Get Your Kids to Eat Right (Part 3)
We thought we had heard it all when it comes to ideas for getting kids to try new foods. 
Not so! Meal Makeover Moms’ Club member Amy D. of Houston Texas, faced with the challenge of feeding two extremely finicky boys, went to the extreme with one of the most clever, out-of-the-box strategies we’ve ever heard!
Here’s what happens when Amy introduces a new food to her kids:
“If my boys eat it all, they can squeal like a pig and eat their food like a pig, a la ‘Christmas Story.’ You’d be surprised what becomes more palatable when you can really be a pig. And, yes, there is a mess and they only get the piggy opportunity on NEW foods. Besides, after a ‘pig session’ we always get a few ‘squeals’ when the same dish comes back around!”
Amy, you’re a Meal Makeover Mom, that’s for sure! We want to hear more fun and clever ideas. Simply click on the comments button and share your tips.
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I have been getting my kids to eat more veggies by having each of them choose an entree that includes vegtables and a dessert that we make together during the week. They choose new ones each week, they have been encouraging one another by saying “great meal”, “Good job”. It’s not only helping them learn to cook, eat vegtables, it’s teaching them to support each other grow closer.
Liz, I thought you would like to know that I tried your pumpkin chocolate chip pancake recipe and my kids loved them! My son even incorporated them into a Mother’s Day poem called “Mom is…”. His third line reads “Mom is warm, fluffy pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes on a cold, brisk morning.” Apparently his teacher asked when she could come for breakfast!
I guess it doesn’t take as much to change my kids’ eating habits as I thought! Thanks for the inspiration!
Margaret Counts-Klebe