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    Dinosaurs Eat Sprouts, a stress-busting guide to making fun, healthy food your kids will eat
    Dinosaurs Eat Sprouts, a stress-busting guide to making fun, healthy food your kids will eat
    Dinosaurs Eat Sprouts, a stress-busting guide to making fun, healthy food your kids will eat
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    Dinosaurs Eat Sprouts, a stress-busting guide to making fun, healthy food your kids will eat

    By Sue Trotter

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    Are you looking for fun, inexpensive recipe ideas? Do you want to tempt your fussy eater? Or perhaps your mealtimes are turning into a battleground rather than a happy family event? We all want what is best for our children and it has been shown that eating well improves health, concentration and mood, yet despite all this, persuading them to eat healthy foods can sometimes be a challenge. The simple ideas in this book can transform mealtimes into a fun enjoyable experience for all the family to share. There is even a selection of ‘basic’ recipes for you to adapt and create new dishes of your own as well as tips on how to transform some of your favourite dishes into something the whole family will enjoy.
    Whether you are looking for recipes, want to know more about nutrition, or just want ideas to help your children develop a more varied diet, this book has the answers. Divided into 3 sections you can find ideas to help incorporate more healthy food into your child’s meals, choose from a range of fun recipes or discover more about what constitutes a healthy diet.
    50% of the proceeds of this book are being donated to the following children’s charities: The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), UK and Feed the Children, USA.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSue Trotter
    Release dateJun 22, 2012
    ISBN9781476224725
    Dinosaurs Eat Sprouts, a stress-busting guide to making fun, healthy food your kids will eat
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    Sue Trotter

    Sue Trotter is a Stress Management and Confidence Consultant who runs Stress Management Workshops and works one-to-one with clients to reduce stress and boost their confidence in all areas of life. An experienced trainer and coach, Sue has a Management degree, has studied nutrition and food preparation and is a qualified Homeopathic Medical Practitioner. She is a member of the Association for Coaching and is an Accredited Trainer with the Stress Management Society. Sue is based in the Cotswolds where she lives with her husband, two sons and her dogs. In her spare time she is a Retained Fire-Fighter with Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service. Sue is currently working on a series of Stress Busting titles to help take the stress out of daily life. These will be released as ebooks so keep an eye out at https://www.smashwords.com For details of up and coming titles or to be notified of new releases as they become available, you can contact the author by emailing sue at optimumbeing dot com.

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      Dinosaurs Eat Sprouts, a stress-busting guide to making fun, healthy food your kids will eat - Sue Trotter

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      Packed with mums cheats from weaning to fussy teens, your family will wolf down vegetables and pulses - and ask for more. Brilliant!

      -- www.storkapps.com

      Dinosaurs Eat Sprouts,

      a stress-busting guide to making fun, healthy food your kids will eat

      By Sue Trotter

      Copyright 2012 Sue Trotter

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover art: Antonio Mabelma Rodriguez

      Cover Design: Jasmin Waisburd

      Copyright

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ~~~

      CONTENTS

      The inspiration behind and purpose of this book

      It’s Not Rocket Science!

      PART 1 : MAKING HEALTHY FOOD FUN

      Incorporating Healthy Foods into Your Child’s Diet

      Rebranding

      Mixing

      Matching

      Disguise

      Involve

      Surprise

      I want to be like you…….

      When time and/or money are an issue

      And finally, a LITTLE of what you fancy…..

      What to do if they won’t eat it…….

      Food phobias and fixations

      Weaning and first foods

      PART 2 : RECIPES

      Soups and Dips

      Wizard’s Potion - Butternut Squash Soup

      Hungry Ogre Soup - Minestrone Soup

      Witches Brew - Pea Soup

      Dragon’s Soup - Tomato, Lentil and Red Pepper Soup

      See in the Dark Soup - Carrot and Squash Soup

      Super Strength Soup - Chicken Soup (a cure for all ills)

      Fishing Trip Soup – Clear Vegetable Soup

      Dinosaur’s Soup – Sprout and Bacon Soup

      Basic Soup Recipe

      Spaceman’s Dip – Hummus

      Fisherman’s Dip – Mackerel Pate

      Red Fisherman’s Dip – Sardine Dip

      Green Goblin Dip – Guacamole

      Main Courses

      Basic Recipes for either vegetarian/meat/chicken or fish:

      Kung Fu Hero / Chinese Princess Special - Basic Stir Fry

      Super Hero Sauce - Basic Tomato Pasta Sauce

      Postman’s Parcels with Traffic Light Rice - Moist Tikka Kebabs with Rice Salad

      Ninja Rice – Tofu and Vegetable Rice

      Make your own Mini Pizzas in a Hurry

      Vegetarian recipes:

