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What I usually do is to make food look fun to eat as a way of enticing them to eat their veggies. Let’s take potatoes for example. You can’t just present a boiled potato to your kids and expect them to eat it right away. Kids these days tend to enjoy potatoes in a fast-food kind of servings- French fries, criss-cut or the regular stringy ones with barbecue or with cheese flavoring. By serving potatoes this way, eating is more fun and the plus side here is they get to eat their potatoes. The trick is how to make the potatoes as healthy as you could. (Tip: Use olive oil when frying potatoes).
If you want them to try baked potatoes as they are healthier, here’s a fun trick I have mastered (and my kids love it). I call it as one of our comfort food—eating to your heart’s content without feeling any guilt or remorse after the deed has been done. You might want to try this out:
Ingredients:
6 big potatoes
Bacon - fried until crisp
Diced canned pineapple
Sliced mushrooms
Cheese sauce
Optional toppings
- grated parmesan
- cheddar cheese
- mozarella cheese
- sliced olives
- broccoli florets
- any topping you want
Directions:
Wash the potatoes thoroughly
- wrap each potato with aluminum foil
- arrange in a pan
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees celsius
- bake the potatoes for 45-50 minutes (until the sides are soft when pressed)
Be careful when taking out the potatoes, the aluminum foil will be hot and the potatoes will be steaming hot too. Peel off the aluminum foil carefully take out the potatoes.
- slice the potatoes in half
- top with cheese sauce to make sure your toppings stays put.
- sprinkle some bacon bits
- add the pineapples, mushrooms, olives & broccoli or put toppings according to your preference.
- sprinkle some grated parmesan, mozarella & cheddar cheese.
Baking it again for 2 minutes is optional, just to let the grated cheese melt.
Serves 6 - 1 potato per person.
Voila! Enjoy!
iSTORYA Kitchenology
by Janice Yuvallos
The iSTORYA Kitchenology is a column of the iSTORYA.NET homepage that talks about recipes and other food experiments! You can also view other discussions at our Food and Dining forums!
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