I always ensure the home is filled with lots of maple syrup. My children adore the stuff, especially with their favorite breakfasts. People eat it on things like toast, waffles, pancakes, french toast, or even on pasta. I was afraid after a point that I was being to simple and giving them too much sugar (this is a problem because I’ve a MAJOR sweet tooth and I can’t stay away from the sugar myself even). So I did some research of my own and was surprised to find out that maple syrup is one of the very few sweet treats that can actually be good for my kids. A benefit is that it has less calories then a person would think, and has far fewer amounts of sugar than honey does. Secondly, it’s an excellent source of two trace minerals – zinc and manganese – which are important for energy building and the body’s immune system and antioxidant defences.

So what was a mother to do after knowing that her picky eaters of children were actually consuming a healthy treat without them realizing it? To bring it on, of course!

Now I use organic canadian maple syrup to add to things like squash, on fries, or even on “maple and banana sandwiches” in place of peanut butter. My children really like pure maple butter on their waffles and drizzled on their pancakes.An simple way to make maple butter is to blend a pound of normal butter with 1/2 a cup of maple syrup, then just stick it in the fridge and use it as you like.For an easy snack or school lunchbox treat, I make maple cookies, which is really just low-fat oatmeal or plain cookies with a maple glaze on top. To make the glaze, just combine 1 C pure canadian maple candy,

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