OK so I am addicted I can admit it, I love all the junk ones and the worse they are the better. MTV such horrible reality shows and guess what I watch them all, ok maybe not all but a lot of them.
So this time I watched Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. I think it is amazing that he wants to change our school lunch program's and if it works how wonderful is that. When I watched tonight's episode it makes me want to cry for so many reason's. First of all if you watched it did you see what parents are sending their kids in to school with for lunch. Umm chips, dry sugary cereal, jelly beans and yes this is all one school lunchbox. Dont forget the lunchable, which I myself have fed my children but I try not to often. I know this is reality and he found the worst of the worst and that is what he showed, shoot they may have even edited one kids lunchbox to have all the junk food who knows. It is just sad. I myself know I am guilty of feeding my kids garbage I mean we are in America and I am not rich and I dont know about where you live but where I live it is cheaper to get junk food then it is to get fresh fruits and veggies. I am starting to be able to afford the healthier food but my kids have grown so accustomed to some of the junk that the "real" food is just abnormal to them. I refuse to give up though. I am glad I have been cooking and I know what is going into my kids food. I even had Big Girl say (before we moved) hey Mom where's the rest of the meal when I had made a steak and potatoes. when I stated that isthe meal she asked for a veggie, because we always have one. I cant lie I made broccoli with cheese and justified it because it was broccoli. I do not cook the healthiest and I am still working on cooking nightly and getting rid of all the junk, but oil and butter creeps into our food. This show has shown me that it is possible to feed our kids healthier and to make a change. So are you trying to make a change? Have you always cooked healthy? Do you just continue to let your kids eat what they eat because they are healthy? I know many of parents whose doctor's tell them feed your kid whatever just get them to eat, so chicken nugget's, sugary cereal and junk food it is. What do you think of that? Do you have any wonderful recipes to share because this struggling chef need's some new kid friendly idea's that dont consist of crap but my picky eater's will eat, have I mentioned Big Girl CAN NOT have her food touching. Yeah good luck with that. So let's hear it, your own personal sound off.
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My son refused to eat a veggie for like 3 years. I took him to the doctor and she told me that he was healthy, as long as he had a vitamin it was fine that he did not eat his veggies. Although my daughter did eat salads from an early age and LOVED corn too, I normally cooked 5 or 6 nights a week. We usually took Friday night off and had Mc Donalds, pizza, or something like that. My kids are 14 and 13 now and their dad cooks a lot for them, but he goes to school four nights a week and I know that the grand parents cook. Their dad and grandfather have diabetes, so I know they eat healthy. Me not so much....
Yes, we are trying...but there are days that I get lazy and just don't care. SAd but true. I always try to have a variety of things in their lunches. Fresh fruit, cheese, juice, yougart, bread and real butter. my kids will not eat sandwiches and are allergic to nuts. ONe of them will eat veggies and the other wont so she gets double fruit. :)
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