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Six Tips To Make Healthy Eating Habits Easy By Kate Samela Munchkin Giveaway

February 28, 2013 by Momstart 57 Comments

Munchkin has partnered with pediatric dietitian Kate Samela, author of Give Peas a Chance, to help parents introduce their babies to fresh fruits and vegetables at a young age with Munchkin’s new Fresh Baby Food System – which makes homemade baby food as easy as 1-2-3!

· Step 1: Chop & Steam – Start with Munchkin’s Fresh Food Chopper & Steamer, which chops and steams food quickly with a stainless steel cutting blade and convertible lid for steaming in the microwave.

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· Step 2: Mash – Next, use the Fresh Food Grinder to mash food into safe-to-swallow textures.

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· Step 3: Store – Lastly, stock your freezer with homemade baby food in stackable Click Lock Fresh Food Freezer Trays or Click Lock Fresh Food Freezer Pops with easy-to-hold handles for little hands.

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Six Tips to Make Healthy Eating Easy from Kate Samela:

1.) Be prepared: The one thing I always emphasize to parents is that they must be sure to have a variety of fresh foods in the house in order to make healthy meals in a flash. Even if you have the best intentions to make a healthful meal or snack, if the ingredients you need are not on hand, it’s not going to happen. Plan to dedicate a once per week (without your kids if possible!) healthy grocery outing, where your focus is on fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and fiber.

2.) Think Fresh First: Having staples of canned, frozen, or dried items such as beans, tuna fish, vegetables, and fruits is easy to do and necessary for building a healthy pantry; taking healthy a step further, be sure to keep a variety of perishable foods on hand you know you are going to use within 3-5 days to expose your child to food in its most natural state. Your child, even at an early age, can learn how easy good nutrition is, just by watching you peel an apple from the fruit bowl on the counter, and grating it or dicing for home made applesauce.

3.) Stick to a regular schedule: This may not seem so important, but to me, it remains one of the most overlooked “rules” of feeding healthy from the start. When you stick to scheduled meals and snacks, you are supporting your child’s ability to regulate their hunger, which helps them learn what it means to feel full. If you allow your child to snack or “graze” all day, they eat just enough to get by, but never really learn to eat a full nutrient dense meal. This leaves parents feeling that their kids eat nothing when it comes to dinner time!

4.) Go with Color: Pick foods that are bright in color to maximize exposure to essential nutrients and antioxidants. Rotate your colors of grains, fresh fruits and vegetables over the course of the week using the colors of the rainbow as your guide.

5.) Learn to Cook – or at least learn to “prepare” food at home: Making food from scratch does not have to be complicated. Home cooked foods offer more nutrition than processed foods, as cooking allows you to add fresh herbs and spices and natural fats that make food taste terrific. If cooking in the kitchen seems like a daunting task, start small by learning to make a few key items your family eats often that might be prepared or come from a package (i.e Pizza!)

6.) Practice buying packaged foods with the shortest list of ingredients:

We all rely on packaged foods or prepared foods regularly. Make it a habit to purchase packaged foods with the least amount of ingredients – if you don’t understand what is on the label, put it back on the shelf.

 

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This giveaway ends March 12th. Please see our giveaway rules.  Samples received.

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  1. avhie del rosario says

    February 28, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    Please let me win this 🙂

    Reply
  2. Linda Kish says

    February 28, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    I would love to win this.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

    Reply
  3. Christine says

    February 28, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    Cutting fast food drive-thrus out of the menu will help enormously. Keep sugar and chocolate to a minimum.
    Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  4. keely hostetter says

    March 1, 2013 at 5:48 am

    Awesome prize, would love to have it. We try to have veggies and fruit several times a day. I can’t wait til summer, then we live out of our garden.

    Reply
  5. Jennifer says

    March 1, 2013 at 9:47 am

    This looks awesome, such a easy way to make your own food!

    Reply
  6. JW says

    March 1, 2013 at 12:46 pm

    with well balanced meals

    Reply
  7. Kristi P says

    March 1, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    This looks like it would make making homemade baby food very easy. I need easy!

    Reply
  8. tam childers says

    March 2, 2013 at 6:26 am

    would love to try this

    Reply
  9. Lori Walker says

    March 2, 2013 at 11:12 am

    this is such a cool idea… what a saver for the blender

    Reply
  10. Samantha C. says

    March 2, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    This would be great for my baby!

    Reply
  11. Emily says

    March 2, 2013 at 3:32 pm

    We have a garden and grow our own veggies.

    Reply
  12. ELIZABETH C. says

    March 2, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    WHAT A WONDERFUL PRIZE ! I CAN DEFINATELY USE THIS !!

