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I have *no* doubt that your kids' diets are healthier than average, delbows. I read recently that the average American child gets ONE fruit or vegetable per day, and that the most common one they get is FRENCH FRIES!
Now, I don't know about you, but french fries don't even count as a veg in our house! That's a starch, like pasta or rice. (And a special treat kind at that!)
It's a wonder kids survive to adulthood on a diet like that! I feel guilty when I have to count their morning OJ as one of their fruits & veggies to get to the 5 required...
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French fries definitely fit into the starch and junk food categories at our house! On the rare occasion that we eat fast food, usually from Culver�s, our family of four splits a medium order of fries although everyone does get their own burger!
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I have yet to find a kid who can resist a hot french fry. They make great bribes!
But my dietician friend has declared war on fried foods and can back it up with data and makes me feel guilty...
OTOH, mashed potatoes with the skins on, boiled slowly, with lots of parmesan cheese and milk are pretty high in just about everything. I like to use evaporated milk if I can.
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I had to laugh, Austin, because my DS doesn't like french fries.
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I had to laugh, Austin, because my DS doesn't like french fries. LOL Ah, but they are not MY french fries! Send him over, I will deprogram him!
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I could eat my weight in mashed potatoes! I also leave the skin on, use Yukon gold potatoes, and use skim milk and fat-free sour cream, so it's creamy and rich-tasting without all the calories. Sometimes I boil garlic cloves in with the potatoes for simple garlic mashed potatoes. Yum!
One medium potato has 45% of an adult's RDA of vitamin C. Surprising, no? But that pretty much goes away if you deep-fat fry them...
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I could eat my weight in mashed potatoes! I also leave the skin on, use Yukon gold potatoes, and use skim milk and fat-free sour cream, so it's creamy and rich-tasting without all the calories. Sometimes I boil garlic cloves in with the potatoes for simple garlic mashed potatoes. Yum! Ever tried mashed turnips? They can be just as good!!
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I've heard that. But I'd have to peel those, and I'm lazy! 
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Boiled or steamed mashed cauliflower tastes just like mashed potatoes too. (there is the problem with the smell of the steaming cauliflower, though...) We lucked out with the dairy allergy and mcdonalds - they put milk in their french fry coating, so he can't have them, and what's the point of going to mcdonalds if you can't eat the fries? or the chicken mcnuggets, which also have milk? So we happily avoid it.
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Boiled or steamed mashed cauliflower tastes just like mashed potatoes too. (there is the problem with the smell of the steaming cauliflower, though...) We lucked out with the dairy allergy and mcdonalds - they put milk in their french fry coating, so he can't have them, and what's the point of going to mcdonalds if you can't eat the fries? or the chicken mcnuggets, which also have milk? So we happily avoid it. Is it all milk? Goats?
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