizza
cheese sticks
Right now Logan’s favorite healthy food is watermelon.
My little girl loves avocado and broccoli.
My kids love steamed green beans. They will eat them plain. And they will eat plenty!
Peanut butter on apple slices!
Great info, thank you!
My toddler loves watermelon!
She loves bananas!
Cotton candy grapes and broccoli and cheese.
Thank you for the Twitter Party so fun! #HuePets
My kiddos love apples!
Fruit kabobs and yogurt dip 😀
My kids like fresh apples and sliced bell peppers.
our kids love grilled peaches
My kids love stir fry!
My niece loves frozen grapes
My son loves his bandanas
My daughter loves strawberries!
My little one loves fruits and veggies! Blueberries are her favorite!
My kids love avocados and corn dip! Twitter handle @andrea_hinckley
One of my boys’ fave healthy foods is carrots – they can’t get enough of ’em! 🙂
My kids love fruits especially watermelon
My children love grapes and apples
Excited to chat!
My daughters favorite healthy food would be bananas she LOVES bananas
Can’t wait for this party this evening, I’m using my extra spiritual cozmo sensitive calling on all passed on loved one’s to send me a win for my bday today. LOL
And it didn’t work but I still love all those guys so much.
My kids love applesauce and bananas.
Mine really love carrots, cauliflower and oranges.
my daughter is a bit of a picky eater but she happens to love broccoli, bananas and yogurt.
celery & peanut butter
They love broccoli, brussel sprouts, and chick peas!
My son loves to eat broccoli! We also use our veggies to pain (fat free ranch dressing & food coloring) then he dips & eats!
My son loves broccoli, carrots, all berries, and watermelon.
Bananas and grapes
My kids love watermelon all year round.
One of my son’s favourite healthy snack foods is multigrain crackers.
he loves apples and bananas.
apple slices with hummus is my kids favourite
My daughter loves all the fruit, I always must have fruit for her lunch
Blueberries, apples, peaches, grapes are his favorite fruits. Veggies favorites are corn, carrots & potatoes. He also loves garlic & herbs cream cheese and adding garlic to almost anything makes it a favorite.
Eggs, pistachios!
baby carrots
A favourite healthy food is carrots.
My kids love to eat a fresh salad!
We love yogurt, strawberries and peanut butter!
She loves broccoli
My daughter loves yogurt.
My sweet Willow loves Snow Peas
Apples and broccoli
Strawberries and green beans are my daughter’s favorite healthy foods.
Apples
My son loves lettuce! Plain or in sandwiches, he eats it however!
My daughter loves all sorts of fruits and vegetables. I don’t know if it’s particularly healthy or not, but mangos are one of her favorites.
I have 3 sons! My oldest Logan will eat most real meats. Veggies he loves brocolli and cheese, peas, carrots. He’ll eat salad often! Lucas my middle son is 5 and the toughest. He’s super picky. My lil Landyn is almost 3 he loves frozen berries, nuts, raisins, string cheese. He’s a simple eater. 🙂
My kids love grapes, carrots and green peppers. Thank you
my son likes broccoli
One of my kid’s favorite healthy foods is strawberries.
They love watermelon
they love brussels sprouts and grilled salmon.
I like apples.
My kids love grilled chicken and rice.
My kids love watermelon!
Freeze-dried fruits and vegetables are two favorites.
Sliced apples with date sauce. (just dates)
Mini Bacon and Potato Frittatas
My kids love fresh fruits: apples, bananas, grapes etc.
My girls love strawberries and bananas.
We love berries and bananas for snacks and dessert.
I have one daughter that loves cauliflower and one that love Broccoli. SO I get the cauliflower/broccoli mix in the freezer section of grocer and everyone is happy!
My son’s favorite veggie is baby carrots.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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my girls like green beans
They love watermelon for a snack or dessert.
My grandkids love broccoli the most!
My niece loves broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and apples. 🙂
My son loves cherry tomatoes and celery with peanut butter.
my kids like broccoli and berries the most of all the fruits and veggies
Apples are a fav snack
I like apple slices with peanut butter on them.
My kids love all fruit and raw broccoli but they dip it in ranch
String cheese is one of our favorite healthy foods.
One of the kids’ favorite healthy foods is carrot sticks and hummus.
Dried apples or peaches are always a hit!
My kids are big fans of steamed broccoli. Thanks.
Avocados and kiwis. And yogurt, among their favorites.
they love sliced apples and raisins
My kids love any type of melon as a healthy snack.
Probably apples. Although grapes come in a close second.
Our girls chicken salad sandwiches – even as a snack!
My boys love cucumber slices.
Oatmeal…especially flavored instant oatmeal.
my kid love strawberries and bananas and well all different kinds of fruit and vegetables
All three of my girls have always loved broccoli (and everyone’s always shocked that they started eating it at such a young age). Middle daughter’s favorite vegetable has been Brussels’ sprouts for as long as I can remember.
My daughter loves clementines and apples.
We really like apple slices with peanut butter. We sprinkle raisins on top.
My nephews enjoy watermelon,grapes,and strawberries
My niece enjoys strawberries and grapes.
My daughter (5 yrs) enjoys carrots.
My kids love mandarin oranges for snacks!
My kids love any fruits and veggies
My boy loves raw lettuce, cucumber and tuna plain lol
They love watermelon and yogurt.!
My kids love apples.
My kids love hummus and veggies.
Apples.
One healthy food they seem to love is peanut butter and apples together and corn on the cob with butter
My nieces love cuties and fruit snacks!
My daughter is not picky at all! She loves most fruits and veggies!
My niece is a huge fan of apples! She likes to eat them plain or with peanut butter.
My niece loves broccoli and cabbage and pretty much any vegetable as long as it’s not cooked.
My daughter loves broccoli. She will even occasionally eat brussel sprouts!
My son loves broccoli
My kid loves the caprese salad with fresh mozarella, sliced tomatoes, basil leaves and virgin olive oil.
My kids’ favorite healthy foods are snap pea and red peppers,he would eat this for every meal if i let him!
My girls love red peppers, carrots, mushrooms, celery and cucumber with hummus as a snack.
My daughter is a big yogurt fan and my son loves broccoli.
My kids love orange and yellow bell peppers!
Grapes (frozen)
My kids love apples. They really like all fruit.
My grandchildren love oranges and almost all types of berries.
My son love raw vegetables, he would live on the
My kids love grapes and they are really good frozen. Cheese and apple slices is a good snack. Thanks
My Grands love bananas.
My kids love apples, carrots and pears.
Grapes is one of my daughters favorites
Grape tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, apples, and toast with almond butter.