Here's how to survive cooking fatigue just a little while longer.
sheltering in place. We're a family of four, and we rather graciously provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Considering we've been doing so for roughly eight weeks, that means we've served up 168 meals. A lot, right? But consider each mouth we've had to feed. Well, that's 672 plates of food. Oh, and who could forget the three to 17 snacks requested over the course of each day. Let's say we hold our ground at four snacks.
Still, she noted that modeling healthy eating habits from a young age is shown to help children make healthier choices as an adult."If you order out, you can still choose healthy options off the menu; or if you love pizza as much as we do, just serve it with carrots, strawberries, and a glass of milk. It's not about getting it perfect, fresh from scratch each meal. It's helping to create a sense of balance in what we eat and how we eat.
"For some children, however, supplementation may be important," Mantravadi said."Your child may need some if your family's dietary practices limit the food groups available to him or her." She noted, though, that this is more of a consideration for those families following, say, a vegan diet, which might be deficient in critical vitamin and minerals such as vitamin A and B12, iron, calcium, zinc, and riboflavin.
Another possible call to the pediatrician is if you are concerned your child's intake of vitamin D, which is found naturally in only a few foods. She has even taken to designating an"all hands on deck" day in the kitchen in which, as a family, they all participate in different aspects of prepping freezer meals."Kids love to be a part of the process, so while you cut up veggies, have them line up containers to store them in and label them."
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