I don't want to make food a fight in my house, but sometimes it would be nice not to have someone whining over the food. I heard about a line of cookbooks with kid-friendly recipes so I borrowed the only one the library had. Well, there are lots of recipes that sound delicious, but basically her thing is that kids will eat anything if it "looks" fun. While reading the book, I had a couple of basic thoughts that kept repeating themselves: "this is a colossal waste of time" and "maybe this would be neat for a special occasion." I don't really want to buy into her ideas because I don't want Jacob to only eat carrot slices if I take the time to cut out little stars with a mini cookie cutter. And I really don't think he would eat egg salad just because I put it on a piece of bread that is shaped like a duck. However, Jacob really likes this picture in the book:
He calls them "cookie bears" even though they are english muffin pizzas. Well, yesterday was a rough day for him so I thought I would make him pizza, which he loves, and I could easily put a happy face on it for him.
Okay, I admit it is kind of creepy, but this was a last minute thing, and the only veggies in my house were mushrooms, red onion, and orange pepper. And guess what? Jacob wouldn't eat it. Not a bite. He ate it for lunch today, but I think that was because I cut it up when he wasn't looking so he didn't know it was the same pizza.
I showed Jacob this picture and asked if he would eat it:
He said "No."
In case you are wondering, the snail is a homemade turkey sausage and his shell is a scoop of mashed potatoes. You are supposed to make the shell swirl with ketchup in a small piping bag. Steam 4 peas and 3 tiny carrot slivers to make the eyes, mouth, and antennae. Thinly slice lettuce for the grass.
Yah right!!
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OMGosh, I haven't laughed that loud and hard for a long time. Today was the shittiest day since I started this job, so the laugh-out-loud was appreciated.
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