Obtain our handout on GFCF and Grain-Free Lunches
There are a variety of kids on particular diets. In our Nourishing Hope group the next diets are very useful for teenagers with ADHD, Autism, and Neurodevelopmental Delays…
- GFCF Weight-reduction plan
- Paleo Weight-reduction plan
- Particular Carbohydrate Weight-reduction plan (SCD)
- GAPS weight loss plan
However for fogeys new to particular diets, a number of the commonest questions I get once I counsel a gluten-free/casein-free or Paleo weight loss plan are,
“What’s my little one going to eat?”
“How do I pack lunch on a particular weight loss plan?”
One of many challenges of college lunch is that we mother and father should not there to oversee and ensure/encourage they eat all of their lunch.
A lot of you already know it may be difficult. They’ll eat the identical meal at residence however then when they’re in school the may not. Alternatively, if we give them the meals they love that aren’t as wholesome “simply to get them to eat” they keep away from all the wholesome stuff and solely eat the junk.
Being the mom of an elementary college little one, I’ve been experimenting for a few years on what’s finest to place in my daughter’s lunch field that’s wholesome and scrumptious.
And I’ve settled on a technique that works finest for us…
A Paleo lunch field
For instance, if I feed my daughter a sandwich generally she is going to eat simply the bread and never the meat/protein. If I put crackers or a candy deal with, she could eat them however not the vegetable and protein.
There are a pair methods we deal with this, most frequently I don’t make a sandwich (except it’s a tuna or salmon salad sandwich which she tends to like and eat the protein).
I additionally keep away from together with the treats, which requires her to eat the wholesome selections out there. If I do embody a deal with, I inform her she must eat the meat and vegetable or I gained’t serve the deal with on the following special day.
This mix of diet and parenting strategies works properly for her.
What I do most frequently select from a number of classes of meals (protein, vegetable, fruit) and put a Paleo type lunch collectively. This fashion we keep away from the bread, starches, and sugars and concentrate on the wholesome meals.
