On our Table this week:
Our adventure in Mexico City wraps up this week. It certainly was a welcomed respite from our everyday life and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Although, I am excited to return home and get my little one back on a regular eating schedule. For the last few weeks, Fig’s eating has been something like this; 1st breakfast, 2nd breakfast, 3rd breakfast, after breakfast snack, afternoon snack, mid afternoon snack, late night snack. I’m beginning to think he’s a hobbit with all that breakfasting.
While I had several internal freak outs over what someone was giving my two year old (late night slice of cake anyone?), I had to remind myself that these moments don’t last forever and a few weeks of eating less than perfect isn’t going to ruin his health forever.
Most of what Fig ate these past weeks could be summed up in one word: Fruit. However, I did manage to get a few “real” meals into him. His favorite was the Pomegranate and Spinach Wrap, burritoed just so to hide the spinach. He also liked the Blue Corn Papaya Tacos , mostly due to the papaya ( obviously).
However, most surprising was his love of Nopal cactus. When cooked, the cactus turns a putrid shade of green and is slimy ( yes, slimy). No matter, he ate it with gusto and asked for more. This reinforces the importance of feeding little kids a lot of different foods even if you’re 99.99% sure they will hate it. You might just be surprised!
One final note; There is hardly any natural light in our Mexico house, so these pictures aren’t the best.
I really enjoy reading your posts. It’s wonderful that you familiarize your little guy to such delicious fresh foods.
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Thanks! I try my best though it’s hard not to get discouraged when a dish I spent lots of time preparing ends up in the dog’s mouth 🙂 At least our dog is getting a good diet! Love your page by the way…lots of great ideas I’m so excited to try!
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