Snack time, y’all!
Where I eat everything + cheese, and the kids lick a banana and run off to play. Sigh.
Fruit kebabs. They wanted me to take the fruit straight off. Then one asked for just a banana on a stick.
Homemade apple pie with a Miffy cheese. Nope and nope. We had a bit of apple action, but not much else.
Fruit platter designed for both of them to share. Not happening.
Homemade rollups following Wholefood Romance’s recipe for Strawberry Lemonade Strips.
I ate them.
What’s on the snack rotation at yours lately? Having any more luck than I am?!
Desiree Fawn says
November 21, 2014 at 5:45 amSliced apples (usually Gala) + some kind of nut butter, then dipped in raw pumpkin seeds. It’s my daughter’s favourite and I thinks she loves that there’s an interactive sort of thing going on. She asks for this every single day.
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:25 amMine licks the nut butter off the apples and announces she’s done.
Desiree Fawn says
November 24, 2014 at 11:24 amHa! Oh jeez. So sneaky! What about little sandwiches made from thin apples slices and PB?
Veggie Mama says
December 3, 2014 at 7:34 pmThat has definitely worked, but only for one of them!
The Vegetarian Mermaid says
November 21, 2014 at 7:14 amHahahah
sounds like something I would have done as a kid. Now as an adult I’d just devour everything here.
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Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:25 amsame! I eat all their food.
Jackie @ Hippie Mumma says
November 21, 2014 at 8:38 amStrawberries, popcorn with savoury yeast, chia seed pudding (chia seeds and water) mixed in some 5:Am yoghurt, homemade ice creams (coconut cream, frozen mango, avocado), sourdough toast with avocado, apples “NO SKIN MUM”… It’s a game every day to know what she wants… sigh, so tiring!
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:24 amthey change their mind every five minutes! At least the smoothies get done with no whining 🙂
Beth Wieland says
November 21, 2014 at 9:18 amBoth mine love fruit. Popcorn. Rice crackers. Carrot and hummus. Cheese. Admittedly the little one is 7 months and eats all things offered with gusto. Big won’t eat home made treats – muesli slice, muffins, honey joys (come on! They aren’t even healthy) etc unless they are chocolatey sigh… Even when I lovingly prepare them with ingredients I KNOW she likes and get her to help me make them. Nada.
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:24 amyep i get that treatment too! Feel free to post me the honey joys, I love that shit
Tessa White says
November 21, 2014 at 10:06 amstrawberries, celery sticks, cucumber, grapes , apples , mango and carrots are the ones they know they can ask for at any stage and I will merrily cut up, everything else involves persuasion on their part and a discussion from mine x
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:23 amI cannot wait until I can wield that power. if I tried discussing jatz with the two-year-old, she’d scream and hit me.
AN B says
November 21, 2014 at 2:48 pmCelery sticks with cream cheese,”cream cream crackers” (cream cheese on Saos), “bitey” (whole) apples, puffed corn, various vegetables made into a face on a coloured plate.
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:22 ambitey apples! So CUTE!
Shari says
November 21, 2014 at 3:12 pmLol – I joke with my husband that when our second starts eating food {or when our 18 month old can open the cupboard – which ever arrives first} he will need to start packing shelves at Woolies because our food bill will increase exponetionally. My 18 month old is in the 90% for height and the 40% for weight – but he manages two breakfasts, a big lunch, a big dinner and the following snacks: fruit platters, cheese and jatz, mango smooties {that I then pop in the boost juice cup and pretend is a mango magic}, veggie sticks with hommus, sugar free breakfast muffins {which I blogged about – and he now eats throughout the day}, popcorn, yoghurt buttons {because they are a cleaner way of eating yoghurt whilst I am feeding the newborn}, pumpkin seeds. My newborn is in the 90% for height and the 80% for weight {the brew is good} 🙂
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:22 amOne of mine has just started eating quince paste – I’m wondering if I’m going to have to get shares in a goumet deli.
