- Hi, I'm Executive Chef Stephen Schifano.
- And my name is Mary Hope O'Leary
and I'm a registered clinical dietician
at the University of Michigan health systems
Mott Children's Hospital in the department
of patient food and nutrition services.
- Today we are going to make fruit skewers
along with a yogurt dip.
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- We're lucky enough to have today with us
Marissa and Micayla that are gonna help us
put some skewers together.
This is a gorgeous tray
that you've put together here, Chef Steve.
- Thanks.
These are all fresh fruits.
Once again, it's summertime and fruits are in season.
This is one of those things where the parents
could cut it up ahead of time
or get the children to help out.
Obviously not with a knife, but maybe a melon baller.
This is pretty safe.
It's a fun rainy day project for--
- [Mary] Yeah, definitely.
Those look pretty good there, don't they.
- [Stephen] Too hot to go outside yet,
so you could prep this stuff up
and then go sit by the pool
while you're eating and making them.
You can do whatever you want.
Any fruits you want, as many as you'd like.
You can have all one fruit.
- This is lots of good vitamins and minerals
in this fruit plus you get a little fiber
that's also necessary.
There you go, looks pretty good.
And also, you get a lot of fluids from fruits
to help us stay hydrated in the summer.
'Cause if you get dehydrated you can get a tummy ache
or a headache and we don't want that.
Not when we're outside playing.
Now, should they spoon a little of
that yogurt dip on their plate, yeah.
- [Stephen] Well, that's what I was thinking.
This is a yogurt dip.
And what you could do is spoon a little bit on your plate
or spoon some over your fruit.
- [Mary] See what you think.
- [Stephen] And it just enhances
the flavor of the fruit and also,
what does yogurt provide?
- [Mary] Oh, lots of proteins, lots of calcium,
lots of Vitamin D.
Good stuff.
- [Stephen] What do you need protein for?
- Your bones and your muscles.
We use protein everyday.
Everyday it's very important.
Can you guys show me your muscles?
Let me see those muscles.
There we go.
Chef Steve, what did you put in the yogurt dip?
- I started it with a vanilla yogurt.
I added a little bit of confectioner's sugar,
orange juice, a little bit of fresh-squeezed lemon juice,
orange zest, and lemon zest.
So it's a citrus dressing.
What we're gonna do after this
is make smoothies with the left over fruit.
What I have here is vanilla yogurt.
- Gonna add a little bit.
You like vanilla yogurt, Mason?
I do too.
- [Stephen] Gotta have yogurt.
- More protein and more calcium
in there with all our Vitamin C
and our Vitamin A. - That enough?
I'm gonna add a little bit more.
- [Mary] Little bit more.
- Now what's good about smoothies is you're the chef.
You and your child can pick whatever fruit you'd like
and add any juices or ice
or frozen concentrate or frozen juice,
and it's your choice, it's great.
It's a nice cooling (laughter)
refreshing summertime, anytime drink.
Those are strawberries.
Do you like strawberries in your smoothie?
- Yeah.
- You do?
Okay, let's have a couple strawberries.
- Strawberries have lots of Vitamin C in 'em.
Their good for ya.
This is a very nutritious drink
for not only children, but for adults too.
Because, first of all, we're gonna get those good fluids.
Then we're gonna get those good vitamins,
the B vitamins and Vitamin C,
which is good for our skin and our hair.
And some trace elements that's good for
just all the little connections that go on in our body
to make us have normal, happy, healthy days.
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- [Both] Whoa!
- Much better than soda or
Kool-Aid and just kind of punch drinks.
It's much healthier for you, much better.
- For more healthy recipes go to mottchildren.org/camp.