What My Vegan Kids Eat in a Day (plus some tips)
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- Typical breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for my 6 and 3 year old vegan kiddos.
*Disclaimer: I am not a dietitian. If you want to feed your kid a vegan diet, please consult a professional.
Calcium and iron absorption
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Vegan Cheese Sauce
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Chocolate Coconut Energy Balls
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Saturday Sweets
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0:00 Intro
0:55 Breakfast
3:02 Lunch
4:57 Dinner
7:08 Snacks
10:10 Drinks
10:30 Sunday Sweets!
11:33 Tips
18:17 Outro
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And my kids see their pediatrician every year for their checkups, and they're up to date on their vaccines (6yo just got their covid booster, 3yo just got their 2nd dose). :)
Why tf does a child need a covid vaccine what is wrong with you?
Just a heads up, the FredMeyer on Hawthorn always has the Violife parm
So show their blood test results then to prove they are healthy! Yoy can blind their names/gender...
@@danielliu9616 wtf I hope you’re joking
@@Kony-2012 no children's health is not a joke. feeding kids a vegan diet is illegal in belgium now
Awesome that you’ve adapted “lördagsgodis” or saturday candy, which is a norm in Swedish households with kids . It’s a great way to limit your intake of sweets, and has benefited the dental health of children in Sweden for generations. // Dental hygienist in Sweden
We have "lørdagsgodt" in norway too😁 so it's a very scandinavian thing.
what?
Haha we have the same thing in Finland 😅
Kul att se en annan svensk på kanalen! 🙃
@@porchturds8149 what?
Me, a 29 year old adult, watching this video for ideas on what to feed myself as I try to transition to a more plant based diet
@@richardcardinale7152 Hi Richard, please let Sherry do what she’d like to do, thanks. Have a wonderful day. 😁
@@richardcardinale7152 not the worst trolling attempt out there, just a little boring. missing that "oomph". 3/10
@@richardcardinale7152 Sometimes that's what people need to wake up. But is good that you warn othes.
This isn't food, it's alchemy--Concoctions to make you feel like you're actually eating food without eating it. Real meat and eggs gives you everything you need without all the beakers and reading labels that often don't tell you the truth anyway.
Don't go plant based please for the love of all that is good eat more animal products and cut out the plants.
Lördagsgodis was how I had sweets as a kid! It was always a super exciting day for me to get a little mix bowl of sweets at the end of the week and then the rest of the week would either not think about it (because treats were simply not available) or get “healthier” sweet deserts such as banana boats (banana cut in half longways, milk and a tiny sprinkle of dark brown sugar.) I still have my boats on occasion (now veganised!).
i lived as an au pair in finland- i perceived the saturday- sweet habit as harmful, for "my" kids were hunting/ secretly buying and lying about eating sweets and craving them all week and on saturdays basically ate sweets until they felt sick.
in my opinion, many grown- ups in finland later swapped the sweets on saturday for alcohol and got completely wasted on saturday, then being abstinent all week.... strange... and it is a lot healthier to learn to regulate your intake of sweets on a daily basis. i know, some people will dislike this comment, but this is just what i experienced
I remember babysitting for a family and serving pea soup for dinner, and one of the kids insisted on having "red soup", which apparently means adding in ketchup until the soup turns red. I automatically said no, which was pretty stupid, since the kid then refused to eat. "Let kids eat weird sh!t" indeed!
I remember loving pink mashed potatoes as a little kid. But now, being an adult, I can combine my sensitivity to the sentiment with a little wisdom. I'd say," hey, let's make our own SUPER ketchup and see what happens." I'd have the child add a tiny drop of date syrup to tomato paste and stir that into the soup instead. . I get, that as a babysitter those options might not be available . But THIS is a forum meant to inform and there are ways to work with kids so that they are empowered while learning how to eat healthfully. That is what Swayze should be imparting. But first she has to appreciate the benefit of avoiding highly processed, high glycemic junk food and the benefit to eating a whole food plant based diet.
I bought silicone plate dividers that you can stick onto any plate and are machine washable (for me, not for children, because I’ve got weird sensory stuff with food) but that helps a whole lots with keeping foods from touching.
Thank you so much for doing this video. It is soooo helpful! I bought the book and can’t wait for your video on it!!
I had the same thing of liking separated foods when I was a kid which is difficult if you're Irish. Lots of stews and casseroles in my diet growing up. But I distinctly remember being given a curry that had raisins in it and really not wanting to eat it because it looked weird. But I forced myself to and loved it and then never had a problem with wanting separated foods again.
