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• JamesK

  
   

  March 9, 2009 2:24:25 PM PDT

  Have you tried hummus dip? Guacamole? My kids make bean dip with refried beans, salsa and a can of corn. They mix it well, then chow down with baked tortilla chips. This is a favorite after school snack for my 16 year-old twins. Also, popcorn (microwaved in its own brown paper bag) Tabbouleh. Falafels... oooo those are fried, but if you bake them with just a spray of oil on top, they are great! Tahini sauce (sesame seeds ground to a paste... very nutritious. How about grinding oatmeal into flour and making pancakes. How about grinding flax seed into flour and adding to breads, muffins, or cookies. How about adding pecans, walnuts, almonds or peanuts to muffins, breads, or pancakes? Also, don't worry about "high quality protein" because a human only needs 5 to 8 percent of his/her diet to be protein to grow and flourish. If the kids are getting the majority of their calories from a whole foods, plant based diet (with occasional meat if you must) then they will be healthier than their obese (read -------> FAT) peers who eat a junk food diet. Sorry, got on my soapbox there.... ;-)
  
• GaryLDeal

  
   

  March 9, 2009 8:51:26 PM PDT

  Kinda reminds me of the two hunters complaining about how expensive the "new" dog food was. The older hunter was a native to the Appalachian Foothills and was trying to help the younger "comehere" (non-native) hunter along. The old man said he saved a fortune be feeding his dogs and youngins turnip greens and bacon grease every night. The young man was amazed and said in reply that his dogs would not eat turnip greens and he was certain that his children would not eat them either. The old man nodded and said that his would not eat them either until the fourth night.
• dirtlover

  
   

  May 5, 2009 12:04:57 PM PDT

  http://www.deceptivelydelicious.com/site/index.php
  Check Jessica Seinfeld's Book out from the library. She is great about sneaking the good stuff into things kids will eat! You might find an idea or two. :)
• Bull100

  

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  November 19, 2010 11:15:08 AM PST

  There is nothing better than comfort food and one of my favorite is Tomato Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. Thats what we had for dinner tonight. I choped a whole onion and sautaed this with some sweet peppers in butter, then we added two Quarts of our home canned tomatoes some chopped frozen carrots from the summers garden, We also added some chicken broth chopped bazil, tyme, and parsley all from the garden. We cooked all this together for about 45 minutes then run itthrough the food processor and strained it back into a pan and added some cream. We then addedsome salt and pepper and it was soup. Then we topped it off by making some grilled cheddar sandwiches. Now thats something I think the kid in all of us likes.