I try to include two or three veggies at every meal. My kids like veggies and fruit so I've never had an issue with it. Sometimes, I'll have to remind them to finish there veggies if I've paired them with something junky like take out pizza. (Two nights ago: Donatos pepperoni slices with cut up red peppers, snap peas and cucumbers on the side. For me, that's compromise!) We drink a lot of water because I don't buy other things to drink. My son gets a pack of soda a week - which he shares with friends when they come over and his sister if he's feeling giving. It's his treat. I try to steer him away from caffeine though and try to buy sodas that have real sugar instead of HFCS. I don't do dairy, so I worry about their calcium intake. We don't do much milk. They do have cheese occasionally.
I struggle with the healthy foods because I have an 11 year old girl that basically filled out to woman sized this year. She is awkward in her new body and a little on the chunky side. *sigh* Just like mom. I remember being extremely awkward in MS and doing better in HS/college once I got to a "normal" shape. Anyway, she is an extremely efficient machine and could run on 1000 calories a day - whereas her brother (14) can easily scarf down 5000 and he's a beanpole. It makes the food planning thing hard. We cook simply and have a small rotation of meals that work. We probably only have about 10-12. I get bored. Still, they work - so we just do them over and over. We have a standard Sunday night supper and a standard sandwich night menu. I scatter the other family friendly simple meals around. I wish they'd be more open to new things...but so far...not so much.
But - we've been watching Top Chef as a family and....IT'S WORKING SOME MAGIC. Both kids are asking for meals like on Top Chef. I may just convince them to try some different dishes. It's a lot easier to be healthy if you have kids that are open to new things.
I struggle with the healthy foods because I have an 11 year old girl that basically filled out to woman sized this year. She is awkward in her new body and a little on the chunky side. *sigh* Just like mom. I remember being extremely awkward in MS and doing better in HS/college once I got to a "normal" shape. Anyway, she is an extremely efficient machine and could run on 1000 calories a day - whereas her brother (14) can easily scarf down 5000 and he's a beanpole. It makes the food planning thing hard. We cook simply and have a small rotation of meals that work. We probably only have about 10-12. I get bored. Still, they work - so we just do them over and over. We have a standard Sunday night supper and a standard sandwich night menu. I scatter the other family friendly simple meals around. I wish they'd be more open to new things...but so far...not so much.
But - we've been watching Top Chef as a family and....IT'S WORKING SOME MAGIC. Both kids are asking for meals like on Top Chef. I may just convince them to try some different dishes. It's a lot easier to be healthy if you have kids that are open to new things.
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