Hiki ke hōʻeha i ka meaʻai meaʻai me nā keiki a me nā mākua. I kekahi manawa hoʻowahāwahā nā keiki i kaʻono a me keʻano o kekahi mau meaʻai a hōʻole loa e hōʻoleʻole. ʻAʻole makemake kekahi mau keiki e ho'āʻo i kekahi mea hou. A laila, no kekahi mau keiki, pono paha e like me kaʻaiʻana aʻaʻoleʻai paha i ka meaʻai ka mea hoʻokahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke mālama i ko lākou ola mau loa. ʻO kēlā me kēia kumu, eia kekahi mau'ōlelo kōkua e kōkua i kāu meaʻaiʻai.
1 - Mai hoʻomaka i kahi hakakā
He pilikia a hoʻonāukiuki, a ua hoʻonāʻiaʻoe. Ua pīpīʻoe i kahi meaʻai maikaʻi maikaʻi, a ke manaolana neiʻoe, eʻoluʻolu, i kēia manawa wale nō, eʻai ana kāu keiki me ka leʻaleʻa, i nā manawa a pau e mahalo ai me kāu mahalo hana.
Akā,ʻaʻole iʻikeʻia ka hopena,ʻo ia? A keʻike neiʻoe e kūkulu ana i ka huhū huhū i loko a me ka mea hou āu eʻike ai e kāhea anaʻoe i kāu keiki. A ke ho'ōho neiʻo ia, kāhea, a kāhea hou aku iāʻoe.
ʻO ka mea maʻalahi ke hana, hāʻawiʻia i loko a eʻai kāu mea liʻiliʻi i kēlā mea kēia mea āna e makemake ai. Akā,ʻaʻole hiki ke kūpono, hiki anei?
Malia, i loko o nā palena,ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi e hana ai. Ināʻoe e noʻonoʻo ana i kēia meaʻai maikaʻi a me ka ho'āʻoʻana i nā meaʻai hou, he mea pono ke kaua, malia paha ke aʻo nei kāu keiki e pono ke pale aku i ka mac a me ka luʻi no kaʻaina awakea. No laila ke kaua, aʻaʻohe mea lanakila.
No laila, mai komo i kahi hakakā me kāu meaʻaiʻai. E hāpai i ka hanu nui, e kau i ka mac a me ka lī (no kēia manawa), a ho'āʻo i kahiʻano'ē aʻe o ke aʻoʻana i kāu mau keiki eʻai maikaʻi.
2 - E Hoʻohālikelike i ke Kānāwai
Hoʻomalohe kā mākou mau keiki i kā mākou'ōlelo, a ke nānā nei lākou i kā mākou hana, me keʻano a me ka mea eʻai ai.
No laila, inā makemakeʻoe i kāu'ōpiopio eʻai i kāna mau peʻa a me nā kāloka , ponoʻoe eʻai nui iā ia. E nānā i kāuʻai a me kāuʻaiʻana. Keʻai neiʻoe i ka nui o nā hua a me nā meaʻeleʻele a me nā mea kiko kiʻekiʻe i nā lā a pau? Pono aneiʻoe e koho i ka moa kua ulana ma kahi o ka moa lūlū i ka wā e 'ai aiʻoe i kaʻohana? Ke hoʻopiʻi nei aneiʻoe no kou kaumaha i mua o kāu mau keiki, a laila e hopu i kahi kīʻaha maikaʻi loa?
E hana i nā koho hauʻoli a liloʻoe i kumu hoʻohālike no kāu mau keiki.
3 - E ho'āʻo i nā meaʻono
ʻO kahi o ka mea eʻai ai i kāu meaʻai i ka mea eʻai ai i kahi meaʻoi aku ka mea hoʻonāukiuki,ʻo ia ke hāʻawiʻana i uku liʻiliʻi no kaʻaʻaiʻana i ka meaʻai. Hana i ka pāʻani, aiʻole e nānā i nā mea nui.