I am really proud of myself now because I am of those separated food people- I had a segregated tray until I was 12 and I am pretty sure they had to be thrown away for me to give them up- but I still have approved mixed things. I don't particularly like stew but I love a thinner broth in a pot roast (we had soup a lot growing up), I hate casserole and I am sure at some point my bf who is used to his parents feeding him things on his toast will put my corn in my food and upset me, but I can mix rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, I love chili.
It isn't much of a problem anymore since I got ramekins so if we have corn or something that will get juice on other things I just put in the ramekin. I'm okay with things that are supposed to be together, to my mind, which usually means they have been cooked together for quite some time.
SWAYZE, love these vids! Could you do a “how I send my vegan kids to school, birthday parties, friends houses for dinners” etc. video. I know your kids are still young but I feel like the overwhelming majority of vegan UA-camrs homeschool / don’t talk about these things which doesn’t help the rest of us regular folks lol.
Here in Portugal we start lunch and dinner with vegetable soup (homemade, of course) and finish with fruit. In the middle we have a source of protein and a grain or sth… For us is very weird to have pre-prepared foods in every meal. Vegan or not. It’s so easy to cut some veggies and put them on a pan with some water, blend and add salt and olive oil… You can keep it in the fridge for the all family for 2-4 days… 😊
I was in Portugal over twenty years ago and loved it. Aside from the loveliest people I ever met while traveling, I found it so easy to get clean meals in restaurants... lots of fresh vegetables. The processed, pre-prepared foods shown in the video here are not exemplary of the way all Americans eat. I certainly don't eat this way. Many vegans are in it for ethical reasons more than health. Truthfully, a lot of omnivores eat better than this. I know no one personally that would eat cookies or protein bars for a meal.
I'm probably going to get booed for this by Americans but I'm a foreigner living in the US and this seems to be how most Americans eat, but especially the meat eaters. But some vegetarians and vegans too... Which makes sense if you change to vegan for ethical reasons only and don't want to change your diet.
Also I find the vegan options in the stores consist of a lot of vegan versions of junk food vs some slightly healthier vegan convenience foods of other countries... Which I guess is good in a way as catering for the audience. But the way she is eating here is definitely not how me and my family eat. We mainly eat "whole food plant based" vegan... Which in some other parts of the world is just called eating actual food lol... And some naughty junk foods on e.g. a movie night on a Friday night or something.
I love to eat whole apples! I think textures are also important to concider when it comes to food being together.
There where certain textures like raw onions (squishy sounds) I remember hating the moment i heard that sound in my mouth as a kid over not hungry anymore. (I recently got diagnosed with autism I also have adhd so maybe the texture iissues comes from there)
So I think seperating stuff is important and even if kids kombinations are very odd I've come to learn they eat way more if they are allowed to try their weird combinations. (with that also has to come the mindset of the parents that they are allowed and nothing is off limits)
My mother has this very odd fixation on breakfast foods and dinner foods. I just eat whatever sounds good I dont mind eating "dinner" food in the morning.
One important thing I've also learned is how comforting food can be especially things I already know. Even as an adult I feel like I need a balance between food I know and love and trying new stuff so I totally get children being sceptik when their parents keep on dishing them new stuff out haha
Snack breakfast snack lunch snack dinner is how my kid survives 😂😂😂🤦🏾♀️
Pretty sure I've made that exact homemade cheese dip with the potatoes and carrots many times. I love it and have used it in a variety of ways. It's also pretty cheap to make relative to many vegan cheese brands.
I like this video. But as a foodie myself, I can't imagine growing up without homemade meals. I can understand the busy mom aspect of anything, but honestly... snacks for dinner? snacks lunch? Where is the comfy homemade meals that make anyone fall in love with food and especially ''mom food'' type?? Food is supposed to be enjoyable and comfy, and snacks are meant to be just that... snacks.
Which multivitamin do you use for the kiddos?? Do you supplement any additional B12 separately (other than in the soy milk)??
