One of the many universal struggles in parenting concerns mealtime. We’ve got our ideas about what kids ought to eat, they’ve got theirs, and we’re lucky if we meet in the middle now and then.
Parents have different ideas as to how to achieve that consensus, and we love to share those ideas with fellow parents. New products, new recipes, new strategies - we’re open to input. Maybe we’ll try it, maybe we won’t. Maybe it’ll work for us, maybe it won’t. But barring any surefire solutions, sometimes it just feels better to know you aren’t alone in your parenting struggles.
This week’s Blog Blast is all about commiseration where it comes to feeding our families - whether the cooking is done by us, our partners, or our personal chefs. It’s sponsored by Harper Collins and their new title, Deceptively Delicious, by Jessica Seinfeld (you may have heard of it…), and the prize is a $250 gift card for Williams Sonoma.
Here’s how to play:
1) Are your kids picky eaters? Were YOU a picky eater? What have you tried to get them to eat, and what have they done to avoid eating what you’ve served? Post about your mealtime skirmishes and strategic maneuvers on your blog anytime today, October 26, before midnight PST. Title your post creatively - we’ll list them below by post name!
2) Send us the link to your post - parentbloggers@gmail.com. Be sure to include links to Deceptively Delicious (http://www.deceptivelydelicious.com) and Parent Bloggers Network (http://blog.parentbloggers.com) somewhere in your post.
3) One winner will be drawn at random from all the posts that meet the above criteria. Even if you’re not a chef, Williams Sonoma is hugely enticing (they sell gourmet food there too!). And who knows - with $250 to spend on cookware, you might just decide that cooking can be fun!
Check out the other posts below. Maybe you’ll get some good ideas, or maybe you’ll get some good laughs. Sounds like fun either way!
Uh Oh, Squash in My Sketti Ohs?
The Revised Food Guide Pyramid According to a 7 Year Old
The Pokemon Cure for Picky Eating
That’s Not Cheese or How I Raised a Food Snob
Picky Eater? Aidan?…Well, Maybe
Only in America Can You Get Sent to Hell for Sneaking Veggies in Your Kid’s Food
One - Two - Three Foods. Bwahahahahaha!
Let Me Assure You That We Only Serve Delicious Food in This House
Kids Just Don’t Like Vegetables
It’s Not Just the Icky She’s Picky About
I Wasn’t Going to Say Anything
I Want a $250 Gift Card for Use at Williams Sonoma
I Know You’re Dying to Get Your Hands on My Icing Recipe
Henry and the Christmas Squash
Get a Grandmother and Some Ranch Dressing
Every Child Is Different, but They All Need to Eat
Eat It - Or, I’ll Shove It Down Your Throat
Chew Up Your Freaking Food Already!
Can a Toddler Subsist on Yogurt Alone?
Bread and Jam - and Frances, and Ellyn, and Jessica
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I’m not sure if this qualifies me or not, but here is my take on the subject. http://pandorican.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-wasnt-going-to-say-anything.html
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Mine is up at: http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-are-what-you-eat.html
Here is my entry, entitled Golden Glow:
furtheradventuresofme.blogspot.com/2007/10/golden-glow.html
Jessica Seinfeld Isn’t the Only One “Deceiving” Her Kids…
Share your tricks, tips, and recipes and be entered to win a $250 gift certificate to Williams and Sonoma. Did you like the book Deceptively Delicious, or did you think it was a crock of um, undercooked vegetables?…
My trick works, but only if you start from birth! Otherwise and anyway, I highly recommend the Deceptively Delicious book! Check out my entry at http://sahmmysays.blogspot.com/2007/10/thats-not-cheese-or-how-i-raised-food.html
Oops, I bet that if they saw what I have been saying I would be disqualified
On my blog (http://whatscookingblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/is-deceptively-delicious-too-deceptive) I have been talking about where to draw the line between honesty and getting our kids to eat well. Take a peek and learn about some other ideas that might work that are less deceptive.
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