Smoothies
Our local grocery store got a smoothie bar! It was the best. Mikey chose a strawberry banana smoothie. I’d much prefer he get blended fruit as a treat than ice cream. Sadly, this phase didn’t last too long, and Mikey was back to vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles in no time.
The beauty of smoothies is that they are a consistent texture so if you can get your child to drink them, you might be able to blend in veggies and protein powder and use the smoothies to round out their diet. I drink green smoothies a lot, but I have yet to sell Mikey on a green one.
My advice would be to hide the green veggies in with the sweet fruits. Spinach hardly has any taste at all in a smoothie and organic spinach is reasonably priced when you buy it already frozen.
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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