Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family
- ISBN13: 9780978938543
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Feeding your family a healthy diet (in the real world with real kids and real food) can be a challenge! Parents are trying to follow current nutrition guidelines, teach their kids healthy eating habits–and avoid too much junk food. But these goals are hard to meet when kids (and adults!) have strong food preferences; if there are daily fights over what, when, and/or how-much kids should eat; and because meals must to be fit into a super busy schedule. Feeding the K… More >>
Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family
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Potentia said :
February 9, 2010 at 8:54 pm
My daughters and I have really enjoyed this book. The book’s “field guide” approach makes it easy to read and understand. My ten year-old makes the snacks with the recipes provided. We love this hassle free system to feeding the kids! Thank you!
Rating: 5 / 5
Soon to be said :
February 9, 2010 at 10:50 pm
This book is an absolute asset to any family and of course to every kitchen! This is the book to get for all those who are bogged down in the never ending cycle of work, home, extra murals, not knowing even what to shop for half the time, tired and bored with food and no new ideas on getting your family back on track and eating the way you should be eating. I have two kids, I work, I run a business, my schedule is never ending and I’m totally out of food ideas. This book has been so refreshing in its non-judgemental and realistic approach to improving your lifestyle and eating habits and getting into a routine and situation that just works! What I would suggest is that if you’re looking for recipes as well, to also go ahead and buy a couple of practical kid friendly cook books to draw inspiration from. Go for something that is easy and doesn’t require any drawn out preparations – just something to grab and go and cook up in less than an hour. There are some really great recipes in Feeding the Kids, however I feel that more is more and only serve to add to the variety, making life even easier! Meal planning although it can take some time initially is also something to really go for! Buy yourself a journal and spend some time – even over the period of a week or so, preparing a month or even two weeks worth of menus. This way you can photocopy and paste recipes into the journal and have everything you need on hand when you go shopping and are ready to cook. With two weeks worth of recipes and meals you just recycle when you get to the end of it and probably go several months that way too! I found books like sneaky chef and deceptively delicious to be a waste of time and energy – get your kids into the real deal! Quite honestly I think they probably gain more from V8 or fresh smoothies made from real fresh fruit that hasn’t been cooked up to hell and gone, pureed and then recooked – probably leaving all the nutrients behind anyway!
Rating: 5 / 5
D. Baume said :
February 10, 2010 at 1:27 am
I read the reviews before buying this and thought it would be great. My 3 yr old is overweight and I needed some ideas to eat more healthy. If you already know much about eating healthy, a lot of the things in this book you will already know. I really bought it for the menu items to cook things she would enjoy eating. There really weren’t very receipes. If you are buying it as a cookbook, I would think twice. It did have some good tips, but it isn’t a book I’ll be using every day to help think of dinner ideas.
Rating: 3 / 5
Jen H. said :
February 10, 2010 at 2:21 am
I am a first grade teacher, and at the beginning of the school year, I wanted to put together a list of healthy snack ideas for parents, as they take turns providing a daily snack for the kiddos. A friend recommended this book to me, and I got so many great ideas for healthy snacks that I have recommended it to other teachers. They have all thanked me repeatedly.
My *favorite* part of Feeding the Kids is moving in one smart food and taking away an empty food. With little to no complaints, I created a balanced snack appetite before the first report cards. Now, we just need to get to the parents!
BUY THIS BOOK! You will LOVE it because it is easy to follow, AND easy to implement. Enjoy your own copy soon.
Rating: 5 / 5
Patricia A. Guild-Ganora said :
February 10, 2010 at 3:00 am
I ordered this book mostly because of the claim of 80 menus which I thought would give me a lot of ideas of how to put healthier meals together for my family. The word “menu” is used extremely loosely — as even snack items are considered a “menu”. So, the 80 “menus” includes things like popsicles or oatmeal raisin cookies. (Yes, those are 2 separate menus … REALLY!) This is one of those books that had I been able to browse through it at the bookstore I would have NEVER purchased. I gave it 2 stars only because the rating system of smart, in-between and empty foods is helpful but it is basically 1 chapter (i.e. less than 10 pages) of the book. Not worth buying the whole book just for that.
Rating: 2 / 5