Don't play with your food

I remember being told not to play with my food. Food is meant to be eaten, not used as toys. Of course, I was raised in the Casserole and Campbell Soup Era. It's hard to play with a casserole.

Nowadays, we are told to serve wholesome foods and get your kids to eat healthy. Tactics to achieve this include hiding veggies in the food or forcing kids to eat their greens. I'm not one to disguise food or force the kids to eat their veggies.

The next tactic to make dinner time fun, by using Zoo Pals plates. It leaves me wondering,  "How exactly do Zoo Pals make eating fun?"



We see this commercial every day and the song keeps playing in my head. As I'm going to sleep, I hear, "oink, oink, zoo pals..." Do these plates actually work with kids? Can kids really be that gullible? Mine aren't that dumb, are they?

I doubt my kids would be snookered into eating their veggies if I served them on the face of an animal. Well... they might be swayed if it broccoli was served on a plate with the face of Hannibal Lector or a Werewolf. If you don't eat your veggies, Hannibal will get you! (And yes, they've seen pictures of Hannibal... am I a bad parent?)

But then again,  that might cause nightmares and issues later on. They'll need counseling because they associate broccoli and other veggies with serial killers and monsters.

Maybe that's not a good idea.

I think I'll take a pass at Zoo Pals. Caitlynn is too old and Miles could care less. But, I still want them to enjoy eating meals at the table. I'll keep doing what I aways do and not sweat about veggies, kids, and meal time.

I have enough crap to worry about. Mainly how to get that damn Zoo Pals song out my head.














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