Meg says
November 21, 2014 at 3:42 pmAah bummer they didn’t like the strawberry strips. They were a hit here, especially the blueberry ones. x
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:21 amYou know I’m just going to keep forcing them, don’t you? They’re delicious! What WEIRDOS.
Leah Haynes says
November 21, 2014 at 4:18 pmMy daughter seems to love anything she can ‘dpi’ into… So purée veggie dips and crackers/apple slices are a hit. Apart from that I have no idea… She always just seems to want weetbix haha.
Leah says
November 21, 2014 at 4:19 pmDip*
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:21 amOhhh yep. Weetbix 24/7 here! My kids won’t dip unless it’s tomato sauce. Are they insane? Dip is what makes the world go round!
Lilybett and Boy says
November 21, 2014 at 4:43 pmWe do almonds, pumpkin seeds, craisins or sultanas, some apple or pear, popcorn, japanese rice cracker snack thingys (blerg), regular rice crackers, cruskits or rice cakes with vegemite, frozen cheese, sometimes carrot sticks or frozen peas. He’s not eating last year’s favourite fruits (blueberries and orange) anymore.
My major victory was him taking two nibbles of a baby spinach leaf – ‘and then he felt much better’ a la The Very Hungry Catepillar. Not sure he’ll be tricked into that one again.
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:20 amhah that’s really cute! We’ve got blackberries thanks to Peter Rabbit. Not so much the lettuces and carrot though… bummer.
Sasha @ From the Left Field says
November 21, 2014 at 7:37 pmBeautiful selection of non-eaten foods! Great ideas, sometimes kids just need to fall into line and appreciate the beauty of the food we’ve prepared. Sheesh. After many, many teary days/weeks/months of food battles, we’re finally hitting our stride with just cut up apple, carrots, cheese cubes and a fruity oat slice I make with stevia, coconut oil and apple sauce. It’s only taken nearly 5 years… but hooray!
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:19 amLong road, eh?!
Reannon @shewhorambles says
November 21, 2014 at 8:22 pmMan, you & your readers put me to SHAME!! It’s fruit ( so much fruit!), a few nuts,plastic cheese, BBQ shapes, yogurt covered sultanas,those kiddie fruit bars or whatever I’ve baked around here for snacks. I’m kind of in a creative food funk right now. I’m just feeding them all what I know they’ll eat. Shitty parenting.
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:19 amdude… mine was all fruit. once, I put it into a pie because I wanted to eat pie crust. everything else… PLAIN CHOPPED FRUIT COP THAT KIDS
Stephanie Jefferson says
November 23, 2014 at 10:11 pmpopcorn goes down well at the moment and choice of cut fruit, as long as chosen by the boy.
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:18 amOh amen, popcorn is a winner here too!
Elly Sutherland says
November 24, 2014 at 1:41 amI had one fussy eater.
He asked me what was for dinner one night and I snapped “Dog Food.”
His response was “cool. I love dog food.”
After that we ate cockroaches (dates) snot balls and teeth in a cup (frozen peas and corn) caterpillars (celery sticks with sultanas for eyes) mashed flies (sultanas soaked in water then mashed a bit) and glue (porridge). He ate anything I could come up with a gross name for.
GO Figure.
Veggie Mama says
November 24, 2014 at 10:18 amhahahahahaah! I love glue.
The Plumbette says
November 25, 2014 at 5:10 pmLove all those snacks. My girls are a fan of choc chips with their fruit and cheese morning tea selection I make them. They change their mind on what foods they like everyday. They certainly keep me on my toes in the kitchen. But what’s offered for the day is all that is offered. The kebabs are a great idea to change things up.
Veggie Mama says
December 3, 2014 at 7:35 pmYou had me at chocolate chips 😉
Andrea Hamann says
November 30, 2014 at 2:33 pmOh, this is both reassuring and depressing. I was all geared up thinking that there might be some joy out there somewhere for me…but no. Our kid’s fussy too.
Veggie Mama says
December 3, 2014 at 7:35 pmhaha we’ve come a lonnnnnnnnnnng way, but still a ways to go. It gets better!