Helping you get kids to eat veggies and try foods.
Hi! I’m Jennifer
My goal is to help you teach your kids to eat veggies and try foods without a battle!
Helping kids learn to like veggies can be simple and stress-free. I can’t wait to show you how!
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![](https://instagram.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/152878967_418832936086419_4914170932771206267_n.jpg?tp=1&_nc_ht=instagram.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=103&_nc_ohc=ctE_uPsOygIAX-6nyS3&oh=2c52ec37bbc4f9babf467f8e6c54c1fc&oe=6066AE89 "🌵 \\"What is a food desert?\\" Such a great question... and you know I have a hard time not public healthing all over the place when someone asks me. 😆 I\'m honored that Dr. Kera @black.nutritionist let me use her work in this post after sparking this conversation in my stories.
I\'m here to talk about kids and nutrition, right? It\'s because as a shiny newly graduated 22-year-old I got a job as the Youth Nutrition Coordinator of a food bank. My work was in food deserts. I met lots of kids who had never seen broccoli or a fresh carrot. I went back to school, I learned a lot.
Later I became a mother. And I learned something else. We women we have a powerful capacity to mother (we don\'t even have to have our own kids)...to mother our collective kids using our skills and resources. That\'s what I do here.
It\'s one reason why we need to care about food deserts. Millions of kids in rural and urban communities don\'t have access to fresh foods, to fruits and veggies.
For some of us, we need to step up and help change that. Changing food access is a BIG challenge. There\'s no quick fix. But when we stop judging and start learning, we begin to imagine what our role might be in making fresh foods available to everyone.
Can you imagine yourself being part of a solution?
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![](https://instagram.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/152397495_787240922198183_8149153434308125371_n.jpg?tp=1&_nc_ht=instagram.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=k5q6htPBMScAX-6Mxw1&oh=d0e529032813a39637979bfa62f89b9d&oe=6065361B "Are your worried your child isn\'t eating enough protein? It\'s not very common that we see protein deficiency in kids in the US (unless they are extremely picky eaters). So many foods ave protein and little kids only on average need about 16 g of protein a day. 🤔⠀
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Here are the \\"Official\\" Toddler Protein Servings Sizes (ages 2-3)⠀
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* solid meat, poultry, fish, or tofu - two 1-inch cubes⠀
* ground meat - 2 tbs⠀
* egg - 1/2⠀
* dried beans, peas, lentils - 2 tbs⠀
* peanut butter (spread thin) - 1 tbs⠀
* milk - 4 oz⠀
* cheese - 1-inch cube⠀
* yogurt - 1/3 cup⠀
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Kids may eat more or less than this - especially if they are disgusted! I make a point to serve a protein food of some variety at every meal and snack. This helps them stay full to the next meal or snack. It also makes sure they have plenty of protein accessible to them so that they can eat what they need. 🙌
Does your little one like protein foods?")