ʻO nā'āpana kīkole he meaʻono ia kahi e ho'āʻo ai nā keiki i nā mea liʻiliʻi o nā meaʻaiʻole lākou i hana likeʻole a loaʻa lākou i nā mea kālaiʻia i ka wā eʻai ai lākou i nā meaʻai. ʻO ke kīʻo ia e hāʻawi hou i kahi meaʻaiʻole houʻole a hiki i ka manawa e hoʻohana ai kāu keiki iā ia. A laila, ma hope o ka nui o nā meaʻai, hoʻomakaʻo ia e like. Akā, e hoʻomanawanui, pono, heʻumi mau hanana, ma keʻano, ma mua o ka makemakeʻana o kahi keiki i kahi meaʻai hou.
Hiki mai ka'āpana momona me nā kuhikuhi, ka leka, a me nā mea kope. Loaʻa iā lākou ka noiʻi e hōʻike i nā hana.
4 - E hoʻomaka me nā kāpena Starchy Veggies
E hoʻomaikaʻiʻia nā meaʻai ma ka hoʻohuiʻana i nā mea hou. Pono nā keiki a me nā'ōpiopio iʻoi aʻe no ka mea he kiʻekiʻe lākou i nā huaora, nā mineral, a me ka fiber a ke kauʻia i nā calorie.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai pākoki e inaina i nā lauʻano, no laila pehea e loaʻa ai iā lākou eʻai hou?
E ho'āʻo e hoʻomaka me nā meaʻala a me nā meaʻono i maʻalahi ma nā'ōpiopio'ōpiopio. ʻO ka pīpī , ka kulina , nā kāloti, ka pele, a me nāʻuala he mau moho maikaʻi. Hiki iāʻoe ke ho'āʻo i kekahi mea e like me keʻano Tiny Tastes, aiʻole e hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi wale aku i kahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o ka mea kanu hou me kaʻai mau. Me ka nui o ka manawaʻai, hiki i ka hapanui o nā keiki keʻai i ka meaʻikeʻole.
ʻO ke kumu e hoʻomaka ai me ka māla a me nā hua'alaina maikaʻi he mea maikaʻi e hoʻomaopopo pinepine nā keiki iā lākou, a laila e aʻo ai eʻai i ka olakino maikaʻi e lilo i mea kūpono. ʻO ia nō, manaʻolana,ʻo ka manaʻo o ka ho'āʻoʻana i kekahi o kēlā mau meaʻawaʻawaʻawaʻawa,ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli.
5 - E hōʻiliʻili i nā hua aiʻole nā mea hoʻoulu i kaʻaʻaiʻana
ʻO ka hāʻawiʻana i nā mea hou i nā mea punahele e hiki nei ke hana no kekahi poʻe meaʻai. ʻElua mauʻano e hana ai. Hoʻokahi ka puree i mea like me ka zucchini, ka puaʻapelu, a me nā kāloka a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i ka laka a me ka wahi, ka mea spaghetti, a me nā mea'ē aʻe paha. Hiki i ka Sneaky Chef ke hana i kēiaʻenehana.
Ma kekahiʻaoʻao,ʻo kaʻimiʻana i nā māmā i ke ala maikaʻi loa e loaʻa ai nā meaola olakino i kāu keiki, akā, ma kaʻaoʻao'ē aʻe,ʻaʻole paha e kōkua i kāu keiki e ho'āʻo aʻae i nā mea hou. Akā naʻe,ʻaʻole he manaʻo maikaʻi, a he mea maikaʻi hoʻi no nā mākua nui.
ʻO keʻano'ē aʻe e hāʻawi ai i nā mea hou i nā mea punahele kahiko loa,ʻo ia ke hoʻomoʻiʻana iā lākou i kahi kīʻaha me ka hūnāʻana iā lākou, aʻoluʻolu e hoʻololi i kaʻono a me keʻano. E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohui i ka zucchini aiʻole ka'ōkihi i mac a me ka lihi.
He mea maikaʻi pahaʻaʻole e hoʻokū i kāu keiki me ka hana houʻana. E kamaʻilio aku iā lākou e pili ana i ia mea a kūʻai iā lākou i ka manaʻo ma mua a inā paha e koho lākou i kahi hui hou e ho'āʻo ai iā lākou iho.
