For those of you who might have missed our meeting last Thursday, we heard from Dr. Mike Fargone about helping our kids develop healthy eating habits. As a mom with a picky eater, I really appreciated his talk!
One thing that stood out to me was his advice that dinner should never look the same from night to night - if your child likes macaroni and cheese, try gradually sneaking other things into it, little by little. For example, start with ketchup, then move to spaghetti sauce, then vegetable purees - then one day you’ll be adding whole vegetables to your child’s mac and cheese, and they won’t bat an eye! It’s definitely something we’ll be trying around this house.
Dr. Mike also mentioned Juice Plus+ as a nutritional supplement, and if that is something you are interested in, talk to Jen L. (or see her link in the sidebar).
I (Callie) am also in a group with Joanna G., and she mentioned a book about sneaking fruit and vegetables into the foods of those finicky eaters. The book is called Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld, so if you are like me and need more ideas of how to disguise fruits and vegetables so your kid will actually eat them, this might be a resource to check out.
There were two handouts for the talk on Thursday - these are very informative, and include everything that was shared, so you can download them if you weren’t able to come.
Do any of you have tips on how to help your kids develop healthy eating habits? Share in a comment below or on our Facebook page!
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