What We Eat

When I tell people I'm a dietitian, I always find it fascinating to hear the questions people immediately start asking... especially about what I feed my kids. I think parents are often overwhelmed and give in to the few tried and true favorites their kids will actually eat. The endless battle wears on parents over time and its easier to just do plain pasta or chicken fingers every night. I'll tell you first that if you start early, it doesn't have to be that way. Any if you're already in that jam, its not as hard as you think to change! Over time I'll give you some pointers of first what to feed your kids from day 1, or I guess, day 182 when your baby starts eating solids, and also some tips of what to do if you've already got yourself a picky eater.

But for now, I'll show you what we ate last night...

I didn't have much time, so I used some of my favs in the fridge from Trader Joes:

Polenta with bruschetta topping
Boiled Fingerling potatoes with a little real organic butter and salt
Red "Greens" with olive oil and lemon

And yes, both my kids eat this type of food.

I sliced and pan fried the polenta in olive oil:

Then I added the bruschetta topping:

Max tried to "help"...

Toppings for the greens (can be put on any kale, collard green etc...) I had pre-boiled the greens for 20 minutes earlier in the day and just microwaved them to warm. 

Final plate:

So in full disclosure...

Annie ate all of the greens and potatoes, but only had one bite of the polenta.

I chopped up the same the same thing for Max in small pieces (it was all soft enough for him). He was super tired and crabby and only ate some of the polenta. 

BUT- I did not offer either of them anything else other than those 3 choices and milk. They get it... what's on their plate is what's for dinner. AND Oscar and I ate exactly the same thing. 

It was delish and easy to do!