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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I eat a very low carb diet. Our kids are actually eating much healthier dinners since we started, since we are not putting rice or bread on the table at every meal. So the kids are eating more meat/fish/eggs and veggies.

But we do sometimes put more carby foods on the table for the kids. Like last night I made baked chicken drumsticks, chopped salad, and pasta with red sauce. My husband and I just had the chicken and salad. The kids were offered everything, but choose to eat just the pasta.

So sometimes we just all eat low carb dinners, and sometimes we add something carb-o-rific for the kids. The kids have not made a fuss over this change - it started about 5 months ago. Kids are 3 and 5.

Taco dinners are great for the family and for when we have guests. I put out corn tortillas for the carb eaters and romaine leaves (make a great taco shell) for the low carbers. Then whatever fillings I have on hand - meats for low carb and rice/beans for kids. And cheese/sour cream/salsa for all.

Another idea: tuna or salmon salad. Kids eat it on toast or crackers and my husband and I eat it on spinach salad or scoop it up with cucumber slices.

We go through bread very slowly now, so we keep a sliced loaf in the freezer and pull slices out and toast for the kids as needed.

I am loving the Wheat Belly cookbooks. Avoiding wheat is not my particular issue, but these books are actually free of all grains and pretty much free of legumes. He's very focused on keeping things low carb and there are carb counts for the recipes. The drumsticks I made last night were from Wheat Belly. Basically I coated them in a mix of flax meal and parmesan cheese and baked - very yummy and kid friendly (although not as kid friendly as pasta :) )

Good luck! My husband and I are loving the low carb lifestyle. We've both lost weight and are feeling great.[/quote]

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