Decided to make an easy dinner tonight, yellow split pea soup. All of us really like this soup and it's relatively easy to make. I served it with buttered toast tonight, but usually it's with a grilled cheese made with whole grain bread and cheddar cheese. We have been eating a meatless dinner at least 5 nights a week, with fish or chicken the other 2 nights, for years now. My youngest daughter asked her older brother if he knew why I made such yummy food every night? He said because I'm mommy? She answered no, it's bec. I'm trying to fatten them up so I can eat them! I found that so cute and funny, I had to share :).
It makes my mommy heart glad to hear that my kids truly love what I cook for them. When I see/hear about all the health issues some of the children are facing now days, it makes me very happy that my children know what real food is and actually prefer real food to sugary, fatty, and processed foods. Our job as parents is to help out children make healthy, good choices in their lives. Food is a big role in that in my opinion. They read labels, and look up unfamiliar ingredients, discuss what their food is made of, ask questions about how to prepare their favorite foods, and occasionally help in the kitchen.
They are free to try new things, my son decided to try duck for the first time last week at his birth day party/dinner with some of his best friends. We all sat down to a Thai food dinner, and he ordered duck. He said he enjoyed it some what but he prefers the taste of mock duck, made with tofu and flavored with duck. I love that all 3 of my children as well as my son's friends are not afraid to try new things and share the enjoyment that whole, real food brings to their palates.
As a parent you have to be open to eating a variety of dishes, we have to be an example to them. It is not enough to say 'eat your vegetables', we have to eat them as well :).
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