While our children find their fast food favorites like chicken nuggets, French fries, chocolate milk, and caramel dippers simply irresistible, these traditional happy meals actually make health professionals and parents “unhappy”. Today we round up a few healthy alternatives to your typical kids’ meals to get rid of the extra calories, saturated fat, and other processed ingredients. From home-made lean chicken breast nuggets to tofu nuggets, from baked sweet potato fries to apple cinnamon slices, we’ve prepared healthy and delicious options that both kids and parents will love.

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