Shhhh….my kids ate zucchini today but they have no idea.
Somewhere I failed as a parent in regards to my kids’ eating.
We are not one of those families where the kids eat everything on their plate.
“Oh, Johnny just loves his salmon with asparagus and sushi.”
No, it’s more, “Oh, Alex loves his hamburgers and grilled cheese,” over here.
But to be honest, I’m not really worried.
At one point my youngest sister ate only white food.
For years.
Mashed potatoes, pasta, mashed potatoes, pasta?
Seriously, I don’t know what she ate but she seems to be fine now.
Plus, her food groups have expanded to include green and red foods so there’s hope for my kids.
I have begun “sneaking in” veggies as a little backup for my confidence that all will be fine.
Caroline likes orange juice. In fact, she eats and drinks just about every fruit.
But not one vegetable. I’m sorry I misspoke, she is a corn on the cob connoisseur but that’s it.
So now she drinks her 3/4 orange juice and 1/4 carrot juice combo in the morning. She’s happy and I feel like I can color in one minor section of the food pyramid.
The boys are not much better since they do not stray far from salad and carrots.
I came across a banana chocolate chip zucchini bread recipe in blog world. What? One of these things is not like the other. Zucchini? There have been several gagging incidents at our dining room table over cooked zucchini. Amazingly, we’ve never had any gagging incidents from banana bread or chocolate chips.
Soooooo…I immediately printed out the recipe, gathered the ingredients, and made the bread this morning (naturally doubling the chocolate chips suggested).
I admit the smell was pretty enticing. When I announced the chocolate chip banana bread was ready there were whoops and hollers.
Well folks. Good news. Caroline ate her piece while Andrew had seconds and Alex had thirds. I am pretty sure they consumed exactly 0.05% of the daily serving suggestion for vegetables but it’s more than before.
Hmmm…anyone for turnip tiramisu?
***UPDATE*****
Apparently the one sitting where they consumed a large portion of the brad was a fluke. Alex & Andrew are now refusing to eat the the very same bread they fought over exactly one day ago. Excuse me while I go bash my head on a tree.