My children have a green aversion, which I know is not
uncommon. Spencer can now be told to eat it (I only put two bites of broccoli
on your plate, you will eat it) and there’s not a lot of fight. He still cheers
“no vegetables!” when I don’t though.
Henry still has fight left in him. He’s a very stubborn
child, and would rather go hungry than eat something he doesn’t think he’ll like.
And this is most things: all unprocessed meats (bacon and chicken nuggets:
good. Poo on everything else), most vegetables and ANYTHING GREEN (except kiwi).
When he was an infant just starting out with real food he still wouldn’t touch
anything green. It was fun to put a piece of lettuce in front of him to see him
shield his eyes (in retrospect, this probably didn’t help the current issue).
So you can imagine my amazement when I made myself a green
smoothie and the kids clamored to try it. And they liked it!
I am now making them green smoothies for their after school
snack. Gone are the fruit snacks and nuts. Now fruit! Spinach! My usual combo
is orange/pineapple juice, a banana, a handful of frozen fruit and as much
spinach as I can fit in the smoothie blender. Oh! And chia seeds. I made a
slurry of chia seeds soaked in orange juice and I add that.
Do you have any “recipes” you like?
*the title is what Henry calls them, and I won’t allow it
any other way.
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