Katharine Wise

Chandelle --

What's your recipe for homemade granola bars? I have a crockpot recipe for granola that I love (so easy and doesn't burn!) and I've been wanting to try making my own bars.

With my son, my concern isn't so much whether or not he's getting a nutritious, varied diet as it is the extent to which I'm going around in circles trying to satisfy his desires. We're having pizza (homemade) as we do every week. He won't touch it (or just about any other meal I make). "Do you want chickpeas?" No. "Rice with seaweed?" No. "Peanut butter apples?" No. "Tortilla with cheese?" No. "Do you have any suggestions?" Tofu with soy sauce. "We're out of tofu (because he'd already eaten the 4 packs I bought this week). How about rice with soy sauce?" No. "Peanut butter sandwich." Okay. Then... that bread smells bad! I want different bread. "We don't have a different bread. How about a smoothie?" Okay.

Katharine

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From: chandelle' <earthmother213@...>
and i have

learned very well how to get more good stuff out of foods he'll always

eat...i get really good organic jams full of antioxidants like pomegranate

and blueberry, with no sugar; whole-grain breads packed with nuts and seeds;

lots of different nut butters; i stuff vegetables into just about

everything; and his favorite snacks are luckily all kinds of healthy stuff

like frozen berries, peas and corn; rice and lentils with tofu; homemade

granola bars and crackers; fruit; beans; etc. also, i have learned that i

can put all kinds of stuff into his daily smoothie and still have it taste

good - lots of different nuts and seeds, carrot juice, kale, spiruilna, etc.












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chandelle'

well, i don't know if this will help you, or if this is out of the range of
unscholing or compassionately parenting, but my son is in this period of
delighting in having discovered the word "no," and he says it for
everything, even things he really wants or needs or things that are
definitely true. (like this: do you like that sandwich? (as he's eating it
and saying mmmm!") no. are you going to play with your blocks now? (as
he's pulling them out of the bag) no.) so lately i've just not been asking
him rhetorical questions, for one thing, and for another thing, i just do
something rather than asking him about it. if i know he's poopy, i just
pick him up and change him, rather than asking (rhetorically) if he is
poopy. and this is how i handle food now too. if i know he's hungry
(because he's giving me the sign), but he refuses to pick something out,
i'll just sit him in his chair and put something in front of him that i know
he likes. more often than not, he will eat it.

chandelle'

On 4/1/07, Katharine Wise <katharinewise@...> wrote:
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> Chandelle --
>
> What's your recipe for homemade granola bars? I have a crockpot recipe
> for granola that I love (so easy and doesn't burn!) and I've been wanting to
> try making my own bars.
>
> With my son, my concern isn't so much whether or not he's getting a
> nutritious, varied diet as it is the extent to which I'm going around in
> circles trying to satisfy his desires. We're having pizza (homemade) as we
> do every week. He won't touch it (or just about any other meal I
> make). "Do you want chickpeas?" No. "Rice with seaweed?" No. "Peanut
> butter apples?" No. "Tortilla with cheese?" No. "Do you have any
> suggestions?" Tofu with soy sauce. "We're out of tofu (because he'd
> already eaten the 4 packs I bought this week). How about rice with soy
> sauce?" No. "Peanut butter sandwich." Okay. Then... that bread smells
> bad! I want different bread. "We don't have a different bread. How about
> a smoothie?" Okay.
>
> Katharine
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: chandelle' <earthmother213@...>
> and i have
>
> learned very well how to get more good stuff out of foods he'll always
>
> eat...i get really good organic jams full of antioxidants like pomegranate
>
> and blueberry, with no sugar; whole-grain breads packed with nuts and
> seeds;
>
> lots of different nut butters; i stuff vegetables into just about
>
> everything; and his favorite snacks are luckily all kinds of healthy stuff
>
> like frozen berries, peas and corn; rice and lentils with tofu; homemade
>
> granola bars and crackers; fruit; beans; etc. also, i have learned that i
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> can put all kinds of stuff into his daily smoothie and still have it taste
>
> good - lots of different nuts and seeds, carrot juice, kale, spiruilna,
> etc.
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