White versus Wheat

Hope and I were learning about food groups, vitamins, and minerals in Science. Her book showed a bunch of pictures of foods, and she was supposed to decide which ones had lots of vitamins and/or minerals.

She obviously chose all the fruits and veggies, but she also chose the picture of Wonderbread. We had a talk about how the white bread really didn't have any vitamins, but the dark bread that we eat does have good-for-you things in it.

"So that's why I don't like the bread at Ms. Priscilla's. It's white and not good for me."

Today when I made them lunch, they had 100% whole wheat bread, organinc pb, sugar-free jelly, lowfat string cheese, stone ground flax and rye crackers, and five pieces of pineapple.

David made a face when he tried the crackers; he won't eat the whole wheat bread either. He uses sandwich thins if he eats a sandwich because he thinks whole wheat bread is too dry. I've learned not to send him to the store for bread, because we end up with cracked wheat bread, or in other words, Wonderbread with little flakes put in to make it look like there might be a grain or two in it.

Just goes to show what our taste buds prefer if they're never given a sweeter, less healthy option. Each kid ate every bite of their lunch, whole grains and all.