      Dragon Sauce – Red Lentil Bolognaise

      Pixie Pie - Vegetarian Shepherdess Pie

      Elf Magic Casserole - Puy Lentil Casserole

      Martian Stew with Moon Dumplings - Quick Vegetable Stew with Crispy Cheesy Dumplings

      Astronaut Burgers - Chickpea Burgers

      Meat and Poultry Recipes:

      Wizard Pie – Cottage Pie

      Fire-fighter Special with Fire Hose Spaghetti - Meatballs and Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce

      Dinosaur’s Stew – Beef or Lamb Stew

      Make your own Burgers

      T-Rex Favourite Roast – Pot Roast Beef

      Hungry Giant’s Pasta - Bacon, Spinach and Avocado Pasta

      Cowboy Casserole – Sausage and Bean Stew

      Pterodactyl’s Treat – Basic Chicken Casserole (and variations)

      Cheeky Monkey Munch – Peanut Chicken

      Fish Recipes:

      Power Wheels - Salmon Cutlets/Fish Cakes

      Dolphin’s Parcels – Easy Fish

      Brave Knight / Princess Risotto – Salmon and Pea Risotto

      Big Bear’s Pie – Salmon Koulibiac

      Accompaniments:

      Space Traveller’s Chips - Vegetable Chips (French fries)

      Traffic Light Rice – Rice Salad (hot or cold)

      Smoothies

      Banana Shake

      Chocolate and Banana Shake

      Strawberry Smoothie

      Banana and Berry Ice

      Mango and Raspberry

      Other Fruit Ideas and Sweet things:

      Honeyed Oranges

      Barbecue Baked Bananas

      Hot Peaches

      Honey Flapjacks

      PART 3 : A HEALTHY DIET

      A healthy diet and why it is important

      So what is a healthy diet?

      Protein

      Carbohydrates

      Fats

      Vitamins and Minerals

      Calories

      A Healthy Balance

      Blood Sugar Imbalance – the key to good behaviour, better energy and reducing mood swings

      Balancing Blood Sugar Levels

      Sweeteners

      Water

      Cooking can destroy some vitamins

      Seasonal Foods

      APPENDICES

      1 : Food Substitutions

      2: Healthy Food Options Made Easy

      Grannie’s Rule

      Introduction: The inspiration behind this book and its purpose

      It is becoming widely accepted that what our children eat affects their health, longevity and even how well they do at school. We all want what’s best for our children, but there is so much conflicting information around and things often seem so complicated. It doesn’t have to be that way! To illustrate I’d like to share the story that inspired me to write this book.

      A few years ago I ran a ‘Health Eating’ day for a group of parents and children at the Springboard Family Project, a charity based in Oxfordshire. I called the day ‘Fun with Food’ and cooked a variety of dishes for the parents and children to taste. I took my own kids along and gave them the job of handing out stickers as rewards. The children and their parents tried a variety of foods and took home recipes for the dishes they wanted to prepare for themselves. We all had a fun afternoon and within a month the feedback received from parents was that the children were now eating a greater variety of foods and more willing to try new things. Then a few months later, when parents were asked by Springboard which activities they wanted to repeat, I was asked if I could do it again. Unfortunately, existing commitments meant I couldn’t however what happened next was, for me, a sign of true success.

      Not long after, one of the mums came up to me and told me with great pride and excitement how the parents had all decided to do it for themselves and organise their own Fun with Food day. They each prepared different foods and had taken them along to share. She proudly told me what she had prepared and how much they had all enjoyed themselves. For me this was fantastic news. The parents had gained the confidence to cook and prepare healthy, fun food for themselves, their children and each other.

      Years ago, when I worked as a manager, my favourite quotation was "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. " Lao Tzu. So for me, having the parents do it themselves was immensely fulfilling and I wanted other parents to be able to share the experience too. This is what inspired me to write this book.

      I appreciate that we are all different and some people will want to understand what health eating is and why certain foods are important, others want to know how to smuggle healthy foods into your children’s diet and some just want some easy to follow recipes. So this book is designed so that you can find those sections easily and use it in a way that suits you. There is also advice on transforming fussy eaters and suggestions for substituting foods – to make it easier when you don’t have certain ingredients in the cupboard or for those of you who have to manage allergies and food intolerances.

      As a mother myself and one who worked full-time when my children were small, I understand how difficult it can be to be creative in the kitchen at the end of a long day. I also understand how expensive it can be feeding teenage boys! So most of the recipes in this book are quick, easy and economical to prepare. You will also find that as many of the recipes use additional vegetables and sometimes pulses, your recipes need less meat, reducing what is often the biggest expense.

      With regard to meat, I prefer to use a smaller quantity of good quality meat, particularly

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