I tell anyone who listens that Pete won't eat any vegetables. OK, well, it turns out that a big reason for this is that I never offer him any vegetables. It wouldn't just occur to him out of nowhere to ask me to rustle him up some cauliflower*, now would it? Most of the time Andy and I eat after the kids do, so Pete doesn't even get a chance to see us eating vegetables. Tonight, however, we were all eating spaghetti together. Steph likes a salad of cukes and red, yellow, and orange bell peppers with a little dressing. So I also cut a 1/2" slice of peeled cuke into 6 wedges and put it on a salad plate for Pete. He initially said, "EWWW! I don't want to eat this!" to which I replied, "That's OK, you don't have to." (I've read in a million places that you might need to present a food 15 or 20 times before a kid will even sample it.) Well, next thing I know, he's eaten all 6 pieces! Now, I don't think this necessarily means that he will eat any vegetable I put in front of him, but it definitely does mean that I have to at least put it in front of him in the first place!
*Speaking of cauliflower, there is only one way to prepare it: Cut it up into very small florets, toss with olive oil, sea salt, and pepper, and roast until brown and tender. Something magical happens to the flavor. You must try it. It looks especially nice if you can find one white head and one green head (broccoflower) or purple head.
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