One of the most important parts of eating well and balanced is knowing where your food comes from. This is why going to the supermarket to buy food for your family is more than just a shopping trip. It is an experience that can be shared with your kids, so they too know more about what they eat.
Buy Small: I recommend purchasing smaller portions of food and going to the supermarket on a weekly basis. Only buy large quantities of items that will not perish easily, such as rice, sugar, honey, oatmeal, salt, butter, etc. Buying food in bulk will force you to eat things such as canned goods and a large amount of unhealthy frozen items. Despite what the package says, it does not taste the same as fresh. Buying less gives you and your family the opportunity to eat fresh.
Food Shopping Adventures: Another tip that has worked great with my family is to take your kids with you to the market. As opposed to just dragging them along, which is admittedly tiring, involve your children in the shopping experience. Talk about the food, the texture, the color shape and smells. My son Parker loves going and looking at the different types of foods and saying hi to everyone. Our fish guy is one of his favorite people at the market, and no trip is complete without saying hello and looking at all of the fresh fish. Become familiar with the food you buy, and ask questions of the people who work at the market. When you are not familiar with your food, you might make poor choices when it comes to picking your meals, or fall into the same-meal-as-always rut.
Pick Something Rare: When in the supermarket, pick out a new, rare item with your little one, for example dragon fruit. If that is something that you do not eat or you rarely see, pick it out and ask your produce guy how to eat it. Something as small and simple as this exposes your child to culinary diversity and a wide variety of options. Even if you, as a parent, don’t eat different foods, don’t deny your children the chance to explore.
My son is not a picky eater and that has been a blessing, but that did not happen by chance-it is because my husband and I allowed him to explore food as he would explore anything else. This does not mean that he will eat everything at all times, but he will try anything we give him, without calling the food “yucky” before he even touches it. Kids get streaks of independence and try to make the rules of what they do and how they do it. So if your child eats something one day and doesn’t the next, do not be scared, it is okay. They will eat it again. When Parker was learning how to eat by himself, he started to refuse the food I fed him. The reason was that he wanted to hold his own spoon and occasionally feed himself too. Now he mostly wants to feed himself and that signifies that he wants to assert his independence, which is a great thing. But Parker is unafraid of new textures, colors, and flavors in food, and that is something he was exposed to from day one. He doesn’t like all the food we give him, but his willingness to try pretty much everything we offer is a strong foundation for healthy eating, and makes him less picky overall.
Blogging from Your Wix Blog Dashboard
On the dashboard, you have everything you need to manage your blog in one place. You can create new posts, set categories and more. To head to your Dashboard, open the Wix Editor and click on Blog > Posts.
Blogging from Your Published Site
Did you know that you can blog right from your published website? After you publish your site, go to your website’s URL and login with your Wix account. There you can write and edit posts, manage comments, pin posts and more! Just click on the 3 dot icon ( ⠇) to see all the things you can do.
Comentários