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algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 3973
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:33 am: | 
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that are kid friendly?
Breakfast foods?
I am trying to find things for my kid to eat! One day he'll eat cheese sticks and the next they are gross. How do I get a picky kid to eat the foods that he needs to be eating. Any yummy suggestions. He reefuses to eat eggs and I am just getting him to eat some meats. I guess South Beach type foods? Anyone have any protein bar suggestions. |
Cynicalgirl
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Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 2339
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:44 am: |
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Peanut butter on apple slices? My kid would eat any finger food that involved a dipping action. It seemed more about the format than the food type. Turkey sausage links? |
Virtual It Girl
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Username: Shh
Post Number: 3990
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:56 am: |
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My middle (pickiest) girl loves Kashi Go-Lean crunch with vanilla silk (soymilk). I buy both in quantity at Costco.
Have you tried hard-boiled eggs? She also likes to eat those with a little salt. Even if he dislikes the yolk, the white has tonsof protein.
Popcorn shrimp is also a big kid-fave in our house. Costco used to sell them, but now I get them at Trader Joes.
Many of the cereals there have a lot of protein and fiber. I ONLY let them eat healthy cereals, it's a rare occasion that I buy anything sugary, and that's mostly to make marshmallow treats for b-days or other occasions. I also buy oatmeal.
Read labels and you may be pleasantly surprised at the amount of protein and fiber in different cereals. To me, they're a great snack too. When my girls get home from school often they'll eat yogurt with some cereal. |
Virtual It Girl
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Username: Shh
Post Number: 3991
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:59 am: |
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OOh, they also sell spinach nuggets that 2 out of my three love, esp. to dip with either ranch or ketchup.
I also go through phases with them eating veggie chicken nuggets, meatless meatballs (my oldest LOVES them with sauce and pasta) and other vegetarian options. If he likes hot dogs, there a few healthier veggie options without nitrates, some are good, some are too mushy. |
joecool
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Username: Joecool
Post Number: 171
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 11:23 am: |
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Try Lara Bars at Whole Foods - they have about 5 incredients usually like nuts, dates, and other fruits. Nothing processed, no sugars and they taste really good. I give them to my sometimes picky eater! |
Debby
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Username: Debby
Post Number: 2193
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 3:29 pm: |
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Morningstar Farms Corn Dogs |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1898
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 4:21 pm: |
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Here are some high-protein, low-sugar things that might work for breakfast and your kid might like. I know you said he isn't big on meat, but a lot of kids like ham, so there are some ham-y types of things in this list.
No cooking (or just the toaster):
Deli ham or turkey rolled up with a slice of cheese, a little saucer of mayonnaise to dip it in
Chunks of fully-cooked ham with chunks of pineapple
bagel & cream cheese
toast with peanut butter
peanut butter & jelly sandwich (don't laugh - my mom gave these to me as a kid for breakfast)
Bread pudding (I'm serious) if you make it with whole wheat bread and not a lot of sugar - no cooking in the morning, but obviously you have to cook it beforehand
hummos & pita
Some cooking:
Chicken noodle soup (I also ate this for breakfast as a kid) or other soup he likes
Chunks of turkey sausage
Canadian bacon
Anything he'll eat for dinner would also work for breakfast, like fish sticks, mac & cheese, chicken nuggets, etc. No reason these have to be only dinner food. |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 3974
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 4:36 pm: |
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thanks everyone! We do the PB&J for breakfast, I am going to try to start force feeding him eggs. Ham might work, maybe a ham, egg, and cheese sandwich? The doctor says give him a chicken cutlet -- it is so frusterating tryting to a picky kid to eat certain foods. We were doing Annie's Shells and Cheese for breakfast until the doc said that was the worst for him -- caused him to crash hard. I'm going to try Lara bars -- that may be a good snack! |
Crazy_quilter
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Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 165
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 5:10 pm: |
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sounds like a good doctor if he is discussing nutrition. I'm impressed. is he a peditrician?
my picky dtr will eat oatmeal with peanutbutter stirred in it. we make a lot of fruit smoothies for breakfast with protein powder from whole foods, and/ or almond butter in them. yum. |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 972
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 5:12 pm: |
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What about french toast? made w/whole wheat & eggs/milk, can give just a bit of fruit jam or something to dip in...one of the ways I suggest to get protein for non-egg eaters when pregnant! Leftovers can be reheated in the toaster.
Following up on Cynical's idea about presentation/format: what about a fun egg cup & toast in shapes to dip in soft boiled egg (this was the way back to eggs for one of my kids. Many things are biggers hits with mine when they are cut with cookie cutter into shapes
We like Zone bars, but they have sugar...I like Lara bars too.
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Camnol
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Username: Camnol
Post Number: 228
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 5:48 pm: |
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I'm in the same boat with one of my boys. He hates eggs, but I have been able to get him to eat a fried eggwhite with lots of cheese and canadian bacon on a toasted english muffin (he doesn't like the yolk, the cheese masks the egg taste somewhat and canadian bacon is leaner than regular bacon).
The reference to crashing makes me guess that he has hypoglycemia? I do too and protein in the morning definately makes a huge difference for me.
I'd experiment with different egg cooking styles. I hate scrambled eggs, but for some reason I find eggs over easy very yummy.
Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches have worked, peanut butter on waffles, cashew butter. King Arthur has a great flour that is a white whole wheat. Kings usually has it. It has all the nutrition of whole wheat, but much more mild tasting. I've used it with great success in the kids' cookies and muffins. You can also buy protein powder at Whole Foods and add it to homemade baked goods.
