If picky eating were an Olympic sport, would your child be the gold medal winner?
If so, you’re not alone. Many parents find that their children consistently place first in the “you can’t make me eat that” category and excel at pushing food around their plate.
How can you turn mealtime into a family-friendly hour as opposed to an all-out war? Here are some suggestions:
* Be patient. Don’t try to force your children to eat if they refuse to finish their meal. By creating drama in the kitchen, you set a bad tone for the future. Kids will automatically think of mealtime as a negative experience and will only become more reluctant when it comes to eating.
Be persistent by offering a variety of foods along with those you know they like. As new foods become familiar, your children will be more likely to try them.
* Remember, timing is everything. In the midst of a dinnertime showdown, children don’t want to hear all of the reasons why they should eat the food sitting on their plate. Try to incorporate nutrition education during other parts of the day.
Bring up the issue during story time, play time or television time – not in the middle of a temper tantrum over broccoli.
* Look for “fun” foods. Scan the supermarket for foods that you know kids would enjoy. Want to get your kids to try seafood? Products like Gorton’s Popcorn Fish, bite-size fish coated in a crispy batter, appeal to children because of their fun shape and kid-friendly taste.
Serving fish in this manner early on will encourage your children to keep an open mind about eating different kinds of seafood in the future.
* Set an example. While the focus may be on getting your kids to eat what is on their plate, it helps to look at your own eating habits as well. Children learn by example and often want to eat what they see grown-ups eating.
Make a point to let them see you eating and enjoying the same foods you are serving them.
Go to http://www.healthyeatingstartshere.com/planning/healthy-cookware for the full article. Healthy cookware is a really important part of healthy cooking. …
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This is a cookware review of Lodge L5HS3 5-Piece Pre-Seasoned Cast-Iron Cookware Set. I hope you find it helpful…
- Set includes: 10.5-inch round griddle, 8-inch skillet, 10.25-inch skillet, 5-Qt. Dutch oven and 10.25-inch iron cover
- Pre-Seasoned and ready-to-use
- Superior heat retention and even cooking
- Use on all cooking surfaces, grills, campfires and oven safe
- Made in the USA
The Lodge Cast Iron 5-piece set features the most needed cast iron cookware pieces for your kitchen. Cast iron is a multi-functional cookware that works wonders with slow-cooking recipes and all your favorite foods. Cast iron loves a campfire, a stovetop, or an oven, and can slow-cook foods without scorching. It retains heat well so you can sear meat at higher temperatures and will keep your delicious meals warm for a long time. Whether used in a kitchen or camp, theses virtually indestructible Click toRead the rest of the review here…
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What is your opinion of cookware? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Thanks for an honest review on the advantages / disadvantages on the
View Commentvarious types of pots & pans you use. Seems to be nothing but paid reviews
and infomercials on YouTube
Titanium.
View CommentI need help finding a safe muffin pan, is “natural aluminum” safe?, if I
View Commenthave a aluminum muffin pan and use liners is it safer?
The thick bottom of the stainless steel cookware is encapsulated aluminum
View Commentand sometimes copper.
Aluminium is used in one form or another with most pans most modern pans
View Commentare Aluminium oxide and are very stable with regards reactivity with foods,
Leaching of minerals from pans is less of a concern all the water we drink
has more minerals than the leaching we get from pots and pans, the best way
to ensure your health eat a balanced diet and exercise stop blaming pots
and pans.
You can buy new vision glassware cooking pans here. I love them. Just be
View Commentcareful about going from a hot surface to a cold surface.
http://www.shopworldkitchen.com/visions/
Looks like 1 person likes to cook with the cheap aluminum pans..lol Great
View Commentvideo, Heather! =)
the glass pots are so beautiful, i’m jealous! <3
View CommentWhat do you think about Le Crueset cookware? With the white/beige lining?
View Comment@healthyvegan They’re so cheap, in the $25 to $45 range. I thought these
View Commentkinds of cookware went for over $100 each.
Awsome video! right on time. 🙂
View CommentThanks for the tips. There are some glass pots on Amazon.com. They are
View Commentcalled “Corning Visions”..
I just looked up Lodge on Amazon and found the Lodge Logic L10SK3 12-Inch
View CommentPre-Seasoned Skillet. Is that the one you just showed?
what do you think of aluminium pans with ceramic titanium coating, are they
View Commentsafe? i have not been able to find anything that says they are not, but a
lot of internet sites say “might” not be safe?
One more superior pot for healthy cooking is the slow cooker or crock-pot
View Comment(with stoneware inner pot, which is nontoxic). Slow cooking better retains
nutrients, increases digestibility and flavour, more so than most cooking
methods. It is the best way to cook beans and other foods that tend to be
tough to break down.
Love all my Le Crueset which is made in France and is enamel cast iron.
View CommentWhich means it has enamel outer/inner baked on. And they have something
like a one hundred year guarantee. And a well seasoned cast iron item
should not turn water grey/black. Also want to note that ‘hot pan cold oil
food wont stick’ is a phrase I remember.
I think it’s very important when buying stainless steel to buy the correct
View Commentgrades. 18/10 should be the highest grade and at grade 18/0 you should be
very cautious to care for it properly (the grades are etched into the pots,
usually on the bottom). Also, my grandmother used glass pots throughout my
childhood and they never broke. Cast iron is very safe and the iron that
leaches into the food is minimal (especially if the pot is old), it has
been shown to keep blood sufficient of iron levels.
cast iron rocks!!!!!
View Commentthanks for the info!!!
View CommentThanks so much for this video!
View CommentI have been thinking about getting some new pots and pans. Thanks for
View Commentposting this 🙂
Hi Heather, thanks for the video. Just wondering about the stainless steel
View Commentpots. Are they safe to have an encapsulated aluminium bottom if the food
doesnt touch any aluminium? Like the bottom part of the pan is aluminium,
but the part where you put the food into is all stainless steel?
WOW – Great video!! it has been time for me to purchase new pots and
View Commentpans!!!!!!!! thank you!!!
Easy and non stick, straight out of the box!,
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NO MORE TEFLON!,
This is an excellent starter set. So far I’ve used it for burgers, steaks, eggs, pancakes, pigs-in-a-blanket and now I’m hungry again. If you read a little about cast iron on the Internet you’ll learn about all the virtues. This Lodge set has all those virtues and no flaws I can see IF you do a little more seasoning before using the pieces.
All of these pieces come pre-seasoned but don’t let that stop you seasoning again. I’ve seen a couple of reviews that make mention the pieces don’t have the non-stick features of cast iron. What I found is by going through the seasoning process before first use and then for the first couple of uses using a little more vegetable oil (I’m using Crisco) then you will have no problems. After each use I clean the pans with fresh water, no soap, put them on a medium burner to dry and add a little more oil. Once properly seasoned at home the cheese stays with the pigs instead of sticking to the pan.
The set is functional and I think beautiful. I would like to see a small sauce pan and a griddle added to the set as I think these are essential. Also, I purchased the cast-iron Dummies book and found it pretty helpful both in how to care for the cast iron as well as how to cook with it. There are plenty of fun recipes to try out. Another thing I did but not sure it was really necessary was, after reading some reviews of pot holders (these things get HOT and stay hot) there was a suggestion pointing me to gloves used by welders. I picked up a set of those (which I’ll probably review) and they work fine but maybe they are a bit overkill. I don’t know. There are other pot holders from Lodge and other places that might work fine. Just remember – hot. Very hot. And they stay hot. That’s actually one of their virtues but be careful.
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