This lunch is a great example of the fact that it doesn’t take a ton of time to feed your children foods that aren’t packaged. I always hear from people how busy they are, and while I understand, I think the more you cook the easier and less time consuming it gets. I made these mini egg and cheese “muffins” this morning and it only took a few minutes to get them ready for the oven. I mixed 3 eggs with two tablespoons of milk, then filled each mini muffin tin with about a tablespoon of sharp cheddar cheese. I poured the egg mixture over the cheese and that was it! Then I baked them for about 20 minutes. With the little effort I put in I have a great lunch for my toddler and snack for my 1st grader for when he gets home from school. I put the frozen pop together yesterday as well as the whole wheat cheese crackers (recipe coming soon). The pop is simply yogurt, cocoa powder, raw honey, and strawberries. Kids love frozen stuff so if you are struggling with including fruits in your meals this is a good tactic to try to get them to explore new flavors.
I should also mention my son HATES broccoli! It is one of those vegetables that doesn’t even make it to the table before he starts saying how gross it is. I was feeding my 11 month old broccoli today so I steamed some extra and threw it in there. I don’t make a big deal out of issues like this because I have found the less I mention it, the more likely he is to just try it. He used to eat broccoli all the time but we went a month or two without serving it and when I tried again he was not having it! It was a good reminder to me not to get into a routine of serving the same few things over and over again (we had a very needy baby at the time). I will continue to offer broccoli because if I just write it off as a food he doesn’t like, he will never get the chance to change his mind about it.
