I hesitate to blog about the failures, but I today I will because:

1. Although my kids turned up their nose to me, your kids are probably not as stubborn.
2. It takes MANY times offering a food before a child tries it. The younger you start them, the more successful it will be.
3. My failures can be time consuming! I would have so much more to blog about if I included them once in a while.

So, last night after a long, long day, I set out to make dinner.  Chicken (that got burned to a crisp), rice they wouldn’t eat, and peas (that I tried to make a white sauce for and the sauce was too runny it didn’t stick to the pea). 

They wouldn’t eat the rice because I got crazy and made 100% sweet brown rice.  Prior attempts have been mixed with white rice.  I cooked it in a rice cooker with chicken broth, and added parmesan to the top.  I thought it tasted pretty good.  Here is what they thought:

Flip flopper, “Uh…. Nu-oh.  There is something wrong with this.”  She’s starting to talk like a teenager.

Cereal boy, “Why is there an aftertaste?”

Ketchup boy, “You try to guess what I think of it?”  Me, “You like it!”.  Ketchup boy, “Wrong! I don’t”

Other posts about brown rice: It’s superior, Sweet Brown Rice, Fruit Rice