Editor Whether you’re trying to get a fussy kid to eat better or just improve their overall diet, meal planning is an easy step to help you reach your goals.
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Bonny Shah, Registered Dietitian & Certified Diabetes Educator, Founder & Consulting Dietitian at Self Love Nutrition Clinic says, “Kid’s meals should have all 5 components of a healthy diet, that is, complex carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamin and minerals and water. Ensuring meals that he/she consumes are rich in all these sources will help ensure their all-round growth and better health. We should always keep in mind the portion required by the child and accordingly pre-prep the dough, soak the legumes and prepare required batters in advance for better absorption of nutrients.”
She adds, “Pre-deciding the menu for the week in advance will help you make healthy eating choices and will ensure that you are able to give you kids all types of food groups.”
6 KEY benefits of Meal Planning for kids
- Kids involvement
Involve the kids while deciding the menu by giving them options to choose from. This makes them realize that they made the decision to have that meal. In turn it results in a feeling of ownership while having those meals.
A personalized meal planner makes them excited to get involved in this process.
- It saves time & effort
When you know what you will need for the week you will ensure that the ingredients are pre-stocked and preps are made prior. This saves unnecessary wastage of time & effort when meals are spontaneously decided.
- It leads to better digestion
When you know the meals for the week in advance you have the opportunity to make the desired preps. So for example, you can pre-soak the legumes, make the batter at home, pre-prep the dough to let it rest, marinate the tofu, make the paneer at home etc. These steps lead to better digestion and improved gut-health.
- Reduce stress
Planning = less stress. When your daily meals are preps for, fridge & pantry stocked, all nutrition groups covered you are less likely to be stressed about the day-to-day meals. It could maybe give you some time in the day to devote elsewhere.
- Ensures no waste
When you’ve stocked the required ingredients it definitely leads to less wastage than buying things on-the-spot in unknown quantities.
- Adds variety to the diet
The biggest win of meal planning is that it gives you the ability to add variety and cover different types of nutrients required by your kids as well as the house.
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