It seems like just yesterday I had toddlers with picky appetites. Now my toddlers have toddlers. Just like my own kids did, my grandkids have days when they seem to absorb more nutrients through their skin than through their digestive systems. My solution, more often than not, was to "hide" food they didn't like in food they did. It may have looked and tasted like a fruit smoothie, but there was plenty of spinach and carrots in there. All manner of vegetables can be disguised in soup, pasta sauce, pizza or lasagna. The year my kindergartener decided meat was immoral, I lied (a lot) just to ensure he was getting enough protein. "Yes, dear. That's a tofu-noodle casserole." When my four-year-old daughter had pneumonia, a nurse brought a plate of vegetables I KNEW she wouldn't touch to her hospital bed. I watched, astonished, as she dipped celery sticks, scallions, pepper slices, tomato wedges and black olives in ranch dressing and ATE IT ALL!
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