If you want a tip for Iron absorbing, I like to give mt kids their Iron/Multi Vitamins at the end of the day, after dinner, after dessert, right before brushing teeth. It is part of the Night routine. Then I don't have to worry about what they eat in the day and try to time Calcium v Iron
@@richardcardinale7152 she breastfeeds her baby lol
Cookies and pills for breakfast?
report her to utube
Not a swede, but dane here, we also do something similar only its "fredags slik" so "friday candy" - and I think the deal with bringing the kids along to the candy store might be that we have bulk candy store sections where you will mix and match candy and then pay for the weight of the candy and have a large array of sweets to pick from, I believe they have something similar in Sweden as well
Norway has that too. We call it "lørdagsgodt"😁
I love the harvest snaps. I’ll have to start calling them pea chips because that’s such a fun name for them
Hey, thanks for the inspiration. I am curious if you give you kids a cholin supplement cause i know from an other video that you yourself take one?
The second part of this video is just too funny and relatable 😂
I love that you’re talking about ”Saturday sweets” bc i’m Finnish and around your age which means i was raised very firmly with this concept 😁 we even have a candy bag in the stores called Lauantaipussi=Saturday bag. Now that my generation has our own kids, i know a lot of us, myself included, are raising kids with more leniency in this area bc there’s been a lot of talk abt if restricting sweets only makes them more appealing etc. Not saying saturday sweets is bad, i don’t think that at all! I just think it’s funny to hear an ”outsider” talk abt it. 😄
Also my kid dips absolutely everything in ketchup (watermelon is one of his faves) and it grosses me the fuck out. 🤢
Ranch and ketchup makes sense! Kind of like mayo - ketchup combo! Also called Burger sauce sometimes :)
or a basic marie rose :)
My lil one always reminds me to give them their vitamins so I never forget.
i loved ketchup and ranch together growing up. i don't eat many things that have ketchup/ranch as sides anymore (burgers, tenders, etc) but even now its still the second best condiment, after buffalo ranch lol
Lördagsgodis is great! Its almost mandatory in sweden 😆 all kids know that! We have "cozy friday" (fredagsmys) when most people eat chips or popcorn or something (most kids in sweden dont eat those snack foods every day like in usa) and then lördagsgodis on the saturday
So, snacks in the morning, lunch and evening. Gotcha
Harvest Snaps are the best snack food ever and I will die on this hill. Here in Thailand they just came out with a chickpea Harvest Snap with a greek dressing flavor and it's amazing
Thanks for sharing! ✨☀️🧡🔆
Just brought the book so keen for your review
I was curious to know how you handle birthdays/outings with non-vegan friends, etc.? Do you just let your kids have a slice of pizza/cake, or do you let them choose just knowing that it really hurt something else to make the food they are eating? Just curious!
I’m really impressed with the food diversity acceptance with all of your kids!
are you kidding? She's banning her kids several food groups by feeding them a vegan diet. Don't you think they will binge on steaks and milk to get proper nutrition as soon as they have access to those at school?
For fruit flies. Wrap bananas in plastic and put in the refrigerator. The peels go dark but the fruit stays fresh. Also all peels, go in freezer until time to throw away.
The “Not My Kid” on the shirt killed me 🤣🤣🤣
I love how you started to say "kado" instead of avocado towards the end of the video 🤣 I assume that's a word from the kids? We have a lot of those words too. Like in our house it will always be spagaletti instead of spaghetti.
The kale and PB pieces are so funny 😄
This video is great for me because I'm thinking about having children in the future so I really want to make sure I can have them be vegan and happy!
I do worry about things like school lunches or hanging out with other friends- how well do your older kids understand vegan food vs non-vegan food?
Watch videos about BLW (baby led weaning). It's the best way to introduce food to a baby and it avoids picky eating, issues with different food touching and a bunch of other things. I did it and my son eats super well 🙂
I worried about the same before having kids.. but after having kids, I have learned to let alot of things go. My partner is not vegan and I struggled in the beginning because I wanted my kids to be vegan too. But with kids, you just need to do your best and keep your stress levels low. Don't worry about anything until the time comes, and by then you may have grown and changed and your outlook may not be the same. It's always good to mentally prepare yourself for kids, but you will never know until you have them. Just relax and enjoy the ride (:
Cantaloupe's also a good source of vitamin A as well as C, if it's a day they're liking it :)
I have an extremely picky child- meatless by absolute choice because they can’t stand any kind of meat and prefer vegetables and fruits anyway. Do your kids struggle at all with texture / which vegan nuggets would you recommend the most?
I relate so hard to the carrier thing, lol. We sweat too much and my back has too many issues. But judgy people think it's sooo easy.
