Eat Like A Dinosaur

Eat Like A Dinosaur

Parenting: cookbook
Eat Like A Dinosaur. Could you imagine a more kid friendly
title? After years of library shelf reading (making sure each and
every book is in it's proper Dewey decimal assigned place) I can tell
you the one juvenile non fiction area most often in need of tidying is
the dinosaur section. Kids are into dinos big time. So when I saw
this intriguing volume by the Paleo Parents with its cover picture of
a child and a prehistric pal about to share a repast I just had to
check it out.
As we learn in "the boring chapter for parents" (gotta love
that) the Paleo Parents are raising three sons less than five years
apart. They decided to convert the whole family to a diet sans
grains, legumes, dairy products, and refined sugars. They all lost
weight and their boys were cured of chronic health problems. Through
a blog and now this book they are trying to help other parents. The
second section is an explanation for kids in picture book form.
The rest of the book is the piece de resistance. There are
chapter after chapter of allergen free, artificial ingredient free
tasty looking foods. Many steps in their preparation can be done by
kids. This is really excellent because when kids are involved in the
kitchen they are much more likely to buy into healthy eating. Even if
you can't [relies too much on meat for my vegetarian self] or don't
want to go totally paleo there are a lot of very appealing recipes
ranging from entrees to, believe it or not, sweets.
If you are raising kids with food allergies, suffering from them
yourself, or simply trying to steer the family toward a more wholesome
eating style without encountering eye rolls, whining, or out and out
tantrums, you will find Eat Like A Dinosaur to be a really worthwhile
investment.
On a personal note, in a few weeks folks in the Greater Bangor area
will be able to enjoy Kahbang, a four day celebration of music, art,
and film to be held at the Bangor waterfront. A lot of the events are
free. I'm sure a good time will be had by all.
A great big shout out goes out to all who are working hard to make
this very special event a reality.
Julia Emily Hathaway


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