My kids have a food attitude. It’s true.
However, I wasn’t aware of it until they went to stay with my folks for a few days. They are picky eaters. Which is so funny to me, because I’ve never really considered them to be picky. But then we started thinking about the food that we eat–and we mostly eat the same things over and over. Mainly out of convenience and cost, not really for any particular reason. So while they eat many different foods, they only eat the SAME foods–for example PB&J sandwiches–but always creamy PB and grape jelly.
So, I’ve started “operation food exposure 2015.”
And this week at the store we picked up variations on our old favorites:
That’s right–we went for EXTRA crunchy PB and the seediest jelly I could spot. I know it’s going to be hit or miss on many of these item with the kids, but I need them to at least try them for a few days to be exposed to different things. And who knows? Maybe they’ll discover their new favorite thing?
When I came home with the Raspberry preserves Tim shook his head and said, “good luck with that” but I’m pleased to say that it wasn’t a total flop. In fact Josiah loved it immediately and Chloe is coming around after days of trying it she didn’t even flinch at the seeds this morning. 😉
See, Josiah approves!
Tune in next time for more adventures in our “operation food exposure 2015.” Next up is…. (dum dum dummmmmm)… SOUP!
I know how hard it is! Nathan and I are eating healthier and trying to expose the kids to more. They did like sweet potato fries 🙂 Not hard to make they were a hit!
Yay! It will make it easier next time. Maybe I should compile a list of things they are likely to encounter when they are here, because we just always eat them!
Ooooh, yes, Mom, you should compile a list. That would be helpful!
Amy–I forgot about sweet potato fries! We’ll be trying those too for sure!