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Mealtimes with the family needn\u2019t be stressful and healthy meals to suit everyone can easily be adjusted with small measures. Such as choosing different carbohydrates then the children as they shouldn\u2019t have as much fibre as adults – but perhaps they require more sauce and fat, such as butter, oil or mayonnaise. Serve up mini buffets and let your child choose \u2013 we all like different things – and that includes mum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a good idea to offer the children vegetables before the main meal. They tend to like cutting tomatoes and other vegetables, and often taste them at the same time. Letting the children stir the pots or help with the mixing is clever, as they might try something they wouldn\u2019t otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serve the food in separate bowls. Lots of children don\u2019t like their food all mixed together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make healthy food child friendly<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Are you making mashed potatoes? Mix in boiled cauliflower or parsnip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Try swapping lasagne for moussaka (a Greek version made with potatoes and aubergine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Children might find horseradish a bit strong. If you are serving it with the meal (such as minute steak with root vegetables), you can mix some goat\u2019s cheese with sour cream for them, or just give them some mayonnaise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 When you\u2019re making yourself a cauliflower crust pizza, you can make the children a tortilla pizza! Use a tortilla bread as a base and then the same topping on their pizza as you put on yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Fried or smoked salmon tends to be more popular among children than gravlax or cold smoked salmon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Brown rice can be swapped for normal rice or pasta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 If you\u2019ve made chicken with lemon and garlic, or some other spicy seasoning – like chili \u2013 buy them ready seasoned chicken drumsticks instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 If you\u2019re making Bolognese \u2013 grate some carrot or cabbage into the ragu, or swap half of the meat for red lentils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Smoothies are an excellent opportunity to sneak in lots of healthy stuff. Make a smoothie from spinach, blueberries, banana and yoghurt. The green colour, which sometimes seems a bit scary, will be masked by the blue colour of the blueberries! Another combination could be raspberries, banana, haricot beans, yoghurt and milk. Beans in a smoothie might sound really weird, but they give a nice texture, and the flavour is so mild that it is masked by the raspberries, vanilla and banana, and will go unnoticed even by the fiercest sceptics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Make the most of children\u2019s penchant for pancakes and take it a step further and make rainbow pancakes! Mix in spinach or beetroot for a nice green or pink colour. If your child is suspicious of the colourful food \u2013 mix some haricot beans, or grated carrot into the batter \u2013 these will be less noticeable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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