What We Eat Wednesdays

After meeting Robyn O’Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth recently, I’ve been inspired to make a change in my own family’s relationship with food. I hope you don’t mind me sharing my experiences on our family’s food journey.

Picky Preschooler – an update!
I’m happy to say we’ve made a little progress on getting our son to try new foods. He’s always been good about eating fruits (and actually, most vegetables). So we’ve decided to focus on encouraging that for now and adding new ones to the menu.

We get most of our produce either at the local farmer’s market or at a regional produce market (Produce Junction). I’m so excited about it being summer and having these options open to us, that I try and share that excitement with the kids when I talk about our activities for the week.

Once a week, we take a special trip to Produce Junction or the farmer’s market. We specifically ask our son to come along, so he can help choose some fruit (including something new) for the week. Very often, if he chooses it, we’ll buy it. Just to try. Even if we don’t think he’ll like it.

He still has his favorites (cherries & blueberries, broccoli & peas, specifically), but just by really talking up our weekly produce visits, we’ve already made great progress in getting him to try new fruits, which we’re thrilled about. We’re making small strides forward in the veggie arena and, frankly, we’re falling behind on meats. He is not our meat-eater. Baby steps. That’s our mantra.

*Our daughter gets left behind a little in these updates, but that’s not my intention. She’s our champion eater and, at least so far, will eat just about anything you put in front of her. So there’s not a whole lot to write about there.

How do your kids like their fruits and veggies?

Catch up on all our past What We Eat posts here:
- #1: Processed foods: A lot to process
- #2: Progress, not perfection
- #3: Picky preschoolers and other obstacles
- #4: Organic milk and ways to save.

There’s certainly a lot to process about the idea of processed foods. I hope you don’t mind me sharing my thoughts as I start our family’s journey to a healthier life. We’re starting small — we already have a picky preschooler, so we’ll be taking baby steps. I’d love it if you joined in with your thoughts and experiences as well.

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After meeting Robyn O’Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth recently, I’ve been inspired to make a change in my own family’s relationship with food. I hope you don’t mind me sharing my experiences on our family’s food journey.

Our baby step: Making the switch to organic milk
We have to take baby steps to ease the switch to organic into our budget and our lifestyle. Our first decision is to switch from regular milk to organic. Since the kids consume so much of it every day, we thought that was the best place to start. With that one change, we’ll make a big impact.

So far we haven’t found a ton of options for saving $$ on organic milk, although I continue to scour Coupons.com. I’ve been lucky to find coupons for organic yogurt and even for regular milk there, but so far no organic milk that I’m aware of.

We have had a few grocery store promotions come up recently, though, that offered a deal on cereal (buy so many boxes of a particular brand, get a coupon for FREE milk, any brand and any variety, up to a certain value.) I think for now that’s our best bet on finding savings on organic milk.

Are you looking to make a switch in what your family eats? If so, where are you starting?

Catch up on all our past What We Eat posts here:
- #1: Processed foods: A lot to process
- #2: Progress, not perfection
- #3: Picky preschoolers and other obstacles

There’s certainly a lot to process about the idea of processed foods. I hope you don’t mind me sharing my thoughts as I start our family’s journey to a healthier life. We’re starting small — we already have a picky preschooler, so we’ll be taking baby steps. I’d love it if you joined in with your thoughts and experiences as well.

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