12 Simple Ways To Make Your
Family's Meals Healthier
Family's Meals Healthier
By Teresa Kolvek
toddlerdish.com
toddlerdish.com
As a mom, I feel that it’s extremely important to provide
wholesome food for my family. Luckily, I've found that it
doesn't have to be difficult to make healthy meals at home.
Following are some easy substitutions to implement in
order to get the best nutritional impact from each meal,
while keeping it tasty and pleasing those picky eaters.
These are just a few suggestions that will help to make your
family’s meals more nutritious. Be creative and experiment,
and you may just hit on some new family favorites!
wholesome food for my family. Luckily, I've found that it
doesn't have to be difficult to make healthy meals at home.
Following are some easy substitutions to implement in
order to get the best nutritional impact from each meal,
while keeping it tasty and pleasing those picky eaters.
 | Rethink white rice. There are a lot of options out | |
| there to substitute for regular white rice that are tastier and much more nutritious. Try brown rice, quinoa, or bulgur, for starters. |
| Replace regular pasta with a whole-wheat variety. |
| Replace hamburgers with turkey burgers or veggie | |
| burgers. There are many tasty veggie burger options out there. Gardenburgers, for example, are yummy, and they don’t have that fake meat flavor some varieties contain. |
| Try replacing at least half of the cooking oil in baked | |
| recipes with unsweetened apple sauce. |
| Also in baked recipes, replace half of the white flour | |
| with a whole-wheat variety. |
| Use toasted wheat germ instead of dry bread crumbs. |
| Use whole-wheat sandwich breads, buns, and rolls | |
| instead of white. |
| Use olive oil instead of butter or margarine |
| Replace bacon with turkey bacon or veggie bacon. | |
| My toddler actually likes Morningstar Farms veggie bacon as much as the real thing. |
| Use low-fat or non-fat dairy products instead of the | |
| full-fat whole varieties. |
| Try other green leafy vegetables in place of iceberg | |
| lettuce in salads or sandwiches. Some possibilities are: romaine lettuce, arugula, radicchio, endive, and chard. |
| Add a couple of tablespoons of ground flax seed to | |
| baked recipes |
These are just a few suggestions that will help to make your
family’s meals more nutritious. Be creative and experiment,
and you may just hit on some new family favorites!
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About the Author
Teresa Kolvek and her husband, Tony, are the proud
parents of a beautiful and spirited toddler named Amelia.
Teresa Kolvek and her husband, Tony, are the proud
parents of a beautiful and spirited toddler named Amelia.
