• Teaching Your Toddler To LOVE Salad

    Ok I’ll admit it I like salad, but if you tell me I’m going to have salad for dinner I’m not that excited about it. My two year old though!? It’s like I said we were going out for ice cream. Now lettuce (uncooked and not hidden in something) is still a mildly new concept for us. There was some exposure to it on taco night or when we eat BLT’s, but its never been the center of a meal and we never really expect them to eat much of it. That however is starting to change. We’ll be getting lots of lettuce from the farm this summer and want…

  • How I Got My Kids To Eat Well – 10 Easy Steps

    Ok so there are not really 10 easy steps here. Getting your kids to eat well is a process that starts early and is mostly learned from you. All my kids so far have been awesome eaters – we have lucked out in that sense, but I also think our habits have certainly helped. From the very beginning they’ve always eaten some version of what we were eating and been exposed to different flavors and textures from the start so its not a learning curve later on. Okay, Examples Please? If we were making BLATS (think BLT with avocado and cheese) our youngest eater might have some slices of avocado along…