One of my friends who was struggling with a picky eater, turned to me one day, after a lunch battle with her own child and made the statement, I wonder when your child will become a picky eater? I replied with, He will never become a picky eater. She said, You can’t say that, you … Read more
10 Foolproof tips, tricks and ideas for getting your child to expand their palate or for preventing a picky eater. #1, #4 and #9, below, are my personal favorite of the 10 tips! #1 Model: If your child sees that you do not want to eat a certain type of food, why would they … Read more
Where are your books in comparison to the TV? Can your child turn on a TV but can’t reach his books? If so, it’s safe to guess how your child will tend to spend their free time. Fill their bookshelves and the family room bookshelves with books of interest and make TV or computer time … Read more
Here is a follow-up example of making food fun through involvement. In my post, about clever ideas/tips for preventing a picky eater or for getting your picky eater to expand their palate, I gave my #1 tip as making food fun through involvement. I started the following with my son at 22 months of age: To help entice … Read more
The following are clever ideas/tips for preventing a picky eater or for getting your picky eater to expand their palate. We wisemommies get our sons to hammer our crackers for our casserole(s). Click here for the Cheesy Crunchy Chicken Casserole Recipe Twelve Tips and Tricks to Make Food Fun through Involvement #1 Use sensory senses, … Read more
My son loves his stuffed animals, and he has so many. Since you aren’t supposed to put them in the washing machine or dryer, and I don’t want to spray them down with chemicals such as Lysol. What is another way to kill some germs and dust mites growing on those lovelies? Want to remove … Read more
Do you like curry? Do you like cauliflower? I wasn’t a fan of cauliflower until I discovered this way of roasting it to eat. Now I cook and serve it monthly! The reason why I started eating more curry and cauliflower, in addition to some other diet additions, was that I had developed ovarian cysts … Read more
I have just come across a recipe for making your own baking powder. Love it! Just this past New Years, us wisemommies made a cheese, meat and dessert foundue, together, for 9 people. We used baking powder for some of the recipes and talked about possibly finding a substitution, since most commercial baking powders contains … Read more
We Love Persimmons I’ve only seen persimmons four times this year in our local grocery store. It is a rare, mostly due to the fact that they have not been domesticated, but an exciting find for us because we just love persimmons. When we find them, in the store, especially if the price is right, … Read more
If your child tends to be a picky eater and you need to incorporate more veggies into his diet, you might want to try these Spinach Chicken Enchiladas. The spinach is undetectable and simply delicious! Ingredients: 1 # cooked, diced chicken breast 12-18 flour or corn tortillas (I use larger size corn tortillas to cut … Read more