Have you convinced your kid something is a “treat” that’s relatively healthy?

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Anonymous wrote:We make breakfast cookies (oatmeal and banana), breakfast popsicles (yogurt and fruit), and breakfast ice cream (cottage cheese, nut butter etc blended and frozen). These are all "special treats".

we make breakfast popsicles too! But they are aware it’s not a treat, just normal breakfast food that is frozen and popsicle-shaped.
Can you share your breakfast ice cream recipe?

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Google Nice cream

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Freeze dried strawberries are a hit. When my 4 year old was constipated i would cut a prune or apricot into 2 and put a mini chocolate chip inside each half. Shed gobbble up a ton of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Bare backed apple chips with cinnamon are a hit here.

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We make our own Popsicles and it's just fruit and water. Same with smoothies except I put in milk with fruit.

I Bake relatively healthy muffins, they still have some sugar but use mostly whole wheat and protein filled ingredients, and I call them cupcakes.

But my youngest is 8 and the gig is mostly up. We eat healthy because it makes your body happy and have treats in moderation as well.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We make breakfast cookies (oatmeal and banana), breakfast popsicles (yogurt and fruit), and breakfast ice cream (cottage cheese, nut butter etc blended and frozen). These are all "special treats".

we make breakfast popsicles too! But they are aware it’s not a treat, just normal breakfast food that is frozen and popsicle-shaped.
Can you share your breakfast ice cream recipe?

Similar to this
https://www.eatingbirdfood.com/cottage-cheese-ice-cream/#wprm-recipe-container-122062

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We make homemade sweetened whipped cream and the kids love a dollop of it over a bowl of berries or sliced peaches. Homemade Dole Whips are a really special treat.

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Nope we are all about moderation and love actual sweets. Why set them up to have food issues and distorted to thinking about food?

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Anonymous wrote:Nope we are all about moderation and love actual sweets. Why set them up to have food issues and distorted to thinking about food?

+1. Not only this but the tricks only work when they are small anyway. My kids like smoothies and banana bread, etc but they aren’t fooled into thinking it’s an Oreo.

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Anonymous wrote:When my child was a toddler, he was excited for "ice popsicles" (aka ice cubes) and "broccoli popsicles" (aka frozen broccoli) for dessert. That wouldn't work past age 2 or 3.

Broccoli popsicles? And he bought it for a bit? That is actually freaking adorable.

I think it’s actually really sad.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope we are all about moderation and love actual sweets. Why set them up to have food issues and distorted to thinking about food?

+1. Not only this but the tricks only work when they are small anyway. My kids like smoothies and banana bread, etc but they aren’t fooled into thinking it’s an Oreo.

It is not a trick. You make something that is good for the kid that is healthy and they like it. So you keep more of that in the house as a healthier snack alternative. You also offer oreos and candy and cake on occasion. They are not mutually exclusive.

We have started eating more dehydrated fruit on hikes and backpacking. DS asked for them for his school lunches and has started snacking on them at home. They are in the same drawer as the Oreos and Candy. We have also taught him that moderation is good and that it is ok to eat Oreos and banana bread but eating too much of it is not great for you. He makes good choices so we leave it be.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my child was a toddler, he was excited for "ice popsicles" (aka ice cubes) and "broccoli popsicles" (aka frozen broccoli) for dessert. That wouldn't work past age 2 or 3.

Broccoli popsicles? And he bought it for a bit? That is actually freaking adorable.

I think it’s actually really sad.

NP. It might be sad if this were a 6 year old but Toddlers just get excited about new and less common foods! I have a video of my then 2 year old exclaiming over sautéed onions, which he thought were the bomb for a few months. My kids also loved frozen veggies when they were young, like frozen peas and corn because we rarely have real ice at home.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope we are all about moderation and love actual sweets. Why set them up to have food issues and distorted to thinking about food?

+1. Not only this but the tricks only work when they are small anyway. My kids like smoothies and banana bread, etc but they aren’t fooled into thinking it’s an Oreo.

It is not a trick. You make something that is good for the kid that is healthy and they like it. So you keep more of that in the house as a healthier snack alternative. You also offer oreos and candy and cake on occasion. They are not mutually exclusive.

We have started eating more dehydrated fruit on hikes and backpacking. DS asked for them for his school lunches and has started snacking on them at home. They are in the same drawer as the Oreos and Candy. We have also taught him that moderation is good and that it is ok to eat Oreos and banana bread but eating too much of it is not great for you. He makes good choices so we leave it be.

And how is that a treat? My kids like broccoli but I don't trick them into thinking it's a treat. How odd.

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Moderation is key. At 7 and 5, my kids don't love smoothies, no matter where they come from. They love treats and get them in moderation. They get vegetables and fruit too. I don't "hide" anything in anything.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope we are all about moderation and love actual sweets. Why set them up to have food issues and distorted to thinking about food?

+1. Not only this but the tricks only work when they are small anyway. My kids like smoothies and banana bread, etc but they aren’t fooled into thinking it’s an Oreo.

I don’t understand this. Why does it have to be processed to be a treat? Banana bread is a treat, so is a cookie.