Listener question: Nutritional Choices for Families

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Feeding a fussy family can be daunting.  Different
nutritional needs such as allergies and varying diets such as
vegan, vegetarian and others can make it very difficult to plan
meals for a family without cooking 5 or 6 different meals. 
So what can we do?

I have 2 picky eaters, one with food allergies, and I eat a
plant-based diet.  Here are my top tips for making sound
nutritional choices for a picky family:

1. Involve everyone in the meal planning.  Do what you can
to cook separate entrees at the same time with one appliance,
like my example with the barbecue.  When children are old
enough to help, they can cook their own part of the meal. 
Planning ahead helps with budgeting, shopping, and a sense of
ownership when everyone helps.
2. Less shopping, more preparation.  Have some meals
interchange.  Use the same ingredients for different meals,
make sauces in large quantities in advance, and don't waste
ingredients.
3. Prepare the meals at the start of the day for the whole
day.  Chop the veggies, portion the meats, lay out the
recipes, and make sure everything is ready to go.  That way,
when it's time to prepare dinner, all you have to do is throw it
together and the kids can help.

Here are my tips for making the right nutritional choices:

1.  Eat a color rainbow.  A beautiful visual variety is
more stimulating. Different colors of foods provide different
nutrients and all are important.
2.  Do the best you can to get organic meats.  Avoid
meats with antibiotics and growth hormones and possible exposure
to glyphosate, or Roundup.  Use the CluckAR app linked below
to find the best eggs possible at your supermarket.
3.  Milk is a tricky one.  Cow's milk is not the
calcium-booster that the marketing tells us.  Soy is GMO,
full of glyphosate and artificial estrogens that the body can't
process.  Nut milks are better, but research the
brands.  It's actually quite easy to make nut milks at home
and it's fun for the family to do.

When feeding your pets, there are some other things to
consider.

1. Cats, or felids, need to hunt for their food.  That's not
to say that your household cat should hunt for everything
outside, but I've found that making bits of jerky from the off
cuts of meat I'm preparing and putting them inside a cardboard
tube is a good treat for my elderly cat, and he also gets
exercise and stimulation.
2. Dogs, or canids, are descended from wolves and are
opportunistic feeders.  They will eat eggs out of nests,
scavenge on carrion, and even eat some greens.  Plan to give
your dog one whole egg a week, shell and all, and if he needs
calcium, he'll eat the shell too, once he figures out how to get
into it.

Making correct nutritional choices is a matter of a broad
spectrum of vitamins and minerals. Involving your family in the
preparation and planning is a great lifelong exercise that will
benefit everyone.


Do you know how "free range" the eggs at the supermarket really
are?  Use the CluckAR app to find out.
https://www.choice.com.au/about-us/products-and-services/cluckar-mobile-app


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