I have a picky eater. Correction- I have a child who once successfully carried out an 18-hour hunger strike. After years of cooking three separate meals at dinnertime, I had the unreasonable idea that I should just cook one meal and that we could all eat like normal families. After all, I had never aspired to being a short-order cook, and preparing multiple meals meant I relied way too much on microwaving processed foods shaped like animals. I was going to make a change. … [Read more...]
Learning to Explore Food Through Play: Fruit-Filled Jigglers
Today we're once again exploring ideas for building good eaters through food play with our sponsor Ella’s Kitchen, producer of some of my kids' favorite fruit and veggies squeezers (yes, big kids love them too) and big time believers in the importance of raising healthy and adventurous eaters. (Be sure to also check out our previous adventures with pancake decorating and rainbow, scented glitter slime.) I just love how these colorful fruit-filled jigglers will entice all of baby's senses … [Read more...]