Healthy Tips for Child Nutrition

As a mom of an eleven year old son I struggle with the dreaded question of what’s for dinner? He never wants to eat what I cook which usually includes some variation of a lean meat like chicken, veggies or salad, wild rice, and fruit. I vary it of course but he still pushes the food around on his plate and I find myself gently encouraging him to finish his dinner.

I began my quest to find healthy tips on kid friendly recipes. I found a great website at http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org that provided receipe tips, shopping and planning, a mom2mom forum and more! It also mentioned that March is National Nutrition Month. Because A large percent of Amercian’s fail to eat the daily recommended fruits and veggies the PBH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are introducing strategies and tips called Get Smart! Fruits & Veggies–More Matters. Glad to see it’s a whole nation of picky eaters and not just my family:0) I can not wait to try some of there receipes like Vegetable Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes.