the healthy highchair: May 2014

5.27.2014

The Many Health Benefits of Cucumbers

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Avocados & Whole Milk Greek Yogurt

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Grated Carrots and Steak Balanced Meal

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5.24.2014

Homemade Chocolate Syrup (no refined sugar!)

One of my favorite drinks as a kid was chocolate milk. All kids love chocolate milk and once they get a little older and understand that there's actually a chocolatey syrup that you can put in your milk and make it so much more delicious!

Here is a recipe that has no refined sugars, is great to mix with a small cold glass of organic milk (a great grass-fed brand is Nature's Way).

You'll need:

1/2 C cocoa powder

1/4 C pure maple syrup

1/3 C water

1/2 TSP vanilla extract

Directions:

- over med heat, mix water and maple syrup in small stainless steel saucepan

- once heated, turn to low

- whisk in cocoa powder

- remove from heat

- add vanilla

- let cool in small bowl or mason jar

5.18.2014

Why Grass-fed Meat, Dairy & Eggs?

The Importance of Home Cooked Meals

5.15.2014

Foods that are Best for Your Growing Toddler

What Foods are Best for Baby?

Carmelized Onion & Soft Boiled Egg With Rice

I know what you're thinking. This sounds like something off the menu at a gourmet restaurant. Am I losing it? Do I actually think your toddler will eat this?

Yes, and yes!

My little one would eat rice and pasta all day everyday. That was pretty much my biggest nightmare as a new mom... Or my health conscious crunchy granola hippie alter-ego.

Anyway,

5.14.2014

Spinach & Meatball Rice

My picky eater loves rice. Rice is something I add lots of butter (KerryGold) to for his good fats. I recently started hiding all sorts of veggies in it. Here is a favorite of his: Spinach & Meatball!

Grass-fed local ground beef is used in my classic meatball recipe, cooked thoroughly. The spinach is organic baby spinach, diced & sautéed. Note: spinach is a choking hazard so make sure to dice!

So on those nights when your children only want to eat f***ing roll...give this a try!

What Are Healthy Fats for Kids?

Here are 4 types of fats worthy of your attention. Make sure your child gets very high quality, unrefined, unprocessed, organic fats. They become the building blocks of her brain and organs.

Percent = ideal ratio for total fat intake:

Saturates 40-50%: Coconut meat & coconut milk, cow milk (raw, grass fed) or goat milk, butter (grass fed), and fat from organic animal meat (grass fed).
Omega 9 – 35%: avocados, chicken fat, duck fat, macadamia, olive, turkey fat.
Omega 3 – 10+%: cod liver oil, fish oil, flaxseeds, chia seeds, walnuts.
Omega 6 – 10%: In most animal, fish, & vegetable fat, and highly concentrated in corn, safflower/sunflower oil, pumpkin & sesame seeds. Always buy organic as corn and soy are GMO crops.

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