What do YOU feed your child? PICTURES PLEASE!

[carolg]

Just came out in health tips from hacres.com and it's free...thought kids may love these...I'm going to start a new thread, but wanted this great thread to see it first...already sent off to grandbaby to enjoy...3 year old...

RECIPES FOR LIFE: RAW CARAMEL APPLES *****

The first day of fall will begin in just a few days. One of the exciting
foods that are so readily available during the fall season is apples. Many of
our readers may remember going to the County Fair and having a Caramel
Apple. Well, the caramel on those apples was not very healthy but we have
found a healthy alternative. The following recipe for Caramel Apples is
taken from the book “How We All Went Raw” by Charles, Carolanne, and
George Nungesser:

In a food processor, using the S-blade, add:
1 ½ cup of hazelnuts
¾ cups pitted dates
¼ cup raw, unfiltered, honey
2 tablespoons raw carob powder
Process until like a paste. Place apple on a popsicle stick and cover apple with paste.
Variation: Roll apple in coconut after applying paste to apple. ENJOY!
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carolg

[eachpeachpearplum]

Note: addition to post #52 on this thread, I FINALLY got round to putting a photo up, I am such a visual person I feel a recipe is naked w/o a picture - enjoy!

[eachpeachpearplum]

In all the years I have been doing this these are THE best cookies I have tasted! I suggest only 1T zest as 2T. is very strong and may not apeal to little ones. I also did not have the slivered almonds and do not miss them.

http://freshtopia.net/vlog/?p=129

[appifanie]

some yummy stuff!

In college I house sat for a woman who gave her baby/ toddler a bottle of sunny delight with two to four tablespoons of sugar added.

i know this is old, but a few years ago some concentrated sunny d leaked into a stream in europe (i think) and killed all the fish. nice! quality drink, that stuff. and i know a girl who gives her kids hawaiian punch for their juice. bleh.

[eachpeachpearplum]

Its funny. My son refused to touch avocado all summer and now that the weather has cooled he is eating one a day!

This is my four year olds dinner of flax crackers, strawberries, avocado w/sea salt and cucumber.

As I have mentioned before they eat very simply.

Sorry about the photo quality, I am still trying to figure out my new notebook and it's programs.

[klomasius]

Erg... what's Sunny Delight? Sounds nasty!!

My son is not raw, but I do feed him a lot of raw stuff. It's good to hear that other children seem to like the simpler stuff for savoury as he does. He wont try my savoury raw creations, but he's happy with a plate of carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, snowpeas etc.

The only way I can get mineral rich greens into him though is via green smoothies, except that he does eat broccoli, but only cooked.

Any other raw savoury ideas for kids? I'd really love to hear them!

[eachpeachpearplum]

Erg... what's Sunny Delight? Sounds nasty!!

My son is not raw, but I do feed him a lot of raw stuff. It's good to hear that other children seem to like the simpler stuff for savoury as he does. He wont try my savoury raw creations, but he's happy with a plate of carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, snowpeas etc.

The only way I can get mineral rich greens into him though is via green smoothies, except that he does eat broccoli, but only cooked.

Any other raw savoury ideas for kids? I'd really love to hear them!

Hi,

You are not the first to ask this. It took a long time and expense for me to realize my kids just dont like complicated savory dishes. I too get most of my sons greens through his green smoothies and ours are packed with spinach kale chard etc. He drinks about a 1/2 VM container full a day! My daughter is not so into smoothies but does like dipping hard veg wrapped in green into different sauces & dressings. It's simple and for us that's ok. My daughter favorite way to get greens is in her berry sorbet.

Hidden Greens Sorbet

2 fresh not frozen bananas
1-2 cups fzn mixed berries
2T. olive oil
agave to taste
handful spinach

Blend all in VM add 1-2T. hot water to get moving. You will need to use the tamper throught the bending. Another option that I do if making a larger batch is to start it all in a food processor then transfer it to the VM to get it really smooth.

You can also use a "tropical" fzn mix but the lightness of the colours will cause the greens to "show". Store in frezzer and take out about 15 min before serving. I keep an assortment of Haagen Daas & B&J tubs I use to store in. Enjoy!


