http://littleaustinite.com/2010/01/what-am-i-a-short-order-cook/ resource for Austin kids and families Sun, 20 May 2012 05:48:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://littleaustinite.com/2010/01/what-am-i-a-short-order-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 Missy G (via Facebook) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:10 +0000 http://littleaustinite.com/?p=7296#comment-1151 When I began feeding my step daughters "healthy" food, the oldest would declare "I don't like that!" even though she had never had it before. All I asked was that she try it and if she didn't like it I wouldn't force her to eat it. I love to see her face when she realizes she likes something she didn't expect to. When she doesn't like something I try introducing it to her again in a different variation. A majority of the time she like a vegetable mashed instead of steamed or chopped up in somthing instead of by itself. When I began feeding my step daughters “healthy” food, the oldest would declare “I don’t like that!” even though she had never had it before. All I asked was that she try it and if she didn’t like it I wouldn’t force her to eat it. I love to see her face when she realizes she likes something she didn’t expect to. When she doesn’t like something I try introducing it to her again in a different variation. A majority of the time she like a vegetable mashed instead of steamed or chopped up in somthing instead of by itself.

]]> http://littleaustinite.com/2010/01/what-am-i-a-short-order-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Shannon (via Facebook) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:05:19 +0000 http://littleaustinite.com/?p=7296#comment-1148 LA, Last night there was a miracle straight from the heavens above. Last night I made spaghetti. They came in from playing, saw their dinner was ready, sat down and ate. Not a peep. It's all about control. Thanks for the recipe! LA, Last night there was a miracle straight from the heavens above. Last night I made spaghetti. They came in from playing, saw their dinner was ready, sat down and ate. Not a peep. It’s all about control. Thanks for the recipe!

]]> http://littleaustinite.com/2010/01/what-am-i-a-short-order-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Julia Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:03:31 +0000 http://littleaustinite.com/?p=7296#comment-1147 Many times I meal plan with my daughter so she has some input, but on the nights where I introduce something new, of late she feels the need to pitch a fit. I will give her credit though. At least she still tries one bite which is all that we ask. Many times I meal plan with my daughter so she has some input, but on the nights where I introduce something new, of late she feels the need to pitch a fit. I will give her credit though. At least she still tries one bite which is all that we ask.

]]> http://littleaustinite.com/2010/01/what-am-i-a-short-order-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Sadia Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:30:05 +0000 http://littleaustinite.com/?p=7296#comment-1146 Ugh, the criticism! Our house rule is that if you don't like the meal, you can go without. My daughters have recently learned that one way to bypass this particular rule is to start grilling me about what we're having for dinner on the car-ride home from daycare. They then criticize my plan and offer up alternatives. The thing is, the alternatives aren't bad. So we compromise. Ugh, the criticism! Our house rule is that if you don’t like the meal, you can go without. My daughters have recently learned that one way to bypass this particular rule is to start grilling me about what we’re having for dinner on the car-ride home from daycare. They then criticize my plan and offer up alternatives. The thing is, the alternatives aren’t bad. So we compromise.

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