Making Fruit Fun!

If you want your child to gobble up a dessert that is both healthy and inviting, try making pastry fruit cups. I usually use pre-made pastry shells, the individual ones – which can be ordered online or purchased directly from a bakery.

I make vanilla pudding and place a dollop of pudding in each cup. Then I add an assortment of fruits: strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, grapes, bananas, etc. I use the juice from a small can of canned peaches to paint a glaze on the top of the fruit.

These little cups of fruit look so colorful and fun that kids can’t resist them! It’s a great way to get a variety of fruit choices into one recipe thereby optimizing the chance that a child’s food palate is getting further developed! Enjoy!

Easy Tips and Tricks for Fussy, Finicky Eaters

Be patient! Children have sensitive paletes; meaning they have not yet developed the ability to accurately process whether or not the food in their mouth is something they COULD enjoy.

1. Start slowly! Introduce one or two new foods a week. Eating 3 green beans is better than eating no green beans.

2. Use the EAT AROUND THE CLOCK KIT - including the children’s book, the plate and the timer to optimize the success of your endeavor.

3. Make it more fun and exciting by using the “preferred food concept” as outlined in the EAT AROUND THE CLOCK program. This will provide the incentive children need to try even a small bit of the new food being introduced!

4. Don’t give up! There is a saying, “persist longer than they resist!” Rome wasn’t built in a day and healthy eating habits develop over time. Don’t get discouraged! A child needs anywhere from 7 to 12 exposures to a particular food to cultivate a taste for that food.