food tricks

My children, too, this this is such a special treat. It's funny how something so simple can make them so happy! Here's another cookie cutter trick... Take the cookie cutter and press into a slice of bread. Don't go all the way through, but enough to make an indentation. Then, stick the bread into the toaster. The line created by the cookie cutter won't toast. Another simple thing for breakfast!

Now thats a really good trick popp. Hmm I might try that thank you very much!

I have to do that for my son sometimes, too. He usually eats grilled cheeses without any problems, but we do have miniature cookie cutters that we use sometimes for vegetables. And the only way he will eat a potato is if it's in the form of french fries, or it's cut into some shape. Cutting food into shapes and making designs on his plate is the only way I can get my son to eat veggies sometimes. It really works most of the time.

My daughter loves cheese and i surely do use it my advantage. I use pieces of cheese to lure her into eating almost anything. Rice, fruits, soup, veggies...just about anything, i top it up with a chunk of cheese and she will eat it happily.

That is such a cute idea. I love that you named it after your daughter. I usually will cut off the crust because the kids don't like crust, but this is such a neat way to get them excited about taking the time to eat.

We do this. We use a butterfly cookie cutter. And things seem more fun to eat on a stick. Those popsickle sticks that come in the molds are always good to use. I stick half a banana on it and for some reason it taste better that way. I've also used it to freeze the other half of the banana and wrap it in plastic wrap. With meat I cut it up and put a toothpick in one of course she can't leave the table with it but she loves using the toothpick to eat with.

I remember vividly that whenever I had my children help prepare a meal that they ate the meal much readily. I would let them help peel potatos, pour ingredients into a bowl and stir for me, anything that I could possibly allow them to do! I even started making meatloaf in muffin tins so that they could press the meatloaf mixture (which they had helped prepare) into the muffin tins! As you described, we often decorated our food or prepared it in a cute way! Whatever it takes!!!

I think the trick is not make the lunch or dinner time a big deal. Just put the food in front of the kid, without giving them many details. My nephew eats only healthy food. Sometimes he eats a chocolate or candies. He likes to drink soda, so we let him have his soda at lunch time. We never say things like "eat this so you will get tall" or "eat this and you will have an ice cream". It is just "eat this". He never questioned that rule. To eat his dinner or lunch is a rule like going to bed in a certain hour, going to school everyday, doing his homework.