- Set the example
- Give good, solid reasons as to why certain foods are good for us and what they do to the body
- Give good, solid reasons as to why certain foods are not good for us and what they do to the body
- Provide good tasting, eye pleasing, foods that they already like. Build on pre-existing favorites such as cherry tomatoes, cut up raw carrots, and the like.
- Slowly introduce new flavors and tastes and let them adapt at their pace
Breakfasts:
- Cereals ( here ) with plant milk (we use unsweetened almond milk)
- Oatmeal with fruit and honey, cherry pie and ice cream oatmeal, apple pie oatmeal
- overnight oatmeal, eaten raw, tastes like cold cereal
- Smoothies (green smoothies with raw oatmeal makes a thick, stick-with-you, smoothie)
- Banana Bread here or the Health Nut Cookie here
Lunches:
- His banana peanut butter roll up creation here
- Bean burrito (whole wheat tortilla, fat free refried beans)
- Peanut Butter & Honey on whole wheat bread
- Whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce
- Whole grain pizza crust with tomato sauce
- Whole grain bread, lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage, with avocado & mustard
Dinner:
- Beans & Rice
- Beans & Corn
- Beans & Tortillas (Bean Burrito)
- Beans & Tortilla chips (Corn tortillas, baked in oven or microwave)
- Sometimes soup - but rarely
- and,
- anything on the Breakfast or Lunch list.
Snacks:
We're not big on snacks usually, but he will occasionally want something before bed. In those cases, we have the banana bread or healthy cookies or else just a piece of fruit.
Desserts:
- See above about banana breads and healthy cookies!
- Also, we do banana "ice cream" with frozen bananas, strawberries, vanilla, almond milk. Or with cocoa powder for chocolate "ice cream"
How he gets his G-BOMBS:
Smoothies (greens, berries, seeds (chia))
Beans (onions & mushrooms get pureed into the beans)
Obviously, these two foods (smoothies & beans) are the most important things he eats, so we try to always squeeze them in somewhere during the day.
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