It’s sometimes a challenge to get my boys interested in breakfast, but this easy no flip omelet is something they always get excited about. And I’m always excited when they can take over the cooking!
Picky Eaters
Healthy breakfast on the go for picky eaters
When you’re running late for school and your kids still haven’t eaten here’s a great healthy breakfast on the go! Perfect for picky eaters who are constantly moving.
This is also one of my tips for getting picky eaters to eat: make it fun and just throw the food at them – literally.
The Mac n’ Cheese Challenge
Did you know that 3 out of 4 kids prefer homemade mac n’cheese instead of Kraft? Well, at least 3 out of 4 of my kids do! I recently decided to do a little investigating and taste testing on one of the food staples of every kid’s life: macaroni and cheese. Here’s what I turned up in my investigation – Kraft macaroni and cheese is chock full of some crazy ingredients! sodium tripolyphosphate, yellow #5, yellow #6, and many others! How can such a simple dish contain so many items that I don’t recognize?
But here’s the good news, making your own mac n’cheese only requires a few ingredients and takes about the same amount of time as the boxed version. The most time consuming part? shredding the cheese. If you can spare two minutes to do that, then there is really no reason to ever grab that blue box again. Just look at the comparison:
Super Hero Fruits and Veggies to the Rescue!
If you have picky eaters like I do you’re going to love this! My kids are always ready for something sweet, so fruit is always popular in our house, but it’s been a bit of a struggle to get them to eat their veggies. Then I started to realize that when I change something just a little bit, they’re so much more inclined to eat it. For example, when I un-tossed our salads and put the ingredients in a row they loved it! Then I found little round carrots at Trader Joes, called “Parisian Carrots” and they gobbled them up. So, to encourage them to eat a rainbow of fruits and veggies everyday I created these Super Heros. I just printed them out on cardstock, folded the paper in half and I prop the appropriate cards up next to their plates. Continue reading