We have pretty much raised our son, William, to eat whatever we eat. As I have mentioned before he does eat the typical kid fair except hot dogs. He hates hot dogs. Go figure. But tonight I was thoroughly impressed. It was not a gourmet night. I am in desperate need of a trip to the grocery store but I found a box of black beans and rice in the cupboard, a chicken breast in the freezer as well as a turkey smoked sausage link. Viola dinner! And a one-dish one at that. As I type my dish washer is sitting in the kitchen dead so the fewer dirty pot and pans the better. But before I could get everything together William was asking for shrimp. Make that begging. Shrimp cocktail to be exact. Yep, I would not have eaten shrimp cocktail at that age for anything. So I make a few shrimp for him which he ate along with the rest of his dinner - all two helpings. Rice is also one of his favorites. He wasn't crazy about my cocktail sauce but I wasn't going to complain.
After dinner he asked for dessert. I had a peach that was starting to shrivel and some strawberries that needed a stomach to call home so I got inspired to make a smoothie. But when I make a smoothie I make the nutrition count. Instead of yogurt I use low-fat tofu and throw in some flax seed for fiber and good fats. So, again let me remind you, my child is 5 and happily slurped down a tofu, flax seed, and fruit smoothie and with ever sip told me how delicious it was. William often tells me he likes my dinners which is not uncommon for a child to think his mom's food is the best. I just hope that along with teaching him variety I am instilling the health benefits of food to him as well.
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