Hilda Hide It (Sneaking nutrition into food)

I have often made attempts to sneak in a little extra flax seed, carrots, cheese or whatever I see could easily be hidden in a recipe without any notice. Hilda spends countless hours inventing new ways to add more nutrition to her food by sneaking it in.  The children may be getting the benefits of the extra nutrients added but they are not learning about healthy foods nor are they relating the taste to a healthy food. So what is Hilda really teaching her kids? It's OK to sneak stuff? This is a habit that I would highly recommend avoiding.

So what could Hilda do?

Hilda could start looking at what her kids are eating and showing them how good it is...the real food. Instead of referring to cookbooks that sneak in a little nutrients she should refer to cookbooks like Weelicious by Catherine McCord and The Mom 100 Cookbook by Katie Workman. She could also follow Weelicious and Prevention RD on FaceBook. These books and Facebook posts are full of healthy meal ideas and beautiful food photos that will give Hilda plenty of ideas and teaching tools to instill healthy habits to last a lifetime.

What do you think? Are you like Hilda?

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Erin the Enforcer of food

We have heard about Wanda and Betty but then there is Erin...she is a pretty demanding parent. Her rules are strict and firm. Children must clean their plate or there are consequences not related to food. There are tons of food rules and by all means no fun during meal times. With the age of eating disorders I am always a little leery with this type of parent feeding technique. I worry that children will learn to form an unrealistic relationship with food that will reflect upon their body image.

What should Erin do?

I say...let them have their fun with food. If it is a mess that Erin is worried about then let them at least play with their food virtually. I would recommend checking out the website: ZisBoomBah.com . This is a fun website for kids and can be entertaining as well as educational. Erin may also need to consider evaluating her eating patterns in order to be able to provide a healthy role model image to her kids.

What do you think? Are you like Erin?

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