May 12

Recipes: Veggies for Breakfast

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As a parent, you probably try to sneak vegetables into your child’s diet whenever possible.  That’s not always easy when your kids prefer pizza and french fries to sweet potatoes and green beans.  Fortunately, there are a few sneaky ways to add a little more nutrition to your child’s food, and you can get started as early as breakfast.  Check out these “Veggies for Breakfast” recipes.

May 1

Grow an Organic Garden with Your Children

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One fun summer activity to do as a family is to grow a garden.  Gardening teaches young children so much about eating healthy and where food comes from, and it gets them outside and moving around versus sitting around playing video games all day.  With that in mind, Loving Your Child has some advice for planting an organic garden this summer and getting your children in on the fun.

Jan 27

How To Get Kids To Eat Vegetables

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You probably turned your nose up at broccoli when you were ten too. The trouble is that fruit and vegetables are essential for our health and when it comes to kids, we ignore this at our peril. Reluctant adults may be able to force a few salads down, but kids can be vegetable-resistant to an astonishing degree. Nor does ‘You won’t leave the table till you’ve eaten your greens’ wash with most kids. So how do we get our kids to eat the five portions of fruit and veggies a day that health authorities worldwide recommend?

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