6 - E hoʻohana i nā Toppings a me nā Dips
Hiki i nā toppings, nā pale lole, nā pīpī, a me nā nūnaʻu ke hoʻololi i ka hua "yucky" i loko o nā pōpilikia a me nā meaʻai. E lawelawe i ka broccoli me ka paʻakai melted a i ka wahie a me nā pīniʻeleʻele me ka puaʻa. Hana i kahi huamona me nā lole nani e like me ka lole Palani a iʻole Lūkana paha, aiʻole e hoʻohana i ka lole e like me ka mea eʻaʻai ai i nā mea momona.
ʻO ka pīpī pēpē he mea maikaʻi ke kālaiʻana no nā lālā o nā mea kanu a me ka'ōpala a me nā kālotiʻokoʻa pono ke hiki i kahi hummus.
E hoʻomoʻa i kahi'ōmaʻomaʻa momona momona i ka'ōpalaʻalani e like me ka'ōlaʻi caramel. E hana i nā līpī a me kaʻaila a me kahi pahu liʻiliʻi loa o ka syrup chocolate a me ka yogurt aiʻole i loko o ka pola me ka waiū.
Ma ka manawa lōʻihi, e aʻo ana kāu meaʻai i nā meaʻai me kaʻole o nā hoʻopiʻi. E hoʻomanawanui.
7 - Nānā Pāʻani me ka Nani
ʻO kekahi mau mea e hana ai i ka pāʻina meaʻai i nā meaʻona a me nā kīʻaha, nā hoʻolālāʻoihana o nā meaʻai, ka hanaʻana i nā inoa no nā meaʻai punahele āu, a iʻole e puka i waho no kekahi mauʻaina waho waho. Hiki iāʻoe keʻai i kāu meaʻai i kaʻai hoʻokahi i ka pule a hoʻokahi mahina paha e makemakeʻo ia e ho'āʻo a hoʻolilo iā ia i mea hōʻoluʻolu.
8 - Huli i ka Buddy
I kekahi manawa, no ka wikiwiki o mākou e ho'ākāka i kekahi mea i kā mākou mau keiki, hōʻole lākou e hoʻolohe. Malia paha e hiki mai kaʻelele mai ka nohoʻana ma kahi'ē aʻe, e like me kahi hoaaloha hilinaʻi a iʻole ke kaikuaʻana. ʻO kahi hoaaloha a iʻole ia i hānau ai paha he meaʻaiʻole.
E kono i nā hoaaloha o kāu meaʻai ma kahi o ka manawaʻahaʻaina. ʻO ka ho'āʻoʻana i nā mea hou me kahi hoaaloha, e hiki ke kōkua i kāu meaʻai meaʻai a hoʻomaopopo i ka meaʻaiʻoiʻole kekahi mea weliweli. Inā makemake kona hoa maikaʻi eʻai,ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻino wale.
9 - E kiʻi i kāu pēpē pēpē
ʻO kekahiʻano maikaʻi e kiʻi ai i kāu meaʻai kukui e ho'āʻo i nā meaʻai houʻo ia ke komoʻana iā ia i loko o ke kaʻina hana. Makemake nā keiki eʻai i nā mea a lākou e kōkua ai e hana, a maikaʻi hoʻi ka hoʻomākaukauʻana i nā meaʻai likeʻole.
E koho i kāu koho pāʻaniʻai e koho i ka papa inoa no kaʻaina awakea hou a iʻole paha e kūʻai aku meʻoe. A iʻole,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, e kiʻi aku i kāu meaʻaiʻai i ka lumi kuke e hoʻomaka ai e kuke. Hiki i nā keiki liʻiliʻi ke kōkua ma ka holoiʻana, hoʻopiliʻana, a hoʻoikaika paha, akā e mālama iā lākou mai nā pahiʻoi aku a me nā pale wela.
ʻO kahi hua'ōlelo mai
ʻO ka ho'āʻoʻana e kōkua i ka meaʻai kaiʻai e hiki ke lilo i mea hoʻonāukiuki akā me kēia mau kōkua a me ke ahonui nui, e hiki mai ana kāu meaʻai. Ināʻoe e huhū nei, e'ōlelo ponoʻoe me kāu pediatrician a meaʻai meaʻai paha i hoʻolako i ka olakino o nā keiki.