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Hi There "Struggling",
I seem to be always giving the same advice, but until someone tells me otherwise, I will just keep on giving it.
It is my firm belief that live-foods need to be fun and delicious and approached with excitement and joy in order to stay with it and keep all the associations good. Food is about association - hence phrases like "comfort foods". With 4 children it is even more important as you will be building for them new associations and a firm foundation for healthy lives to come. What a gift you will be giving them if you do it well.
The key is to take it slow. Substitute one yummy unhealthy thing a week or even a month with something else yummy but healthy. You all having been eating a certain way for a long time and it ??s ok for your transition to take some time. It will be more solid then. For instance, if the kids like ice cream, you can make them banana ice cream in a food processor or a smoothie in the blender you have or fresh squeezed juice frozen pops. You can get those pop makers in a dollar store. Once sweet yummy for another. If you take it slow then you can take the time you need to get a high powered blender and then an Excalibur dehydrator. In the dehydrator you can make warm yummy cookies and then crackers to put guacamole on. Let the kids eat exactly the way they are now and get them all excited to help you make a new treat. That ??s the ticket to success in my opinion. Even with adults. Substitution and great new associations. Feeling better physically and emotionally will be achieved without the feelings of deprivation. Their little bodies will get used to good food and crave it.
I can give you some good recipes for smoothies and banana ice cream if you like.
Best of luck to you,
Greenbunny
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