Twitter Moms, along with Horizon Little Blends have asked how we parents sneak fruits and veggies into their kids' diets.
I don't.
I was raised hating fruits and veggies. If it was healthy, I wanted to run far and fast. The closest my snacks came to healthy was the name "Fruit" followed by "Roll-ups." In my adulthood, I realized I actually like a wide variety of fruits and veggies that were either never offered, or never cooked in a way I liked (i.e. broccoli was always cooked until it was mush and slathered in butter).
So with our kids, we have always made a point of offering a wide variety of fruits and veggies prepared in a number of different ways. We keep apples, bananas, nuts (plain or lightly salted), whole grain cereal, sliced peppers, carrots, raisins, plums, peaches and grapes in the kids' reach. And you know what? They actually eat them--happily. We never started them on the sweet sugary snack thing, so they don't miss them. We don't have to argue with them.
After a brief interview, here are my kids' favorite foods:
Girl1: Sushi
Girl2: Apples
TheBoy: Bananas
My biggest tip on food is simply--don't start down the slippery slope of mount sugar. You never have to break the habit if you never start it.
Through the Twitter Mom contest, I found another great link on Getting Kids to Eat Healthy & I must share. She has some fantastic points. Have I mentioned that my children (particularly Girl1) like jalapenos? Hey, you never know unless you try.
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3 comments:
ITA with you! if you don't go on the path to sugary sweetness you don't have to get them off of it! My oldest dd loves sushi :)
I can't believe your kids love sushi! I didn't even try it until I was 17. I guess you never know unless you are exposed to it. Props on giving your kids the opportunity to experience different foods!
my childhood food I grew up on was Spaghetti, spaghetti spaghetti and more spaghetti. can you tell I'm italian?? thanks for the post!
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