Kids & Healthy Eating During the Holidays
As a parent, one of my biggest challenges is getting my kids to eat a wide variety of foods that are healthy. With this comes a lot of guilt at some times. I like giving my kids treats here and there, but then I feel guilty. This becomes especially difficult during this time of the year. It starts with Halloween and then goes downhill until around the start of the New Year. We are around candy, cookies, pies, cakes, treats and all sorts of delicious confections.
My kids tend to like their veggies uncooked, so that is the way I serve them most of the time. I also add a fruit to their lunch bags and to the dinner table. I am lucky that my kids do like many fruits and veggies. But, not every child is so accepting.
I recently came across this great article about hiding veggies in your kids’ meals. I LOVE it. I’ve done it a few times, but love the great ideas at ParentDish.com. To think that adding just a few pureed veggies to your typical meal could lower their calorie intake and almost doubled their total vegetable intake! That is fantastic!
I have added fruits to various things as well, such as mashed banana to boxed muffin mix. Simple things like this can make your kids’ eating habits a little healthier. What are some things that you do to add veggies and fruits to your child’s diet? I’d love to hear your stories and perhaps other parents can get a great tip from you too.
Gardening with Your Kids
I love to write about gardening with your kids each summer, especially because I am a self-proclaimed gardening addict. I always try to involve my whole family in this tradition. I’ve also been doing a lot of surfing online about the topic to see if there is something knew that I can learn. This year, I am incorporating some organic vegetables into my array of veggies.
You’ll find some tips about composting, growing tomatoes and ways to involve your children on a previous post titled “Summer Gardening with Your Kids”.
Gardening Resources
This topic is almost endless when looking online, but I’ll mention the resources that I enjoy. Some are related to organic gardening, including sites where you can order organic plants online.
- Burpee.com is a wonderful resource for almost every aspect of gardening…buying plants, seeds, gardening tips & tools, advice and videos. This includes both veggie and flower gardening, organic and not. I LOVE this site.
- The Natural Gardening Company is the oldest certified organic nursery in the USA. You can purchase your seeds and plants online for shipping at the appropriate planting time for your zone.
- Ed Hume Seeds has a great resource for what to grow for a family of four. They offer a seed planting chart. This has been a great help to me.
- If space is an issue, check out How to Grow a Vertical Garden in Raised beds.
- If you live in an area like me, you’ll need to consider a fence to keep the critters out. I found some great tips at OrganicGardening.com. They offer tips for do-it-yourself fencing.
I’ve also found a fantastic blog called “5 Minutes for Mom” and they are giving away Love Your Veggies Books & Garden Supplies. All you need to do is go to the blog and make a comment. How easy is that.
I hope I’ve helped you a bit. It is so important to make gardening a family oriented tradition. We have a great time with it and my boys really love getting dirty.
Let me know if you have any great tips, ideas or other input….even if you have a question, I’d love to hear from you and find you the answer you are looking for.
Thanks and happy gardening!
Rae Lynn @ Kidz Comfort
Kid Friendly Recipes Needed!
Hello everyone! Like many of you, I have a couple very picky eaters at home. One is 4 and one is 5. I have some suggestions on how to make things a bit more interesting for the kids and easier for the Mommy and Daddy. You can read my full article at EZineArticles.com.
In addition to this, I am in the process of creating an E-Book on the topic, including lots of fun recipes. I would love some additions to my E-Book from all of you out there! If you have a great recipe that you want to share with the world, please let me know and I will add it to my E-Book along with a little info about you, your family and/or your business. You can’t beat a FREE Plug for you or your business! Also, if you have a very funny family story to share, send that along as well. We’d love to include some humor.
Just send your recipe, story and the info you would like to be included to raelynn@kidzcomfort.com and I’ll let you know if we will be including it.
Thanks and Sleep Well!
raelynn @ Kidz Comfort
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