As a parent setting a good example is important. This is especially true around the dining table, since children tend to pick up eating habits from the family routine.
Try the following - your family may not even know they are eating more healthful meals:
1. Incorporate a vegetable into every meal. Peas, broccoli, beans, red, yellow or green bell peppers, spinach - you name it, vegetables provide nutrients and fiber.
2. Use more beans and legumes, and less meat. Chickpeas, lentils and beans of all types are good sources of fiber and protein.
3. Serve up whole grains. Brown rice and home-made chapattis from brown wheat are the excellent source of fibre and protein, vitamins. Try to use bread (from the market) as little as possible.
4. Switch sweets. Instead of soda, stock the pantry with sparkling waters. Pour fruit juice into a pitcher and dilute it to lessen the sugar content. Stock your kitchen with fresh, whole fruits, and leave the cookies in the store.
5. Avoid instant noddles, instead just make noodles with lots of vegetables, chicken pieces and eggs.
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