Such a great mom! And a great UA-camr ❤
Could we please get a video on the increasing problem of high copper low zinc on vegan diets and it causing chronic fatigue syndrome and other fatigue conditions!!!
Looks very good, you're doing a Great job! Especially liked the advice on how to get them to eat their Veggies. :-)
Regarding Iron and calcium - from what I've learned, it is important to separate them by about two hours (but also one and half might just be okay), so that one does not inhibit the other - so, I do only take my Iron supplement (which also includes vitamins B-12 and C) 1.5~2 hours after I had something rich in calcium (such as Tahini) - or Coffee/Tea or Flax (which also aren't too friendly with Iron) - and then, only having any of these foods after 1.5~2 hours have passed since my Iron supplement take.
Good thing the D vitamin isn't as picky... 🙂
great video, thanks!
Love these tips ❤️
the blueberry belvitas are one of my favorite snacks on earth
I love the video, I want to eat like these kids, but you know the “child abuse with bunker wartime food” response is coming. 😂
It really pisses me off how judgemental some people are. There's already someone commenting that there's too many snacks in this video- who cares?? You can tell care was put into feeding the kids and that's all that matters.
Loved the part about veggies first or they won't get eaten at all! So true! I'm going to try giving my 6 y/o pan fried chickpeas, pan fried tofu and quesadillas, none of which I've made for him yet :-) I'm with you on the potato/carrot cheeze sauce, we love it on so many things! I didn't think of giving vitamin C rich foods (strawberries etc) with iron foods to increase iron absorption but that's a great idea! We usually do a bit of water with lemon squeezed in it for iron absorption or squeeze lemon right on top of foods like broccoli (which is surprisingly tasty!). Some great suggestions here, thank you!
I don't allow my son to have whole nuts, he is 2.5, but I make an exception for pecans as they are softer and he loves food and chews it to death. I am scared of harder nuts like peanuts, almonds, cashews etc.
You clearly know what you’re talking about when it comes to nutrition but the only thing I’m wondering is why they don’t get oatmeal? I got oatmeal w date sauce or øllebrød (porridge with beer and milk on top) every morning and it was cheap, easy and delicious. Just a suggestion.
They (usually) don't want it.
Beer???
@@wa6184 im guessing OP is danish haha i am too.
Øllebrød means beerbread and is a porridge made with rye bread and low alcohol beer - the alcohol is burned off anyways. It's really good!
@@ida327 Ah I see 😂 it sounded like she's pouring beer on her porridge lol
@@wa6184 Yeah I mean its obviously boiled so there's no alcohol in it, it's very common where I'm from
I have seen some other vegan youtubers discussing giving their kids small amounts of shellfish in the hopes that the exposure would prevent allergic reactions in the future. Curious on your thoughts.
Omg just wait until Freelee sees this
Dying over this comment!
I love how you always give them so many Choices on their plates ❤…i am so lazy, if they don‘t like what I cooked, I tell them always „you can have yoghurt or oats, we don’t have anything else“ 😅
And I eat a really big salad every evening and my 6 year old never ever wanted anything of it… 🙄🙄 (but my 2 year old steals some lettuce here and there)
I make vegan cheese sauce with instant potatoes. So easy and fast!
I’m lazy af, would love a recipe! ❤️😂
@@malloryhildebrandt7313 Ha! I put vegetable better than bullion, some cashews, nutritional yeast or miso paste, potato flakes, garlic, paprika, onion powder, salt and hot water in a blender cup and blend until smooth.
When I want it to be spicy I add chili garlic sauce. It’s so so good! If it’s too thick, add more water. Too thin, add more potato flakes.
There is no suck thing as vegan cheese. Cheese is animal food.
@@Goodmorning1221- There is no such thing as humane slaughter. Difference is, calling it vegan cheese hurts nobody
@@hannahmitchell87 --- _There is no such thing as humane slaughter_ ---
What's the relation here ? You don't know how to smack that one so you try to make a weird connection with the name of cheese ?
--- _Difference is, calling it vegan cheese hurts nobody_ ---
Yeah, I can also call the sun, god. It hurts nobody but it does make me a weirdo.
Your kid only nibbling on an apple and then eating the entire thing is hilarious
1:04 when you're an adult but still enjoy those
Hi are you concerned with the off-balanced omega 3:6 ratio? When I was full vegan, I could never balance it out against all the high-6 nuts, seeds, etc.
