Underrepresented foods
There are many foods that are healthy for children and other household members, affordable, and unfairly neglected in most families' diet. Try to introduce new foods step by step and don't be discouraged if they are not accepted immediately! Practice has shown that it is extremely important for the father of the family to accept and support these novelties, because then the children will accept them more easily and faster.
Body
- Legumes with cereals can completely replace animal proteins, even for children; they are low in fat and high in minerals - calcium, magnesium, iron and vitamins, as well as in fiber.
- A cup of cooked lentils or beans gives the body a third of the energy it needs and almost half of its daily iron needs. The saying that you could live on beans is actually true, with the addition of bread and milk.
- Whole, milled or rolled millet, barley or oats can be prepared in various ways and combined with legumes, vegetables or meat for breakfast or dinner.
- Wild foods: nettle for pies and soup, dandelion for salad, wild fruits for compote and tea.
- Winter sources of vitamin C: beets, turnips, raw carrots for salads, sauerkraut.
- Sesame, flax, sunflower, pumpkin and peanut seeds contain very useful fats and calcium and should be added to homemade bread, cakes or salads.
- Spicy herbs such as parsley, dill, basil, oregano improve food taste and reduce the need to add salt, and some also contain calcium.
