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Kid’s Restaurant Menu—The Call for Healthy Kids’ Food

Date
Jul, 28, 2017

By Fredrica Syren:

Last weekend we went to an all vegan and raw restaurant here in Stockholm. To my kids’ delight, they had a huge menu to Child refusing foodchoose from: smoothies, breads with dips, cut up veggies with hummus, fruit slices and much, much more. They settled on beet smoothies, cut up veggies with zucchini hummus, apples slices and homemade bread. They were in heaven and ate every bite.

Sadly, this is not the norm when we go out, which we do more when we travel. In most restaurants, the kids’ menus offer mostly fried, cheesy or all carb foods. Once in a while, they have a sad little fruit cup with watery fruits. The common theme we see is that there are very few vegetables offered and, if they are offered, they’re hard and tasteless steamed veggies.

Copy right 2014 Green-mom.com
Copy right 2014 Green-mom.com

I wonder who on earth came up with the idea that children do not like good, healthy foods? Who said that kids won’t eat the fruits or veggies, so let’s not put too much effort into them anyway? I think it’s just ridiculous not to offer healthy options for children – something more fun than pizza, pasta, fried chicken or pancakes. I know my kids are not unique in that they appreciate well cooked and well prepared foods with lots of colors that look good on the plate. One thing I know from feeding kids is that they love little bowls with dips and small dishes that they can mix and match themselves. And they absolutely love colors on their plates.

So, from now on, every time we’re faced with a sad kids’ menu, I will make a point of being vocal about it. If more parents join me, maybe we’ll start to see a change.

Fredrika Syren

Fredrika Syren is an environmental activist and writer. In 2016, she founded the website Green-Mom.com where she shared her family’s journey of living zero waste. She lives in San Diego, California with her husband James and their children Bella, Noah, and Liam. Fredrika and her family were recently featured in the documentary Zero Time to Waste. Fredrika is also the author of Zero Waste for Families - A Practical Guidebook (which you can buy on this site)

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