Kids on a Paleo-Friendly Diet

I have a 3 1/2 year old son and a 14 month old daughter. My daughter is still to young to be exposed to nuts and is allergic to eggs, so she is unable to be on a paleo diet. However, my son eats paleo-friendly foods about 70% of the time. I don't cook special meals for him, so he eats what we eat when at home. Instead of trying to take things away that he enjoys (and that I enjoy for that matter), I have found paleo-friendly substitutes. Here are some suggestions, based on trial and error in our house:

• Substitute almond meal for dishes in which you may have previously used flour (e.g. chicken fingers, fish sticks, eggplant parmesan). You just need to season the almond meal well, as it has a slight sweetness to it.
  
• We make pancakes every weekend. I like to use this recipe http://primalliving.blogspot.com/2009/04/ricks-primal-pancakes.html, and load it with lots of bananas, blueberries, or strawberries. Instead of covering them with maple syrup, you could sweeten some Greek yogurt with a bit of raw honey and put a few dollops of that on top.
• This "energy" bar is very tasty (http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-energy-bar-redux). I think tastes a bit like an oatmeal cookie (my favorite). I've added dried cranberries and dried blueberries, but you could also throw in some dark chocolate chips if you are looking for an alternative to serving cookies for a party.
• My hubby and I love to eat meat and cheese roll-ups, which we dip in spicy mustard. My son now chooses to eat meat roll-ups this way and refuses bread when I offer to make him a sandwich. My daughter also loves to eat meat this way.
• I have made flax bread (recipe found on Mark's Daily Apple), which works well for almond butter and jelly sandwiches or toast and jam.
• Instead of spaghetti and meat sauce, I serve spaghetti squash and meat sauce. My son now actually prefers it and no longer asks for pasta.
• We all love sweet potato fries, baked in the oven. I have also made parsnip fries.
• It's all about the sauce. I love my Julia Childs cookbook. I tend to make sauces from that book for every dinner (unless I am cooking an Indian dish). The best part of eating primal/paleo is all the lovely butter, heavy cream, coconut milk, and coconut oil you get to use. These things make fabulous sauces. My daughter can't get enough of my broccoli or even chard (what?) when it is sauteed and served with a delicious sauce.

I don't pay much attention to BMI with my kids. They are both active and they don't eat processed foods (except for the occasional organic baby food and Cheerios). It is harder when they are very young. But both my kids seem to want to eat what my  husband and I are eating. So, unless we are out at a restaurant, I just give them what is in the house (which is mostly paleo-friendly).