Don't you just wish you could get your kids (or even your
partner!) to eat more alkaline, healthy foods? Believe me, you are
definitely not the only one. In both my house and the house of many of
my friends there is this same wish - that we could get our kids to eat
more alkaline foods... without a fight!
You probably know that we are all supposed to eat at least five serves of fresh vegetables each day, all of which are highly alkaline, and this is absolutely no different for children.
However, while we can, if needs be, hold our noses and down a vegetable juice - if kids don't want something... they absolutely don't have it! When you're wanting to live the alkaline diet it is just a must to try and make your meals as similar to your family's meals (so you aren't cooking twice at every meal time) and I want to help make this happen for you.
I have cracked it - people are just stunned by how many vegetables my kids eat - and enjoy - so it's time for me to let the cat out of the bag and teach you exactly how to get your kids to eat and enjoy more alkaline foods.
Tip #1 Puree Foods
This is a belter of a tip and makes it so easy for you to get your family to eat alkaline. I did it just the other day for my pregnant partner who just couldn't face any vegetables. I very quickly cooked eggplant, zucchini, garlic, onion, celery and tomatoes in a pan and then transferred it all to a blender with 300ml of water and half a vegetable stock cube and two BIG handfuls of raw baby spinach. This pureed down to make a delicious smooth vegetable puree that we enjoyed as a soup, but could also be a pasta sauce.
Total vegetable content per serve = 4 serves - but would your partner or kids know it? No way. Alkaline,
healthy and fresh.
Tip #2 Dicing
This also works incredibly well and can be done well in advance of time. In fact I often make a huge bowl of diced pepper, onion, capsicum, zucchini, celery, carrot - any veggie like this that I have and once you've got this awesome mix prepared you can pretty much add it to anything you like - adding at least 2 - 3 serves of vegetables to any meal you prepare for your family.
Another variation of this is to thinly slice broccoli fresh off the stalk with a knife into your meals - be it pasta, salad, curry, chilli - you can't taste the broccoli but it's getting into your family!
Tip #3 Fresh Spinach
When cooked, spinach disappears to almost nothing - and you can add it to practically anything because it is not a strong flavour either - this is another way I get an extra serve of vegetables to any cooked meal.
And that's it! If you apply these three strategies you should be able to up your family vegetable intake up to eat least 5 serves per day - and remember, all vegetables are alkaline foods that help keep you at peak health, energy and vitality!
You probably know that we are all supposed to eat at least five serves of fresh vegetables each day, all of which are highly alkaline, and this is absolutely no different for children.
However, while we can, if needs be, hold our noses and down a vegetable juice - if kids don't want something... they absolutely don't have it! When you're wanting to live the alkaline diet it is just a must to try and make your meals as similar to your family's meals (so you aren't cooking twice at every meal time) and I want to help make this happen for you.
I have cracked it - people are just stunned by how many vegetables my kids eat - and enjoy - so it's time for me to let the cat out of the bag and teach you exactly how to get your kids to eat and enjoy more alkaline foods.
Tip #1 Puree Foods
This is a belter of a tip and makes it so easy for you to get your family to eat alkaline. I did it just the other day for my pregnant partner who just couldn't face any vegetables. I very quickly cooked eggplant, zucchini, garlic, onion, celery and tomatoes in a pan and then transferred it all to a blender with 300ml of water and half a vegetable stock cube and two BIG handfuls of raw baby spinach. This pureed down to make a delicious smooth vegetable puree that we enjoyed as a soup, but could also be a pasta sauce.
Total vegetable content per serve = 4 serves - but would your partner or kids know it? No way. Alkaline,
healthy and fresh.
Tip #2 Dicing
This also works incredibly well and can be done well in advance of time. In fact I often make a huge bowl of diced pepper, onion, capsicum, zucchini, celery, carrot - any veggie like this that I have and once you've got this awesome mix prepared you can pretty much add it to anything you like - adding at least 2 - 3 serves of vegetables to any meal you prepare for your family.
Another variation of this is to thinly slice broccoli fresh off the stalk with a knife into your meals - be it pasta, salad, curry, chilli - you can't taste the broccoli but it's getting into your family!
Tip #3 Fresh Spinach
When cooked, spinach disappears to almost nothing - and you can add it to practically anything because it is not a strong flavour either - this is another way I get an extra serve of vegetables to any cooked meal.
And that's it! If you apply these three strategies you should be able to up your family vegetable intake up to eat least 5 serves per day - and remember, all vegetables are alkaline foods that help keep you at peak health, energy and vitality!
Ross Bridgeford is 'The Alkaline Diet Guy' and has written more
than 500 articles, alkaline diet recipes, guides, resources, how to's
and more on the world's most visited alkaline diet site Energise for Life.
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