if she can handle apples, i often have an entire apple in mine, i have
trouble chewing/digesting them as i get geizerly but if i put them in the
drink they don't bother me and they add great texture to it, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> My regular smoothies are low fat plain yoghurt, strawberries (or mixed
>> frozen berries) dash of splenda and brewer's yeast. Put in the bullet
>> with ice or if using frozen berries just put the berries in straight from
>> the freezer and you can omit the ice. My daughter in Sydney has one for
>> brekky every weekday morning. She likes whey powder, water, berries, ice
>> and a dash of Stevia. Keep away from the bananas and honey. You could try
>> berries and a bit of rockmelon (cantaloupe) or watermelon. Canned water
>> packed-apricots work for me too, re bg. Mango might be a little carby
>> (will this be breakfast?). She might even be ok with a bit of carrot
>> juice in it with the fruit. I personally like celery in smoothies with
>> some berries. One cup of whey powder (powder in cup of water) should give
>> about half the daily amount of protein needed. That might help if she
>> isn't a big meat eater but needs to keep the carbs down.
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> Not likely it would be breakfast. She is not a big breakfast eater at all
> but she may be going on Metformin or something and if she needs it with
> breakfast she will have to eat something then.
>
> I can't use the whey powder or yogurt most of the time because they are
> dairy. And the only smoothie type fruits she likes are strawberries and
> bananas. I know bananas are out.
>
> I do not make breakfast. Morning is not a good time of day for me. Last
> year she did eat some coconut granola type bars for a while. I think she
> could still do those but I will have to check the carb count. Or she
> might just have some apple slices or baby carrots. That was about all I
> could get her to eat.
>
> Her lunch will come much later in the day than it did last year though.
> Last year she had to eat lunch at 10:30 which is why I didn't push the
> breakfast. I figured if I could just get a couple of bites of something
> in her that would keep her until she could eat her lunch.
>
> But then she wouldn't eat much lunch either. Maybe an applesauce, more
> apple slices or carrots perhaps with a little tub of hummus. On a dairy
> day she would have a small Lunchable nachos. Only one dairy day falls
> during school though and she didn't always want those. I would have to
> check the carb count but I think they are still doable. Or she would just
> take a piece of cheese.
>
> She seems to suffer from what her dad suffers from and it is the same
> thing his dad had. Not wanting to eat during the day and wanting to eat
> all night. I did see something about this somewhere and it is has a name
> for it. Some kind of disorder. But I can't remember the name of it.
> That will have to change too.
>
> I don't think she necessarily eats bad foods. I tend not to bring too
> many bad foods home. But she has been sneaking food. And that will have
> to stop. She wanted Nutella. I only let her buy a small jar because I
> had just thrown out a large jar that had expired. Tonight I caught her
> eating some from a spoon. That will have to stop too.
>
> Normally when she does have smoothies they are for snacks. I do not let
> her have them very often and more likely I will get them out somewhere
> instead of making them at home. But that will have to change now.
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