You can drench your veg and tofu in olive oil and sprinkle flax on fruit or with grains....Not a dietitian
Thank you for the thorough guide! Do your kids ever ask about non vegan foods, whether they’re allowed to try something or why you don’t eat foods that other people/their friends eat? How do you respond to these questions? What if a friend offers them something non vegan, for example at a birthday party?
1. I would love your thoughts on recent research, claiming that vegetarian time more likely to be depressed it would probably be weak evidence please my sister is using it against me! And your excellent at detecting bullshit against vegans.
2. Even though I’m childless, I still watch these videos thinking about my future children. Thank you.
I have a 3-month old grandchild who will not be raised vegan, but who will be spending a lot of time with me (a vegan for 5+ years). My daughter (their mother) knows that I don’t like animal products in my house, and my family loves my vegan cooking. But that veggie-ful tofu skillet you showed (that you said your kids would NOT eat) is how I eat every day LOL. I’m picking up some tips from this video as to what to have on hand for my grandbaby when they do start eating food. I raised my own kids vegetarian until they were old enough to (alas) choose an omnivore diet for themselves, and I do remember them loving chickpeas and avocado and yams, but as they get older I’ll remember to have some protein pasta, nuggets and veggie sausages on hand. Thanks! (PS I’ve been asked by their parents not to proselytize about veganism. Which is a thing I try not do ever with anyone because it just doesn’t work; I’d rather live by quiet example and save my activism for appropriate venues)
Re: veggies first - I can so relate! I used to put veggies on the table as an “appetizer” while the rest of the meal was cooking, and I would say “Now - those are mommy’s veggies - don’t eat them” (wink wink) - which was a game to see if they could eat them all before dinner. Worked like a charm!
These snacks and meals are amazing, you're a good mom. I'm vegan now, but I grew up an omnivore and didn't eat as healthy or well-rounded as this.
You are crazy lol
well-rounded snacks yes
Eating candy on saturdays only is very common in Norway and it has been that way for generations😁 and from the comment section, I see that it's common in sweden and denmark as well. Scandinavia rules😅
I can already hear Freelee reacting to this 😆
I would agree but at the same time, Freelee is insane too.
😂
6:16 this recipe is almost the exact recipe Fresh restaurants uses for their cheese sauce (I have their cook book)
What multivitamin do you give to your kids. Look king for one for my almost 2 year old that’s not a gummy
Kids will eat weird stuff. My sibling is 11 years younger than me, and once when they were about 2/3 they asked me to cut up some bananas and put ketchup over it. I was a teenager myself at the time so o just made it for them. They ate it all though 😂
Well it won't hurt them...
When a kid wants something weird but harmless, it's easiest to just hand them an easy W and save the energy for more important battles.
How does your three year old react when they can't have six-year-old's popcorn? Also lördagsgodis is the best 😍
Funny how kids are similar ;)) the apple thing is driving me crazy 🤣
As for gross things, my 7yo got into eating chocolate spread with smoked tofu 🤯
He's craving iron and protein. Why don't you feed him/her a steak
@@danielliu9616 These parents will only find out the damage they're doing when its too late.
@@danielliu9616 You don't have children, do you?
@@danielliu9616 And ... tofu contains good protein and there are lots of plantbased sources of iron.
@@thatsalt1560 yeah two magic words from vegans: "lots of" and "supplements", while a cut of steak or an egg can cover the nutrition from at least ten plant-based sources. Imagine your kid is picky and there's no way you can make him/her to eat certain plant food, you are easily putting him/her on the path to malnutrition
I realized how little I knew about children's way of eating
Neither does this content maker.
So because your 3 month old is cranky and wants to be held you don't make dinner?
Did you do the same thing when your second kid was 3 month old?
omg we also ate sweets on Sundays only, although I don't know where my mum got this idea from 😅 I think it was good, now I live on my own and have sweets any time I want, but I think not being used to having them everyday made me not want them that often
I have no children and am not planning to give birth to any, but this video still helps me because I am a picky eater who has the tastebuds of a literal child
Rofl! “Let them eat weird shit.” 😂
This video was SO helpful! Thank you! Would love to see more like this!
I love the fact they would almost eat anything as soon as you put sprinkles on it 😂 hilarious
haha I love catchup and ranch together!
Bake or poach apples? I think you can microwave them, too.
I totally resonate with the sweaty part, mainly just when I’m wearing them or sleeping with them. Winter of 2020 I spent the winter walking while wearing my baby and I’d be sweating and baby would be sweating and sleeping with any of my kids you’re just asking to wake up drenched.
