Tiny Talk and the Adventures of Plastic Mommy

Tempting Tuesdays has come again and below are some quick & tasty ideas for your picky eater.

Breakfast:
Toast with a Face: Use cream cheese, slices of strawberry, blueberries and other fruits to draw a face on toasted bread.
Breakfast Smoothie: Blend low-fat yogurt with fruit to make a tasty, drinkable breakfast.

Lunch:

Silly Sandwiches: Use cookie cutters to make sandwiches in fun shapes. Cold-cut Roll Ups: Instead of a sandwich, take lunch meat, cheese slices, and a tortilla and roll them up together.

Dinner

Mini Pizzas: Use the usual ingredients and toppings, but a bagel for the crust.
Breakfast for Dinner: Serve waffles or omelets at dinner time.
Snack

Ants on a Log: Celery with peanut butter and raisins. Spread peanut butter on celery and line raisans up like ants in a line.

Frozen Juice Popsicles: Freeze no-sugar added natural juice in ice-cube containers, add toothpicks or popsicle sticks.

Remember being creative doesnt have to be time consuming. We can get our finicky eaters to enjoy meals with just a little thought on our part without lots of effort!

Quick Craft Idea: Toddler Bean Bag

All you need is

1 cup of beans

1 plastic baggie,1 baggie tie/string, an old sock(furry one preferred) and a rubberband.

My little one enjoyed making this bean bag. First we put the beans in the plastic baggie(we counted up to 30 as we put them in then my daughter just grabbed handfuls and put them in the baggie. We talked about the texture of the beans as well. Intitially grabbing the beans one by one is great for using motor skills! After putting all beans in the plastic baggie we tied it with a string and then put it in a sock and sealed it with a rubber band, but you can use a string for that as well. We used a furry sock because she loves furry socks so much! It was very simple and to my teenagers lame, but my little one thought is was great fun and loves throwing it around!