Want Your Child To Eat More Veggies? How Our Meal Delivery Service Can Make That Happen

Americans are paying the price for unhealthy habits. Around 40% of adults under age 40 are considered obese. Children aren’t immune. Since 1990, the number of obese school-aged children has doubled. Poor diet is a huge factor. Even if your loved ones aren’t scarfing junk food, increasing their veggie intake can really help their overall health. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Which is why up and down the coast, from San Clemente to Huntington Beach, parents have discovered a healthy meal delivery service in Laguna Beach that solves the veggie dilemma.

Unhealthy Children Become Unhealthy Adults

Portly preadolescents face more than judgements. Being overweight as a child has clear consequences as an adult. Increasingly doctors are diagnosing patients in their 20s with adult onset diabetes –– a condition once confined to those over 40. Weight loss is about more than appearance or health. It just feels better to eat right and exercise. Parents in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and across Orange County have discovered a simple solution: healthy prepared meals.
Depending on age and activity level, your children should be getting one to three cups of vegetables every day. Nuking a processed blend of broccoli and cheese sauce is like adding a scoop of ice cream to your salad. Unfortunately, if they have been loading up on junk food their taste buds are tuned in to sugar and salt. Plus, children are more sensitive to bitter foods. Butter makes it better. Adding a dab of grass-fed butter to broccoli, cooked green beans, or “smashed” sweet potatoes not only improves the taste but adds vitamins A, E, and D3 to the mix. Taylor Made Cuisine’s healthy meal delivery service in Huntington Beach makes it easier for the whole family to get their greens.

Better Eating, Better Living

Serve veggies as an appetizer or put out a plate when your children come home from school. If it’s the only option available, they are more likely to chow down on carrots then cookies. Set a good example. If they see you enjoying a salad instead of chips, they are likely to follow your lead. Keeping fresh veggies in the house is a great idea –– especially if weight loss is a goal. Healthy snacks can be as easy to make as unhealthy ones. For more elaborate options, consider prepared meals kids love like zoodles (zucchini pasta) or spaghetti squash with marinara sauce.

Create a rainbow –– decorate your child’s plate with colorful fruits and veggies. Lean animal protein is fine in small amounts. Still, recent studies examining over one million people suggest increasing consumption of plant protein improves overall health. Raising vegan or vegetarian children isn’t a guarantee that they are healthy eaters. Loading up on processed veggie meals means loading up on salt, sugar, and a host of added ingredients you don’t need. Whether your family lives in Laguna Beach, San Clemente or anywhere in the OC, vegetarian meal prep in Newport Beach by Taylor Made Cuisine means avoiding processed or soy-based meat alternatives while enjoying legumes, nuts, eggs, dairy and grains. Vegan meal prep can be extra challenging. Taylor Made Cuisine simplifies everything by offering vegan meal delivery in San Clemente –– with soy-free alternatives like nuts, seeds, grains and legumes.
Children aren’t alone. Lots of adults don’t get enough veggies. Family dinners can be fun, healthy, and loaded with tasty vegetables when you try Taylor Made Cuisine’s healthy meal delivery service.