I would strongly recommend Kate Wood's book Raw Living & her other book Eat Smart Eat Raw. She is British (with several young 100% raw children) and so offers recipes that Americans dont natuarlly think of; just a different approach. My kids love her Roasted Nuts among many others. She has a great website if you cannot get her book here in the US. www.rawliving.co.uk. Her book is not designed as a kids book but offers so much for kids. Her dips are super nutrient packed.
Cheers,

EPPP

[kissum]

This is such a fabulous thread! It deserves to be bumped ;)

[klomasius]

Haha, thanks for that Kissum, I didn't realise EPPP had posted a reply to my post.

Thanks EPPP, helpful as usual! I will look into Kate's book as I'd LOVE to increase his raw food intake. He has been eating green salads lately which is a big thing. He doesn't make faces and refuse them any more and today at lunch he even said 'I like the taste of this type of green leaf mum', I was stunned, I think he is acquiring the taste of greens now after all those smoothies!

My son also does what your daughter does and wraps greens around veg (usually tomatoes) and eats them that way.

I also subject the poor kid to phytoplankton powder (in a small amount of orange juice) for his Omega 3. He's learned to just down it quickly but we had a bugger of a time at the start. It's one way to get some 'green' into him on the busy days.

[cherrypie]

my children are not 100% raw and i do not want to force them. Luckily they love veggies and fruit a lot. Their top 6 are

-Guacomole with cellery sticks (my son 3y eats that every day)
-Raw Granola from "raw food real world" book with almond milk
-Tomatoe, Avocado, lettuce salad with honey mustard dressing (my daughters favourite)
- Alissa's carrot burgers
- "moster smoothie" (1 young coconut, meat and water, 1 cup frozen mango, some pasley, lots of spinach)
- red beet & apple juice (with a lot of greens sneaked into it)

[eachpeachpearplum]

I just HAD to bring this to your attention. Shazzie has brought out a raw kids book called Evie's Kitchen. Don't think it's avaiable here in the US yet; mine is coming from across the pond. Given how great Shazzie's info is I strongly recommend this one.

http://www.detoxyourworld.com/acatal...s_kitchen.html

Please at least have a look at this link; scroll down. She has about 25 stunning colour photos of Evie's favorite foods. I love showing my kids raw food pics at it really gets them interested in trying it!

Years ago I had asked Alissa if she had considered bring out a raw kids book but understandably she didnt feel right doing one given she specializes in raw for adults!

Enjoy,

EPPP

PS: I just wanted to add this from an earlier post in this thread. Kate Wood is Shazzie's best friend:

I would strongly recommend Kate Wood's book Raw Living & her other book Eat Smart Eat Raw. She is British (with several young 100% raw children) and so offers recipes that Americans dont natuarlly think of; just a different approach. My kids love her Roasted Nuts among many others. She has a great website if you cannot get her book here in the US. www.rawliving.co.uk. Her book is not designed as a kids book but offers so much for kids. Her dips are super nutrient packed.

[Denise Nicole]

I just HAD to bring this to your attention. Shazzie has brought out a raw kids book called Evie's Kitchen. Don't think it's avaiable here in the US yet; mine is coming from across the pond. Given how great Shazzie's info is I strongly recommend this one.

http://www.detoxyourworld.com/acatal...s_kitchen.html

Please at least have a look at this link; scroll down. She has about 25 stunning colour photos of Evie's favorite foods. I love showing my kids raw food pics at it really gets them interested in trying it!

Years ago I had asked Alissa if she had considered bring out a raw kids book but understandably she didnt feel right doing one given she specializes in raw for adults!

Enjoy,

EPPP

Thank you, thank you, thank you! :) I really would like this book.... gift to me and my little ones :)

[rawstrength]

I agree that Eat Smart Eat Raw is an all-around excellent book, and it includes many tips for kids. The British aspect of it does give a different approach. The only downside is the book doesn't use American measurements. Just how much is a teacup or a dessert spoon anyway?
I can't wait for Evie's Kitchen to come out in the U.S. I won't be having any kids for a while, but I want to be prepared to bring them up raw and healthy when the time comes. Plus, I'm still a kid (kind of) and those pictures of the recipes on the website look really yummy to me. Especially the "zebra" -- I love cute looking food!

[Raene]

I admit I'm a bit confused by her e-book when she strongly stated in an article that she does not believe children should be fed raw foods.

[rawstrength]

I admit I'm a bit confused by her e-book when she strongly stated in an article that she does not believe children should be fed raw foods.

She never said that children should not be fed raw foods. She said that children shouldn't eat a raw foods diet unsupplemented. From what I've read, Shazzie feeds Evie a raw vegan diet, but also gives her vitamin supplements (vitamin K, vitamin D, and vitamin B12, I think).