Our weeknights are so busy with some nights we have figure out something quick and easy for dinner. We often look to what needs to be used up in the fridge and sometimes that’s the way to go when it comes to quick and easy meals. We can also save time by all pitching in as a family to create the food we eat. Who doesn’t enjoy creating meals together as a family and we are happy to partner with DiGiorno on this post. #YouBeTheJudge
I thought it was great idea when I heard that the makers of DiGiorno created a campaign called Balance Your Plate. This educational program was designed to help families build nutritious, delicious, and convenient meals that meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. While our family likes quick and easy meals we like to make sure we are eating healthy consuming the proper balance of different food categories.
Balance Your Plate is here to help parents and more moms like me to remember to plan healthy and nutritious meals as well as providing some tips for planning those meals. Like this pizza portion guide with everything in a simple infographic showing an easy to follow guideline of portion sizes that are balanced in nutrition.
One of our best tips to getting our kids to eat more fresh vegetables is getting them to help out in the kitchen. Making the salad and adding in fresh veggies is a great way to get them excited about the meal as well as teaching them fresh produce and introduction fun textures. We like to do other fun things with vegatables like top our favorite DiGiorno pizza with plenty of fresh toppings. 
With eating pizza, a good guideline to follow is portion your pizza slice to the size of your hand. Load your plate with salad or a delicious Mediterranean inspired salad and fresh fruits. 
It’s even more important that as parents we stayed healthy by eating a large amount of veggies. Not only for our long term health but also to have the energy everyday to tackle it and last the rest of the day. Making sure our plates are balanced is equally important. Meals can still be fun and loaded with toppings and ingredients. Fool the family with freshly prepared brick style pizza with DIGIORNO® pizzeria!™ THIN crust pizza. 
It was fun making a loaded pizza. For the kids they made it easy with olices, onion, pepperoni, and for the adults we went with artichoke hearts, pineapple, tomatoe chunks, red onion, feta, and it was so good!
DIGIORNO® wants to inspire families to better balance their plates and get involved with your kids in the kitchen. Be sure to stay connected with DIGIORNO on Facebook and Twitter.
What are your favorite healthy side dishes?
My favorite side is a Greek salad or if I’m looking for easy, some cucumbers and peppers cut up. I love veggies! That is interesting that your pizza serving should be about the size of your hand.
Omg my daughter is pizza obsessed so we have been letting her dress up pizzas with healthy stuff to get her to eat the healthy stuff! Funny how you can trick little ones like that 😉
I like steamed vegetables as a healthy side dish. I think it would be fun to create your own pizza with Digiorno.
My kids love fruit and eat it with everything. My son also loves veggies so he will eat them with anything or by themselves.
You know what the kids loaded pizza I would totally eat! I used to didnt eat pineapples on my pizza but I do all the time now!
What fun for the family, they looked like they were having lots of fun. My grandson loves to help in the kitchen. The pizza looks yummy!
Homemade pizza is the best! It doesn’t only taste better, it is so much healthier. You are doing a great thing or your kids!
That’s a great looking meal right there. My mom loves Digiorno.
I love DiGorno so much! They make the best pizza to cook at home! I love the idea of that portion plate you have, I want one or two, actually three for my kiddos!
I love pizza. I would never have thought to pair it with a yummy cucumber salad though. YUMMO!!!
This looks so beautiful and healthy! My 3 year old loves making pizza with me.
What fun for the kids to make their own pizza. Children are always so excited when they can make, bake and then eat something they’ve made themselves.
I love steamed broccoli
That looks like a fun way to spend the afternoon. Plus that pizza looks so good too!
The pizza looks mouth watering. The girls looked like they had so much fun.
We love making our own pizzas. It’s so much healthier than getting it from a restaurant. I try to teach my kids the importance of healthy eating.
Pizza is one of my favorite things to make with my kids.
What a fun way to bond with kids – and looks very tasty too!! It is a great to involve kids in the kitchen once in a while
It’s so important to get the little ones involved in the cooking process to see what it entails. They’re more likely to each it too.
We used to buy DiGiorno and we loved it. The pizza looks so delicious and that asparagus, yum!
Terrific looking pizza! If there was one thing I would love other than the pizza would be to see my kids help around in the kitchen! My gosh, they eat like they came from a hunger strike.
I love that you added veggies with the pizza for dinner! We have added veggies to our pizzas before it was delicious!
Love the idea of adding your own toppings to a pizza. What a great way to add healthy side dishes.
My kids love pizza and really enjoy making their own at home! It is always a lot of fun to do as a family.
I try to balance my plate too but I have been slacking on my veggies lately!! I need to work on that!
Hmmm… our favorite side dish. We don’t really have a favorite. We like salad and spinach and that goes great with pizza.
Digiorno is a great idea for dinner in a hurry. It is always delicious. We like to have salads with our meals.
We love Digiorno! We actually had one tonight. We loved healthy side dishes like salads, asparagus and other veggies.
Now that looks like an amazing pizza. Your girls looked like they were having a blast being so hands on.
We love to make our own pizza. It is a great way to get the kids to eat more veggies. Our favorite side dish is roasted squash. The kids love it.
We love to snack on fresh veggies. Steamed Broccoli is my favorite side dish with a hint of garlic and pepper.
It’s hard to pick a favourite side dish. This pizza looks delicious. I love having homemade pizza. Nothing compares.
My boys love helping out in the kitchen! Making homemade pizza is one of our favorites.
My kids are older and getting interested in learning to cook. A homemade pizza would be fun.
I love it when my kids are in the kitchen with me. It is such a fun way to bond together.
This is such a fun way to learn about healthy portions. I love a good Digiorno pizza, especially when they’re healthy!
My kiddo loves making his own pizza. Family time is important and spending time in the kitchen with the family is a great way to do this!
I love when kids get involved with making dinner, too. I always know they will devour every bit on their plate when they have a hand in making it!
DiGiorno is my favorite pizza. I’ve never thought about putting my own toppings on it before. That’s a great idea!
That looks so good. One of our favorite things to do is dress up our pizzas. It’s so much fun to put the ingredients that we love on them.
We make Healthy honey butter Brussel sprouts in the onion. We love my zucchini fries or sweet potato fries recipe. We love Digiorno pizza. It is so good.
Oh yum those sides do sound good. Zucchini or sweet potato fries would be great with pizza.