This is a conversation that I’ve had many times with my friends and family. It goes something like this: ”I don’t know what I’m going to make for dinner tonight, I have food in the freezer but I forgot to defrost it. I’m so tired of cooking, I never know what to make and I spend so much money on food. How do you get your kids to eat well and try new foods?”
The answer:
“We sit down together, pull out some cookbooks and magazines and create a meal plan for the week. Then I know exactly what to shop for and I’m not scrambling at the last minute. They eat it because they helped to choose it.”
Happy summer holidays! How is your summer going so far? We had a terrific weekend camping with our friends – beaching, biking, hanging out, and plenty of eating. Camping eating isn’t always the healthiest though, so in an attempt to get excited about some fruits and vegetables I took the kids to my favourite organic farmers’ market this week. After a visit to the wading pool, some quality time with the farm animals and a little trail exploration, we perused the various booths at the market.
Lollipops, mini-chocolate bars, coloured marshmallows, the list goes on….these are a few of the “rewards” that my son has been given this school year by his grade one teacher. the good news is that he must be doing something right in order to receive these “treats”, but there is plenty of bad news here as far as this parent/nutritionist is concerned.
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