Healthy Kids

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5 Ways to Help Your Vegan Kids Fit in At School

One of the main reasons why kids decide they don’t want to be vegan anymore is because they see themselves as different to their peers, and don’t feel like they fit in. And one of the places they notice this most is at school. Obviously the easiest way around this […]

Vegan Lunchbox with Zucchini Potato Pizza, Beetroot Muffins, Veggies and Fruit

How to Pack a Healthy Vegan Lunchbox – Part 2

Your kids are at school for about half their day, so it’s really important that you send them with a lunchbox that’s full of all the nutrition that they need to power them through the day. But with so much conflicting information out there about vegan kids’ nutrition, it can […]

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How to Pack a Healthy Vegan Lunchbox – Part 1

The most important nutrient for vegan kids is often overlooked when planning out their school lunchboxes. Sure, you look for foods packed with extra iron, and protein, and sometimes even zinc, but how often do you consider how much energy your kids are getting? Kids are at school for around […]

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Want Healthier Kids? Stop Worrying About Dinner

We’ve got it all wrong when it comes to dinner. We put so much pressure on dinner to be the main meal that gives our kids all the nutrients they need, and forget that there are at least 4 other meals throughout the day! I spent years pleading with my […]

Vegan Snacks for Kids

My #1 Secret Weapon for Fussy Eaters

Want to know my go to secret weapon for making sure your fussy kids are getting all the nutrition they need? Snacks! We often turn up our noses at the idea of snacks, thinking of them more as food that kids will fill up on and cause them to not […]

How to Get Your Kids to Eat Spinach

How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Spinach

Today we’re going to talk about how to get your kids to eat more spinach. Getting your kids to eat their leafy greens would have to be the hardest thing to do as a parent. Okay, I might be being a little over dramatic there… Childbirth was probably harder… But […]

How to Get Your Kids to Eat Sweet Potato

How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Sweet Potato

You’ve heard that sweet potatoes are pretty healthy, but your kids refuse to eat them. How do you get your kids to eat more sweet potatoes? Well, for the month of May, I’m doing a series on how to get your kids to eat more veggies. The first week we […]

How to Get Kids to Eat Zucchini

How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Zucchini

This week we’re looking at ways to get kids to eat more zucchini! (Last week we looked at tips to get your kids to get more cauliflower in. You can check out the post here.). In the largest health and nutrition survey ever performed in Australia, called the National Nutrition […]

Tips to get kids to eat cauliflower

How to Get Kids to Eat More Cauliflower

When people talk about what kids are eating, they normally focus on protein and iron (hence the emphasis on meat in kids’ diets) or occasionally calcium. But people so rarely ask about how many veggies kids have. Or if they do, they just brush off how little their kids eat […]