FED TO FAIL
That’s the title of the UNICEF article my friend Adenike sent me and in her words ‘This is not just the Gospel according to CoachE’. UNICEF agrees too’
Citizens, we can certainly do better and in this blog, I wanna share with you five simple meals you can feed your kids, from literally after you introduce solids and semi-solids (with some slight mods) and actually FEED TO WIN!!!
Fed to fail? Not you, Chileeeeeeee
I recently launched one of our programs specifically aimed towards the kids, for our moms in the Jesus Girls’ Nation. The steps leading up to it were exciting as I had to create new recipes and more, some of it amazingly simple, for these moms. Here I wanna share 5 sweet meals to make child friendly as you introduce to your kids.
I also want to give you PERMISSION to BE THE MOM!!! If it won’t kill them, then they need to start to get their taste buds used to it, which is why in the YT video that accompanies this post, I am happy to continue this conversation, giving you tips on how to actually go about it.
The BEST help is actually in the A BETTER LEGACY program, so if you are ready to truly lock this one in and feed to win, come on over and join us in the next stream.
So here are those five simple meals
1. Boiled Plantain and Egg sauce
We are so used to always frying plantain to give our kids, but boiled plantain is such a delicacy. Plantain on its own is sweet, whether fried, grilled or boiled so please boil to win.
Pro tip: make sure it is fully ripe and boil it with the skin, and add a little salt. Don’t overcook too.
Serve this to your kids with any sauce, but I prefer to serve mine with egg sauce as it double fills them up.
2. Fruity Nutty oats
Universally known as a super food, this is one ‘cereal’ we need to be giving our precious babies at least 3 to 4 times a week, and this can go for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I make my oats exciting by adding any combination of these; shredded coconut, shredded or diced apples, diced kiwi, mashed banana, unsweetened yogurt, grapes, sugar-free raisins and more. Gosh, so yum.
Recently, I started to mix in acha with my oats as my kids didn’t take well to acha alone, and I figured I could be creative as I didn’t want them missing out on it. Please check out the YT video for more tips to introducing new foods in.
3. Beans and corn
Phew. Popularly known as adalu, but I don’t use the canned sweet corn as it has sugar added to it. What I do instead is boil my own fresh corn (or you can buy boiled corn in season), then I take the portion I want to add to the beans out and boil again in coconut or tigernut milk (you can use regular milk but my kids do plant-based milk and I generally prefer it), then I could add a little dates paste to it to sweeten, bypassing the sugar in the canned sweet corn, then I add my already cooked beans when the water is little, keeping the heat low, stirring for a short while till it is all incorporated and then serve.
Gosh, it is UNBELIEVABLY yum. God knows how I keep pinching from it haha.
BEST part is knowing that is is 100% HEALTHY
4. Beans and Plantain
Permit me to stay on beans because most of us moms complain that our kids don’t like beans, which is why I am nagging. Instead of letting them miss out on the super rich source of iron and this wonderful legume, we have to find more kid-friendly ways to serve.
I don’t cook the plantain with the beans, instead I cook the beans and set aside. Then very similar to the adalu method above, I boil the over ripe plantain in little water on low heat, with some salt and crayfish, or I could use chicken or fish stock. Then when it is all cooked, usually in 5 to 7 mins, and mashy, I take the portion of the beans they need and add to it, mixing it nicely, then serve.
That beans is spoon-licking delicious and I find it more delicious this way than when I cook the plantain with the beans from the beginning
Make sure the plantain is overripe though.
5. Boiled and grilled Irish potato and egg sauce
I especially LOVE this meal as the store bought french fries holds nothing to it. This is hands down more delicious and of course healthier by 100%. Btw, I did a post on store bought french fries and its dangers here.
#ChildNutrition: The Dangers Of Store-bought Frozen French Fries.
I am so thankful it is not a meal we spend money on at home.
So for this recipe, boil your Irish potato in chicken or fish stock. You can cut it in the shape you want before boiling. don’t over boil please, then drain the water, let it cool and then you sprinkle any spices you want (fish powder, turmeric, black pepper or any, so far your kids agree with it) then toss into the oven or air fryer and let it crispify that yummy goodness.
When this is done and you taste it, you will kiss store-bought fries with all its dangers buh-bye forever.
Ok that’s all I can share here.
Join the A BETTER LEGACY program and let’s rock this healthy lifestyle out. Best part is how everything for kids can also be eaten by adults so you get two for the price of one.
A better LEGACY, for today, for tomorrow, for our children
And don’t forget to check out the corresponding YT video where I share more tips on how to truly FEED TO WIN with your kids.
Oh and hey, on my mummy blog, there is more goodness.
Fed to FAIL… 5 foods to reduce drastically or eliminate RIGHT now from your kid’s table
I share five foods you really need to drastically reduce to eliminate RIGHT NOW from your kids diet as an act of love for your kids and good stewardship to God for giving them to you.
Ok, I also would love to hear what your thoughts are on these meals, and share any more that you have been rocking out with your kids, from FARM to TABLE. Look, this mommy gig is not easy and one way to ease it all is to share. I have shared mine, now share and help more moms.
To your BEST Farm2Table Life
Eziaha
President, Jesus Girls’ Nation
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