Newbie–very concerned about nuitrition/looking for pancake recipe!
Lori–Which chicken nuggets have you tried? Wellshire Kids brand has somedinosaur shaped ones that my kids like, and Lisa Lewis had a recipe in SpecialDiets for Special Kids that was so awesome that my fussy older kids (who areVERY suspicious of “healthy foods”!) were eating the nuggets off the plate as Iwas taking them out of the frying pan!
Kids (and people in general) actually do not have the large proteinrequirements that we are taught to believe. But of course, with a limited diet,youwould naturally be concerned. I’d add as much nutrition as you could into thefewfoods he does eat. Will he drink smoothies? That’s a wonderful way to getsome nutrition into him, and you can even add things like flaxseed meal,Brewer’syeast (not if he’s yeast free) or rice protein powder, into his drink. Blenda banana into his drink and it will cover up just about anything you put in.That’s IF he’ll try a smoothie.
What type of pancakes does he eat? I’m assuming they’re gluten free, so maybeyou can help ME. 
I’ve been looking for a really tasty GFCF/soy freepancake recipe to replace the frozen pancakes my kids can’t seem to get enoughof! Iwanted to make up a big batch and freeze them. So if you have a good recipe,I’m all “ears”! Plus, pancakes are also great places to “hide” nutritiousthings.
Oda Chrislip said,
Wrote on December 1, 2006 @ 8:11 am
I’ve tried Ian’s which made him cry because they aren’t very good.Wellshire Kids were too spicy for him, I have 2 bags left uneaten.I tried to make my own with Rice breadcrumbs and yesterday I triedthe Gorilla Munch recipe. I ruined chicken for him forever. Theones he’s used to eating are Tyson frozen chicken nuggets which arecasein free and he was eating them for the month I was trying tofind things to complete the GF part. I just couldn’t wait anylonger, I wanted him on the diet. He never tastes anything, but hedid try the Gorilla Munch ones and was very upset. Tried again atdinner. No go. Do I have to purchase that book to get the LisaLewis recipe or can I find it somewhere?
He’ll only drink milk an water so I don’t know about a smoothie butI’ll try–thank you!
Oh, I can’t cook at all….I took the pancake recipe right from theback of the Arrowhead Mills bag. He’s eating them so I guess theyare okay. I can’t get fancy yet. My idea of cooking is warmingsomething in a microwave. Sorry I couldn’t help. What type ofthings can I hide in pancakes since that is all he’s eating. Can helive on pancakes for awhile if I put good stuff in them?
Winfred Berno said,
Wrote on December 2, 2006 @ 2:31 am
You haven’t ruined chicken for him, so don’t be so hard on yourself!Old habits die hard. Keep trying. This isn’t going to be easy, askanyone here. Kids are finicky and have limited palates because we onlyfeed them certain things out of our own habits of cooking. It’s goingto take for you to get new meal ideas, but you have to plan.Cooking “on the fly” is not th ebest tactic anymore. Menu planning isessential. Plus, it going to take time for him to get off thecravings. And you don’t have to be a gourmet cook to feed a child.Their palates are a lot less complicated than we think and when theyget too much salt and sugar in their diet that dulls it even more.That being said, I love to cook and am very good at it. Maybe if Iknew what he DOES eat, I can help? What textures does he and doesn’tdoesn’t he like. It’s not always about replacing the foods he is usedto eating and I think that causes more grief. My son will never beable to eat eggs, soy, and peanuts on top of all of this and I feedhim according to the Blood Type Diet. I understand your frustration iswhat I’m trying to say. We all do, but al lis not lost. You can dothis! I help non-cooks all the time. You just need a few tips to getyou through the early stages. Don’t let one grimace stop you.Introducing foods he’s not had before is an “artform” and a delicaedance, but you don’t give up. Psychologists say it take two weeks forsomehtign to become a habit and changing a food choice can take atleast three introductions. You’ll have your best success if youeliminate snacks entirely and introduce new foods when they arehungry. A small bite introduced with no fanfare and no commentary byus, except a word of “try one bite” is the way we break through this.
Pat yourself on the back for the pancakes! Arrow Head Mills happens tobe my least favorite since they don’t do so well being stored andreheated and the batter is so dry (course I’m cooking sans eggs toomyself). I prefer Bob’s Red Mill for pancakes, but I have to cut outgarbanzo bean flour because of having my son on the Eat Right 4 YourBlood Type Diet. Too bad, they are a high source of protien. I’mlooking into alternatives right now again.
Oda Chrislip said,
Wrote on December 3, 2006 @ 8:19 pm
I’ve found that the only way to introduce anything is not at thehighchair. If I pretend that I am just walking around with a spoonor a snack, he might try it…well, that happened once. Then I cansay, oh, you like that, you want some, sit in your chair. Thatworked the other day for mashed potatoes, but the next day herefused them too. I can’t seem to understand his preferencesreally, he won’t eat anything from a spoon that has texture like theMighty Tasty hot cereal I tried making. The things he ate beforethe diet like, Gerber chicken sticks or the stuffed ravioli, hedoesn’t even remember that he ate. He never would try spagetti.LOVES pizza, I don’t know how he’s doing to do without that. I’llhave to find a substitute. His diet consists of strictly pancakes,vans waffles, mashed potatoes once, Gerber pureed fruit, noapplesauce because of the texture I assume. Zensoy chocolatepudding, fritos, lays potato chips, some GF chocolate snack bar, GFbrownie babies (can’t recall who makes them), bananas, Gerber ricecereal with applesauce (the one in the jar with no lumps), a fewother snacks, Panda puffs, and that is it aside from Almond Milk andwater. Chicken was only Tyson or Wendy’s before the diet, oh, andfrench fries.
I’ve been looking for the Bob’s GF pancake mix but either everyplacenear here is out of it, or they don’t carry it.