How do you ensure your kids are getting all the nutrients they need when their diet mainly
consists of mac and cheese?
Not exact matches
They are otherwise wonderful parents, but sadly, their daughter's diet today
consists almost exclusively
of dinosaur - shaped frozen chicken nuggets, Annie's
mac &
cheese (excessively salty, acrid in fact, to my taste buds),
and juice boxes.
Lunch Tray readers already know my feelings about most restaurants» children's menus: while they do offer parents convenience
and lower prices, the menu items themselves are usually fat - laden
and depressingly unimaginative, inadvertently teaching children that «their» food
consist of only a handful
of unhealthful entrees —
mac - n -
cheese, hot dogs, chicken nuggets
and the rest.
Now
of course, a diet that
consists just
of these healthy chocolates, potato chips,
and mac and cheese wouldn't by any means be healthy — a nutrient - dense, real food diet is the foundation
of good health — but there's certainly nothing wrong with these foods peppered in!
In addition to sugary Easter basket treats, Easter meals often
consist of high - carb foods, such as scalloped potatoes or
mac and cheese,
and richly prepared meats, such as honey - glazed ham.
Before I jump into this week's Eat & Drink, an important question: Does your diet
consist almost entirely
of chicken tenders,
mac and cheese, grilled
cheese sandwiches,
and other delicacies from the kids» menu?