As I experiment with food and feed my family, I get some surprises sometimes. Sometimes, something that looks only so-so ends up being something that I rave about. And other times, something that I expect to be amazing turns out to be well, not. Here's to looking back at some of our surprises
There is a small window of time that while babies are learning to eat solids and table foods that they will eat pretty much anything you put in front of them. (This is how it's been in my house, anyway.) Sean used to love bitty pasta shapes and frozen peas. Now, he pushes away the peas and cries. Or, more likely, squishes them. I was a bit taken aback by the slamming-down of the window this time. After all, Sean eats so many more things than Will ever did, mostly because we experimented with food more with the second child than the first.
Will loves apples. A sliced apple with dinner and he is a happy boy. But homemade applesauce? Forget about it. Only those "Mott's Cups" will do with this kid. When I dropped him off at school this morning the teacher was reading a book about apple picking. Will was excited and told everyone "My mommy just made applesauce with the apples that we picked!" It was hard for me not to add, "Yeah Buddy, and you refused to touch it!"
Also, the child that doesn't like homemade applesauce also hates corn. But he loves popcorn, go figure. And cornbread? I baked some to go with chili and chili leftovers at the beginning of the week. (mmm, there's nothing like crumbled cornbread over a bowl o' red!) I caught him sneaking a piece twice, he's obsessed with it. If I could find a way to sneak in veggies to the cornbread, I'd have it made!
No green veggies for either kid, unless it's canned green beans. However, both kids like zucchini bread. Because they don't know about the zucchini! Mwahahahaha. :) Same goes for sweet potato muffins and pumpkin waffles, bread, pancakes, etc.
What are some of the surprises in your family, or for yourself, that you have experienced?
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