How much processed food to you give your LO? Be honest please!!!

[curlykate]

Pasta with jarred sauce
Cheese
Fromage frais
Bread/buns
Cereal-but whole grain/non sugary ones

Other than that, I try to make everything myself.
Luckily, LO loves veggies and fruits, so it's not difficult to cut some up for him to eat. The only trouble I have is trying to get him to eat meat sometimes. But he eats enough that I haven't resorted to the processed foods just yet. Usually I'll always make sure that I have some leftovers handy, because OH and I eat processed foods quite a few times a week, and I don't want LO to eat them.

 

[v2007]

Katie has a mix.

She gets her 5 a day and her milk and dairy.

So tbh i dont see processed food as a problem.

But i do draw the line at SuperNoodles and Pot Noodle, they are

V xxx

 

[bluehorse]

I don't think processed foods are all bad... cheese, for example, is a fairly important source of calcuim, especially for growing children. Baked beans also are a wonderful source of fibre, protein and vegetable... the only problem with them is the salt/ sugar content (hence why we buy the low salt/ sugar ones). Things like fishfingers can be great if you buy the very best quality ones. I also can't see much wrong with good quality wholemeal bread, as long as it's not their only source of carbohydrate. We like the St. Dalfour jam too!

There is a difference between good quality processed food and junk imo.

 

[polo_princess]

Probably a lot, Brooke eats anything and everything, be it fruit & veg or Mac Donalds ... IMO as long as she has a varied diet, then a bit of processed stuff isnt going to do any harm

 

[sabby52]

Katie has a mix.

She gets her 5 a day and her milk and dairy.

So tbh i dont see processed food as a problem.

But i do draw the line at SuperNoodles and Pot Noodle, they are

V xxx

I LOVE supernoodles and I have passed that addiction on to Dec, he asks for them all the time and when asked what his fav food is his reply will always be supernoodles He will get them maybe 2-3 times a months

 

[Blah11]

Oh, amelie has loads haha. Her lunches at nursery are all homemade but eff making everything from scratch :\ She has sweets sometimes and crisps but also things like crackers, oatcakes, cheese.. all processed :\

 

[cleckner04]

cereal, bread, sauces, yogurt, cheese, the occasional cereal bar, crackers, popcorn(not sure if thats processed).

I try not to buy too much processed stuff if I can help it. I'm not the best cook but I am learning. I was a huge processed food eater before Emma came along. So I'm completely changing my lifestyle because I don't want her growing up eating junk. My cabinets are pretty much bare because I completely stay out of boxed food aisles at the store. I try to shop only around the outer rim when I go.

 

[Connah'sMommy]

Connah has fish fingers and sometimes smileys but i usually make my own chips/chicken dippers etc
We do use sauces from packets/jars and he does have the odd bag of crisps.

I wouldnt say that we totally avoid it but i like us to be as healthy as possible.

We have started eating more healthy food recently as i just cant stomach processed foods atm...hoping it will stay this way afterwards though!xx