Small Boy has changed his lunch box a tiny bit now that he's in 8th grade and doing an after-school sport. Here's what he's packing these days
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sunflower butter is SO good. As is tahini, which is made from sesame seeds, if you haven't had that. We pretty much alternate between those two and cashew butter.
Though I'm not generally for not-real food, we learned ALOT with Kellan's food allergies, and found Neocate and Elecare medical formula/medical food very helpful. (Elecare tastes ALOT better, but Neocate has a larger product line). It could be something to keep in your arsenal as his growth spurts hit (you don't actually need prescriptions for this stuff unless you want your insurance to cover it). I'm thinking of this in particular (though the Neocate website is a wealth of information, including infomration on short-bowel syndrom):
Swapping almond flour (I buy Honeyville's blanched almond flour) for wheat four adds a TON of nutrient-dense calories and good fats to things like muffins, cookies, etc. Like, this brownie recipe is super high in calories and good fat (coconut oil, almond fat), and they are dense little things:
I've also had good luck making traditional shortbread cookies with almond flour instead of white flour. You can sub more paleo-friendly sweeteners (stevia, raw honey) for the sugar, or for him probably just use sugar.
My daughter is the opposite - she'd eat nothing BUT carbs if we'd let her. She hasn't eaten any meat in over a year (which is one third of her life!). I worry about her a lot but there's nothing I can do about forcing a toddler to eat differently. I wonder if she will continue to be this picky when she gets as old as Small Boy.
It's not important to eat meat as long as you get protein. Nuts, greek yogurts, fish are all fine sources.
My kids always like tuna salad made with sweet pickle relish, and ham rollups (a slice of ham around a cheese stick) and they will eat pepperoni slices on cheese and crackers.
One of our relatives has a child that would not eat anything other than macaroni and cheese all through her childhood. The parents looked at us pointedly and said, "we don't want a fight at the dinner table every evening." (This is my husband's relative, of course.)
Meanwhile, I'm making my children TRY a BITE of everything "in case you like it yet, because you'll like it when you're grown-up." They'd bite the kale and say "yech, not yet." But now the grown-up children eat a range of weird vegetables (while their friends only eat frozen peas and corn.)
ETA: I forgot to mention that the child who only ate mac 'n cheese has a very serious muscular-skeletal issue that we all suspect is diet-related.
It's not important to eat meat as long as you get protein. Nuts, greek yogurts, fish are all fine sources
This is only true with respect to yogurt and fish. All plant sources (with the exception of soy -- which is its own toxic mess -- and quinoa) are incomplete proteins and are short on one or more of the 9 essential amino acids you can only get from food. While I'm pretty sure research has moved past the idea that you need to "food combine" in single meals to get complete proteins because your body banks amino acids and will combine them with others later in the day, you do still have to actually eat the foods containing those amino acids.
I wonder how pertinent this is to feeding a pre-schooler? I imagine her daughter is still drinking milk. There isn't any evidence that they're trying to raise vegan children.
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Though I'm not generally for not-real food, we learned ALOT with Kellan's food allergies, and found Neocate and Elecare medical formula/medical food very helpful. (Elecare tastes ALOT better, but Neocate has a larger product line). It could be something to keep in your arsenal as his growth spurts hit (you don't actually need prescriptions for this stuff unless you want your insurance to cover it). I'm thinking of this in particular (though the Neocate website is a wealth of information, including infomration on short-bowel syndrom):
https://www.neocate.com/shop/c-10-duocal.aspx
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http://www.paleobrownies.com/
I've also had good luck making traditional shortbread cookies with almond flour instead of white flour. You can sub more paleo-friendly sweeteners (stevia, raw honey) for the sugar, or for him probably just use sugar.
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My kids always like tuna salad made with sweet pickle relish, and ham rollups (a slice of ham around a cheese stick) and they will eat pepperoni slices on cheese and crackers.
One of our relatives has a child that would not eat anything other than macaroni and cheese all through her childhood. The parents looked at us pointedly and said, "we don't want a fight at the dinner table every evening." (This is my husband's relative, of course.)
Meanwhile, I'm making my children TRY a BITE of everything "in case you like it yet, because you'll like it when you're grown-up." They'd bite the kale and say "yech, not yet." But now the grown-up children eat a range of weird vegetables (while their friends only eat frozen peas and corn.)
ETA: I forgot to mention that the child who only ate mac 'n cheese has a very serious muscular-skeletal issue that we all suspect is diet-related.
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This is only true with respect to yogurt and fish. All plant sources (with the exception of soy -- which is its own toxic mess -- and quinoa) are incomplete proteins and are short on one or more of the 9 essential amino acids you can only get from food. While I'm pretty sure research has moved past the idea that you need to "food combine" in single meals to get complete proteins because your body banks amino acids and will combine them with others later in the day, you do still have to actually eat the foods containing those amino acids.
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