It's also a post partum symptom to be sweaty, hot flashes and night sweats. I remember waking up hot with sweat but cold because of being drenched in sweat. Such an uncomfortable feeling!
The next milk by silk is sooooo good
@@richardcardinale7152 I like it 🤷🏽♀️
@@richardcardinale7152 I appreciate your concern. What do you recommend?
@@richardcardinale7152 I am lactose intolerant so I can’t drink regular milk “real milk”. Do you not drink any kind of milk?
@@richardcardinale7152 lactose milk and dairy in general messes up my stomach
I did a weird foods themed week and I ate dates stuffed with nutritional yeast - the best weirdness!!
I get the peanut butter thing. I didn't start liking it till I was around 15-16. Before I despised it....than a little 420 happened and yeah....
Great job 👌🏻
Two likes at this time? You vegans are probably the most toxic people on earth, if it's not drama about animals and stuff people don't even care about, not even you guys care about there isn't support, but when somebody says something you misinterpret, then you put all the attention, B12 defficiency seriously disguises like a depressive state, statistics don't lie to people as well as religious people
Mix apple cider vinegar with dishsoap in a dish/cup cover with plastic wrap and poke some holes in them but it next to your fruit and or sink. The flies go in, the dishsoap weakens the surface tension of the vinegar and they drown. The plastic wrap makes it harder for them to fond their way out.
Change it out every few days.
You can use white vinegar with sugar and dishsoap too.
Please continie doing these. Your suggestions have helped me a lot with my super pickey 3 year old. She also loves your vegan french toast
My sister used to only eat cucumbers dipped in ketchup.. kids are so fking weird 😂
Omg my mom would scream out loud if she saw you don't peel your apples before giving them to - especially - 3 year old.
Sometimes Costco has the snap pea crisps.
Freelee is coming for you 😌
My sister and I had some odd food habits as kids. She loved jelly & ketchup sandwiches and couldn't handle certain textures. I didn't like my food touching and couldn't eat anything soggy. I've actually become more picky with age 😂
… very nutrient-deficient diet… lots of junk food/sugar foods with little benefits… poor kids… glad my mom cooked yummy meals when I was little …
It’s nice to see balanced and fun vegan meals for kids.
For some reasone I love these even though I've had my tubes tied and don't like kids or plan to be near one
i can already hear freelee's video about this hahahaha i thought it all looked tasty :)
Me too, all that war time bunker food, not to mention the meals were missing at least 48 bananas! 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 😃
@@teainortakoy right bahahahahha
You are an awesome vegan Momma!
If the baby wants to be held whilst you're cooking, you could get a sling to hold them. The baby is held and you have hands free. Edit. You mentioned that. That sucks.
Lol, when you said they always have access to fresh water sounded to me like a pet :)
I mean, they're putting them on a diet that's never existed before in history and is known for killing people through malnutrition...
This is very interesting. I feel like this is generally fairly healthy and you take care to get the most important things in, and obviously kids are little weirdos sometimes that don't or do want very specific things. That said it does surprise me to see so little 'normal' slightly adapted adult food; my nephews and nieces (the ones between 2,5 and 7) always just eat pretty much what the adults eat, and although there are things they won't try (mushrooms f.i.) they generally don't make any fuss about foods having to be separate or not wanting to eat vegetables. I don't really know if this 'adapt for kids' thing is an American habit? Where I am (Western Europe) we don't really do that. The biggest adaptation is that I'll blend more difficult veggies like aubergine into a pasta sauce rather than leaving chunks, but that's it.
As a fellow Western European, I felt the same! Here kids eat the same meals as the rest of the family (sometimes slightly adapted, as you said) from the moment they can chew properly...
As another western european who lived in America I couldn't agree more. I made the same observations.
As an American I can tell you that only some families do this. Usually the people with picky kids and instead of correcting the behavior, they indulge it. It’s infuriating because we have a nation of kids who will only eat chicken nuggets, fries, or pizza. Consequently they’re anemic,have bad teeth or develop health issues. It’s all very frustrating
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“ This year, after an assessment of the scientific literature by the European Food Safety Authority, the European Union decided to ban titanium dioxide in food. The agency highlighted its concern that the additive could damage DNA and lead to cancer. While more research is still needed, the agency concluded that it could not establish a safe level of titanium dioxide in food.”
My 5 year old will eat basically anything if it's got saracha on it 😂