There is so much media attention given the issue of healthy diets for kids that sometimes it’s hard to know where to get helpful, relevant, straightforward information. Like most mothers, I have picky kids. My daughter will eat just about anything. She’s a chef’s dream. But my 5 yr old son is so difficult sometimes! He refuses to eat a meal unless its covered in gravy or floating in it.
Not only does this make life difficult (especially when we’re dinning out), but I have lost some of my cooking talent because I am forced to make the same thing over and over again. I went online to try and find some kind of resource that could help me. I found loads of websites with the inevitable “amazing, tasty yet healthy recipes,” but only one of these not only provides this but also offers a solution to the eating habits of picky children. The site suggests ways a parent in introduce creativity into the kitchen and involve the children directly. It helps children to understand about food, cooking and nutrition. The site is called kidsandcooking.co.uk.
Yesterday I cooked a jacket potato with red peppers and cheese. I cut the potato in half and stuck the cheese on a cocktail stick so it looked like a boat. The red peppers looked like waves around the potato. My son loved it and now he thinks of different ways to present food and is always involved in the cooking process in the evening.
Sometimes kids are not picky eaters, they just get comfortable with what they know. I recommend this site for every parent. Who knows? You might raise the next Jamie Oliver.
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