    Reply
  13. clarissa says

    March 2, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    those little hand crank food grinders are great. I have been using them since I had my first child..and I am about to have my 7th

    Reply
  14. Sadie says

    March 2, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    This is a great set for kids.

    Reply
  15. Shannon Baas says

    March 2, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    great ideas.

    Reply
  16. Debra Hall says

    March 2, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    thank for always having giveaways to make life easier

    Reply
  17. Jennifer Golub says

    March 2, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    Please enter me!

    Reply
  18. Cynthia C says

    March 3, 2013 at 5:32 am

    My niece would love this to make her own baby food.

    Reply
  19. Tamar says

    March 3, 2013 at 6:27 am

    My daughter needs this for her food.

    Reply
  20. Heather Hayes Panjon says

    March 3, 2013 at 11:04 am

    Thanks For The Great Giveaway! 🙂

    Reply
  21. sade says

    March 3, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Thanks

    Reply
  22. April V says

    March 3, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    My daughter would love this!

    Reply
  23. Heather! says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:30 am

    This looks really handy…and FUN! 🙂
    Thanks!
    h4schaffer at gmail dot com

    Reply
  24. Stephanie L. says

    March 4, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    This looks great, would love to win!

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  25. Katie says

    March 5, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    We try to eat salads before meals (Yes the kids will eat salad thank goodness!)

    Reply
  26. Susan Chester says

    March 5, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    Home made baby and toddler food is so much healthier than jarred!

    Reply
  27. nannypanpan says

    March 6, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    we buy veggies from farm stands

    Reply
  28. Adrienne says

    March 6, 2013 at 7:13 pm

    This would be great for my kitchen.

    Reply
  29. Sara says

    March 6, 2013 at 9:03 pm

    Excited about this giveaway 🙂

    Reply
  30. marissa m says

    March 7, 2013 at 10:19 am

    I love these.

    Reply
  31. Marty Harris says

    March 8, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    I would love to win this.
    marwayhar@gmail.com

    Reply
  32. avhie del rosario says

    March 8, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    me and my family eat healthy by following a healthy diet list of foods everyday 🙂

    Reply
  33. James Beck says

    March 8, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    post

    Reply
  34. Jamie says

    March 8, 2013 at 10:27 pm

    We buy local and organic as much as possible.

    Reply
  35. Breanne says

    March 9, 2013 at 3:06 am

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  36. Sara Wood says

    March 9, 2013 at 5:38 am

    I want this

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  37. Jason Vaughn says

    March 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    I love the simplicity of these products.

    Reply
  38. Rich Hicks says

    March 9, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    like this a lot to make the healthiest foods we can

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  39. SHAYNA says

    March 9, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    GREAT GIVEAWAY !! I LOVE MUNCHKIN PRODUCTS 🙂

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    Reply
  40. Tara O. says

    March 10, 2013 at 1:04 am

    I love to try to make my own food for the kids.

    Reply
  41. caitlin tate says

    March 10, 2013 at 5:28 am

    thanks

    Reply
  42. Eric says

    March 10, 2013 at 7:11 am

    Awesome Giveaway

    Reply
  43. sarah t says

    March 10, 2013 at 9:01 am

    would love to have this for or new baby

    Reply
  44. Heidi says

    March 10, 2013 at 10:58 am

    We eat healthy buy being organic and eating as many GMO free products as possible.

    Reply
  45. Gianna says

    March 10, 2013 at 6:23 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  46. Amber says

    March 10, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    This would make healthy meals so much easier.

    Reply
  47. Laurie Emerson says

    March 10, 2013 at 7:10 pm

    We eat healthy by growing our own vegetables in the spring and summer and eat a lot of fresh fruit all year long.

    Reply
  48. Michelle Tucker says

    March 10, 2013 at 11:53 pm

    We try to have some type of fresh fruit or veggies at every meal. And drinking more water.

    Reply
  49. Erica C. says

    March 11, 2013 at 6:03 am

    Love this!

    Reply
  50. cassandra (rab pom) says

    March 11, 2013 at 7:38 am

    We eat healthy by eating plenty of greens and taking vitamins!

    Reply
  51. Melanie Montgomery says

    March 11, 2013 at 8:38 am

    My sister is expecting her first child this would make a great gift

    Reply
  52. Sarh S says

    March 11, 2013 at 10:22 am

    With 2 young boys this would be great!!

    Reply
  53. susan smoaks says

    March 11, 2013 at 11:05 am

    This would really come in handy for us!

    Reply
  54. shanta spradlin says

    March 11, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    This is great, would love to win this for my babies

    Reply
  55. Saver Sara says

    March 11, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    We are expecting and know we will be making all of our own food. This would be so helpful!

    Reply
  56. Allison says

    March 11, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    Great for the next baby in the family

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  57. Lily Kwan says

    March 11, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Thanks for the great contest!

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