Food Packages

Quick and easy doesn't have to mean boring or unhealthy. This spin on the classic grilled cheese sandwich makes it anything but basic. 

Enjoyed alone or added to your favorite dish, chickpeas are packed with protein, fiber, folate and iron, among other nutrients. Get kids involved with this easy recipe! Pair this satisfyingly crispy snack with a vitamin C-rich fruit to help you absorb iron!

The oats and spinach in this smoothie give it a nice boost of iron, while the fruits (and the spinach!) make it a good way to get vitamin C.

Hummus is super easy to make, provides a dose of iron, folate, fiber, and protein, and the ingredients consist mainly of WIC foods! Making your own whole wheat tortilla chips is a fun and delicious way to add more iron to this recipe, and pairing it with raw red bell peppers adds vitamin C to help boost the iron power of this savory mini-meal.

This recipe keeps the ingredients simple so the roasted squash flavor takes the spotlight - most of the flavor comes from the cooking method. The result is a rich bowl of nutritious goodness. Bonus: roast the seeds and enjoy them as you would any other seed. What a great twofer!!

Serve this fun breakfast with an orange, 100% orange juice, or other citrus fruit to give it an added folate boost (and to help with iron absorption)!