New Momma No-Brainer — Eat Your Colors
Unlike most toddlers who are learning their first colors, my toddler is obsessed with perhaps the most obscure of the spectrum: yellow and purple. Our kitchen is overrun with squash, egg yolks, bananas, egg-plant, plums or grapes (among many colorful and healthy foods.) Bizarre as their eating preferences may seem, it goes without saying that we can stand to learn a lot from the colorful habits our children innately possess.
Remember the days when eating was about taste, color, and enrichment, instead of fast, faster, and more fattening? As parents, we could completely revamp our diet into something nutritious and delightful, purely using the colors that nature provides to guide us. Try skipping the bland and processed foods that are dull in color, such as white flour, sugar, processed carbs, or items that come in colors only dye and synthetics could create (read: fruity pebbles do not count as healthy colors!) Instead, why not try filling your plate with colors that are both discernible and worthy of your toddler’s appreciation: rich produce, deep vegetables and greens, and natural whole grains will not only make your plate beautiful…but they’ll make your body and health beautiful too.
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