Good luck! |
Camnol
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Username: Camnol
Post Number: 229
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 5:53 pm: |
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ps. The library has a South Beach Diet cookbook. If you like to cook, you might find some ideas there.
ps. again. Does he like nuts? Nuts are a great snack. Also Nut Thin crackers with almond butter for a change of pace from peanut butter... |
Crazy_quilter
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Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 166
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:20 pm: |
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Doulamomma reminded me -- eggs in a basket -- you use a cookie cutter to make a shape in the middle of a piece of toast. You put it in a frying pan and pour a little bit of egg into it. then flip it. you can eat it in your hand, so sometimes we take this in the car when we are running out the door late.
Also, we put flax seed oil in the fruit smoothies for some omega-3 action. |
kmk
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Username: Kmk
Post Number: 977
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 9:07 am: |
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OK I confess...
My absoulute most comfort food is a "fried" PB&J.
I have eaten these at breakfast dozens of times.
Don't let the name scare you...it is really PB&J french toast!
Take one PB&J sandwich, dip both sides in an egg (or two) that have been whisked up, drop it into a skillet with some butter.
Fry like french toast and tip it out onto the plate.
Cut it in to 4 triangles and serve with a giant glass of cold milk. Yummmmmmm. |
kmk
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Username: Kmk
Post Number: 978
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 9:13 am: |
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We also just discovered all sorts of beef jerky and turkey jerky at Whole Foods.
The kids eat it up - I cringe because they eat it like it was snack crackers but it is so much more expensive...I know they need the protein though. |
Pdg
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Username: Pdg
Post Number: 431
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 9:15 am: |
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kmk - I'll have to try it!
My tip is, if your child is young enough and doesn't have a taste for a certain chocolate milk, try a powdered mix available at Whole Foods called "Kidz Super Food". It mixes in milk and passes for chocolate milk for kids who don't already love Ovaltine. It's chock full of veggies and fruits. http://www.amazinggrass.com/rainbow-diet.html
My kids won't drink it b/c one hates chocolate and the other prefers Ovaltine. I so wish I had known about this when they were younger! My friends kids LOVE this stuff! |
algebra2
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Post Number: 3975
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 9:29 am: |
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Thanks again everyone -- does kid super food come in a non-chocolate flavor. My kid dislikes chocolate milk!
Yes, my pediatrician is great. He has listened to all my concerns and brought up the possibility of hypoglycemia. He's taken the time to answer my calls and meet with my son to discuss what he should be eating. I just made a scrambled egg/cheese quesedilla -- not bad. The boy gagged on the eggs but it's a start! My goal is to rely on PB&J, cheese sandwiches, and protein milk shakes made with sugar free ice cream. I just hate to go spend my hard earned money on foods for him to try only to have him spit them out, this may be what finally drives me over the edge.
Thanks again all! |
Camnol
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Username: Camnol
Post Number: 230
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 10:35 am: |
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Try some silken tofu in the protein milk shakes (make sure it's silken). You really can't tell the tofu is in there and it will add a lot of protein. |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 979
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 10:46 am: |
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crazy_q, we call that "toad in a hole"...or something else in Ital. - apparently a specialty from Mr. Doula's childhood.
PDG - maybe just some bacon or bananas & Elvis will show up! Does sound pretty good though. |
Pdg
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Username: Pdg
Post Number: 441
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 1:11 pm: |
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doulamomma, I was saying I'd have to try the french toast, PBJ thing. KMK posted again before my post hit.
My kids LOVE bacon (as do I) and I've never even tried "jerky" anything. Should I? Are we missing a taste sensation? |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 3976
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 2:38 pm: |
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I love beef jerky -- in college our dive bar had a jar of jerky on the counter. There was nothing like a pitcher of Old Milwaukee and a slab of jerky. |
doulamomma
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Post Number: 984
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 2:42 pm: |
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Pdg,
Sort of like a Monte Cristo sandwich! yum |
Crazy_quilter
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Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 170
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 2:46 pm: |
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my dtr also likes the Uncle Sam cereal bars (not the cereal, the apple/berry bars). I don't know how much protein they have but they have flax seeds.
Toad in a hole??? DM! That might go over big in a home full of boys, come to think of it... |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 986
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 2:49 pm: |
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It was called that in a children's cookbook that I had as a kid! |
Virtual It Girl
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Username: Shh
Post Number: 3993
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 3:01 pm: |
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We always called it egg in a nest.
Algebra, I wouldn't knock yourself out over finding sugar free foods specifically. From my experience with hypoglycemia myself, of utmost importance is eating smaller meals/snacks throughout the day so he doesn't crash.
I would also avoid anything with nutrasweet or artificial sweeteners. But, that's my philosophy...I don't trust any of that stuff and would rather my kids eat white sugar than that.
If he eats more whole "foods"/grains and less over processed/refined foods protein shouldn't be an issue.
Also, they usually have a snack during the day in first grade, I'd make sure he had something more nutritious than white-flour pretzels...after lunch is a big time for crashing. |
Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 2708
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 11:29 am: |
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If he'll eat yogurt you can get the sugar free kind (although it obviously has artificial sugar) and even mix in some wheat germ.
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Lou
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Username: Flf
Post Number: 58
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 1:08 pm: |
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• oatmeal with raisins
• fruit salad
• plain or vanilla yogurt with walnuts and honey
• home made banana bread
• home made milk shakes (just put fruit and milk in a blender and mix - add honey is necessary). |
Joan
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Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7014
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 8:15 am: |
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Has anyone tried cottage cheese "ice cream" cones? Put a scoop or two of cottage cheese (low fat works well if you want to keep fat content down) in an ice cream cone. Top with cut up fresh fruit and/or chopped nuts.
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