Little Men Food - Day 1 and 2

We started the Whole30 on Monday. Hello healthy food, goodbye diet coke! We had a fairly healthy diet before starting this but there were a lot of things that I let slide. Especially since it is summer, and we live in the land of snow cones, dippin dots at the water park, and goldfish crackers at church.

As we have changed the meals we are eating the last few days there has been some resistance, especially from my littlest one. But I am confident that by the end of this he will either be a better eater, or have starved to death. Only time will tell. He has not been super open to trying new things so I am trying to fill his little belly with as much Whole30 approved food as possible while also trying to broaden his horizons and encourage him to eat vegetables. 

On Monday we started our day with eggs, scrambled for the little guy and fried eggs for the big guy, with sweet potato hash, and mixed berries. For lunch I made shrimp. Elisha doesn't like shrimp so I gave him some grilled chicken. They also had salads and pears. There was a little hesitation about both breakfast and lunch, none of this was even new food, but it wasn't the food they would have chosen. As far as dinner goes, I am going to count that as a success both boys tried something new. Anytime I can get Elisha to swallow a vegetable that is a victory. He will eat any kind of fruit, and most grains, but most meats and vegetables are out. Every night one of the boys helps makes dinner and one of the boys sets the tables. Elisha was dinner helper that night so helping make the vegetables might have been some incentive to eat them. We had skirt steak, green beans, mashed sweet potatoes with ghee, and roasted squashes (zucchini and butternut). 

Day two breakfast was frittatas, pineapple, berries, and pears for boys.

For lunch I made them roll ups with ham, spinach, apples, and paleo mayonnaise. I also made them apple 'sandwiches'. Apple slices with sunbutter and raisins in between. 

For dinner the boys had fruit (grapes and pears), black olives, and beef stew. The stew was delicious but both boys were hesitant. Ezra ate it without any problems, but Elisha was definitely more reluctant but he did eat three bites of the meat, one bite of parsnip, and two bites of carrots. It wasn't much but you have to celebrate the small victories!

 I have found that the more the boys are involved in making, playing with, preparing, and shopping for the foods we are eating, the more receptive they have been to eating it. I guess your mom was wrong when she said not to play with your food!

Elisha in Sprouts, proudly displaying his ginger antlers.