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Deconstructed kids’ meals
Keep in mind ‘mixed textures’ (such as chunky soups, casseroles, stirfries, pasta/rice/bowl dishes) CAN be very difficult for your child’s SENSORY SYSTEM to cope with. It can be easier to serve the...
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How good are passionfruit?
Passionfruit = great for little ones to practice scooping and developing their hand to mouth skills. AND they come in their own fun cup, taste delicious and are great for developing your child’s...
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Just because you wouldn’t eat it, doesn’t mean they won’t!
Note to self… A child can only ever learn to eat as much variety of food that they are exposed to. Don’t assume your child will/will not eat any food! Of course they might need consistent exposure to...
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Turning ‘yuck’ to ‘thanks’
Success! Many of you would know I don’t stand for ‘yuck’ at the dinner table. It’s taken awhile of reminding ‘I’m not sure of that food’ and lots of exposure to foods with no pressure to eat. Finally...
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Leaving the boys to silence
Sometimes I take the boys outside to eat on their mat, then leave them alone. It is interesting to see what they do without my needing to fill their silence with talk all the time! They don’t...
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Learning foods
Does your child eat the family meal? Or could they do with a ‘learning food’ on their plate? This could be anything from your plate or another food from the fridge or pantry. Eg a line of sauce, a...
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Passionfruit tadpoles
One of our latest ventures to get past the sensory properties of passion fruit.. They were tadpoles and eyeballs and it was fun. And then we encouraged Master 4 to lick his fingers. Tasted pretty nice....
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The no dry carbs rule
One rule for feeding my kids – they are never served dry crackers or plain rice, pasta, quinoa etc. This is to avoid them getting stuck on the idea that plain is better..or even an option! Pasta,...
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When bananas get boring…
When bananas get boring, why not add coconut? Coconut brings the good fats which keeps your child fuller for longer. And the dipping is a kid enticer too. We do organic dessicated coconut to avoid...
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Hide and seek with chicken soup?
Yes that’s right. The lengths I will go to, to encourage my children to be adventurous and healthy eaters! It all started when I made chicken stock from scratch. So I decided to make a creamy chicken...
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