Ways to Get Children Involved in Healthy Eating:
Shopping: Visit
farms, Farmer’s Markets, grocery store-show them where real food comes from!
Have them do a scavenger hunt for red, yellow, and green light foods!
Planning: Chart
of meals, new fruit or veggie of the week, chef of the week, have them help you pick out
recipes.
Meal Prep and Clean-Up: Cut up produce, measure ingredients, set table, wash dishes, put away
leftovers, talk about what they liked best about the meal.
Cooking: Stirring,
pouring, and mixing.
Snack Time: Have
them choose- more apt to eat it. Or give 2-3 options so they feel like it
was their decision and choice.
Family Meals: No
distractions, phones, TV, computers, Ipads = true discussions and bonding time. YOU
set the example; you are the healthy role model for your child!
NOTE: It can take up to 20 tastings before someone can start
enjoying a new food, so don’t give up on your picky eaters!
Children’s Cookbooks:
Websites:
Copyright, 2016, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness LLC, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or Jackie@OptimumWellnessMN.com. As a holistic nutritionist and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.
The top New Years Resolutions are always about becoming healthier, losing weight, or improving fitness! What you eat greatly affects your health and vitality levels! Today more than 95% of chronic disease is caused by food choices, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies, and lack of exercise!! One of the best ways to just start your health is to clean up your diet! Have Christmas money you are dying to spend? Why not make an investment to your well-being and longevity instead of buying the newest gadget? I love Dr. Josh Axe's cookbook! Simple, whole foods recipes that promote healing and actually taste good!
Here is one of my favorite recipes: (these are very addicting!)
Raw Brownie Bites
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole walnuts
- 2 ½ cups Medjool dates, pitted
- 1 cup raw cacao
- 1 cup raw unsalted almonds, roughly chopped
- quarter tsp. sea salt
Directions
- Place walnuts in food processor and blend on high until the nuts are finely ground.
- Add the cacao and salt. Pulse to combine.
- Add the dates one at a time. The consistency should be like cake crumbs but that when pressed, will easily stick together (if the mixture does not hold together well, add more dates).
- In a large bowl, combine the walnut-cacao mix with the chopped almonds. Press into a lined cake pan or mold. Place in freezer of fridge until ready to serve Store in an airtight container.
Copyright, 2012, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness MN, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or Jackie@OptimumWellnessMN.com.
As a holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.
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