Mrs Sunny wrote:With ideas I meant "How do you make your kids eat healthy things" instead of recipes.
Mrs Sunny
No judgement. Parenting is a challenge.
My kids don’t eat the “most” healthy things. They favor starches and fruits. They avoid most vegetables and green vegetables, which tend toward bitterness. They will refuse most vegetables. I don’t remember exactly where I read this, but according to Dr McDougall this is normal for kids.
I also don’t worry about calorie density with kids. So bread and nut butter or jelly is ok. They need the energy to play and grow.
https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2012nl/sep/children.htmIf they just eat potatoes, bread, tortillas, beans, pasta and fruit, and sufficient calories, I am happy.
They do learn from repeated exposures, and their tastes develop as they get older. One day a week they take vegetables to school for a shared vegetable soup. It used to be only potatoes and carrots. Now my 6 year old now will take spinach or broccoli.
They also learn from their peers. If their peers are eating cucumbers and carrot snacks, they may want to try them too. Our preschool-kindergarten has an afternoon snack of something like cut vegetables (cucumbers, carrots), fruit, nuts and dried fruit. Though never wanting cucumbers at home, they now like cut cucumbers sprinkled with chili salt. (We live in Mexico.)