Today started out really well. I got up early and made the apple walnut surprise for breakfast. It was way quick and super yummy. The kids gobbled it up and a half a grapefruit each. Jordy liked it...I liked it. Great.
Lunch went way easy like usual. The kids had some more of the breakfast apples and a sandwich. This feels like getting the kids to eat fresh veggies is going to take forever. Tonight I made veggie meatloaf and asparagus. We used the left over cashew cream sauce we had from the "California creamed kale" and oh my gosh! Winner! The best ever way to eat asparagus diet or no diet! Far Better than butter or cheese if you can believe it. The kids fought the meat loaf. Not fans, they wouldn't eat the asparagus at first. Noah tried one and wouldn't try more. Livy was slow and picky with hers. But eventually she ate it all after she tasted the cashew sauce. The meatloaf....maybe half eaten for both of them. This is so long and drawn out it feels like. I know they snack all day on oranges and banana and strawberries and raw almonds and sunflower seeds and cashews and almond or soy milk. I remember a part of dr. Furhmans book that said....if they are snacking on all these healthy things its okay if they don't eat as much at meal times. So that does make me feel better, but it is still so slow with the veggies. I thought I was feeding them healthy before by feeding them so many veggies from the can. My only reason was they were softer and and easier for them. The transition to fresh veggies just isn't going well. All the things they used to eat on a consistent daily basis, like carrots and green beans and peas that they loved so much from a can, I just can't get them to eat them fresh. They try one or two things.....and by try I mean one bite. Its only been 10 days....perhaps im stressing too much? Man I wish Dr. Fuhrman was out there reading my blog lol and could offer calm to my anxieties. If I withhold fruit and nuts they love....to force them to eat veggies.....they hold out and go days with hardly any calories....I can't do that so if they refuse I just let them have any others whole food...mainly fruit and whole oats or whole wheat homemade bread. They wont touch lettuce of any kind....the only greens they get are broccoli because Livy loves it so much and spinach in their smoothies. If I keep letting them take one little bite then refuse..them give them fruit or something else...will they NEVER like the veggies? ?? Harrumph onwards to day 10
Lunch went way easy like usual. The kids had some more of the breakfast apples and a sandwich. This feels like getting the kids to eat fresh veggies is going to take forever. Tonight I made veggie meatloaf and asparagus. We used the left over cashew cream sauce we had from the "California creamed kale" and oh my gosh! Winner! The best ever way to eat asparagus diet or no diet! Far Better than butter or cheese if you can believe it. The kids fought the meat loaf. Not fans, they wouldn't eat the asparagus at first. Noah tried one and wouldn't try more. Livy was slow and picky with hers. But eventually she ate it all after she tasted the cashew sauce. The meatloaf....maybe half eaten for both of them. This is so long and drawn out it feels like. I know they snack all day on oranges and banana and strawberries and raw almonds and sunflower seeds and cashews and almond or soy milk. I remember a part of dr. Furhmans book that said....if they are snacking on all these healthy things its okay if they don't eat as much at meal times. So that does make me feel better, but it is still so slow with the veggies. I thought I was feeding them healthy before by feeding them so many veggies from the can. My only reason was they were softer and and easier for them. The transition to fresh veggies just isn't going well. All the things they used to eat on a consistent daily basis, like carrots and green beans and peas that they loved so much from a can, I just can't get them to eat them fresh. They try one or two things.....and by try I mean one bite. Its only been 10 days....perhaps im stressing too much? Man I wish Dr. Fuhrman was out there reading my blog lol and could offer calm to my anxieties. If I withhold fruit and nuts they love....to force them to eat veggies.....they hold out and go days with hardly any calories....I can't do that so if they refuse I just let them have any others whole food...mainly fruit and whole oats or whole wheat homemade bread. They wont touch lettuce of any kind....the only greens they get are broccoli because Livy loves it so much and spinach in their smoothies. If I keep letting them take one little bite then refuse..them give them fruit or something else...will they NEVER like the veggies? ?? Harrumph onwards to day 10
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