When planning Hudson's meals for the week, I think I need to share the checklist I have for myself when looking at most meals for him whether it's a specific dish I make for him or something he is going to share in with Troy and I.
First I would like to talk about Lunch and Dinners, 14 meals that I like to consist of a protein, a carbohydrate and anywhere from 2-5 vegies (whether these are all in a puree together or some parts separate as finger food). There are many proteins and they all hold different benefits so from when I introduced these into Huddo's diet a few month back I added this theory as part of my checklist to ensure the most variety of flavours and nutrients. The protein groups are (keep in mind milk is excluded from this list):
1)Meat- eg: beef, lamb, liver
2)Poultry
3)Fish- eg: salmon, tuna,
4)Legumes eg: lentils, kidney beans
and recently introduced into the equation
5)Eggs.....but I serve them as part of breakfast 2 days a week.
So therefore with these first 4 in mind and 14 meals, each protein group is represented 3 times a week with a different 2 each week represented 4 times to total 14. (I really hope that sentence made sense!)
I like to keep variation with the carbs (eg: pasta, baby rice, cous cous) and vegies also. If once I've finished the meal plan for the week and can tick of 10 different vegies in the various meals for the week....I'm pretty happy.
As for breakfast this is the meal I like to ensure has 1-2 fruits represented, a carb and the protein is either in the form of my b/milk being mixed in the cereal or 2 times a week in the form of the scrambled egg fingers mentioned in the first post.
As I've said previously I love going to all this effort and planning since Huddo is just like his Mum & Dad....A FOODIE LOVER!
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