{"id":10700,"date":"2010-04-06T03:31:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T07:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=10700"},"modified":"2010-04-29T11:14:12","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T15:14:12","slug":"powerful-veggie-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/powerful-veggie-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Veggie Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday morning,\u00a0 my best friend called with a grand announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Lily Belle ate half a banana!”<\/em> she screamed into the phone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

We full on cheered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To some this may be\u00a0a small feat, but for\u00a0mommies worldwide\u00a0you completely understand why we both screamed and then had to\u00a0talk about it for exactly 23 full minutes.\u00a0 Getting your toddler to eat anything but Cheerios can be daunting.\u00a0 The subsequent guilt after you tuck them into bed and realize all they ate that day was a bread stick, half a fruit snack,\u00a0and pretzels\u00a0may be extreme.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some\u00a0kids just eat fruits and vegetables like they\u00a0were born to be a rabbit.\u00a0 Most do not.\u00a0 For the majority of mothers, creativity is key.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Below are easy and oh-so-cute ideas that make eating veggies a lot less painful!<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite veggie recipe that makes them go down like a spoonful of sugar?\u00a0 Or a creative fruit idea that your kids love?\u00a0 If so, share!\u00a0 We are all on the veggie\/fruit battlefield together.<\/p>\n

Links to Photos listed Top to Bottom and Left to Right.<\/em><\/p>\n

Carrot Patches by Family Fun<\/a><\/p>\n

Vegetable Flowers by Family Fun<\/a><\/p>\n

Veggie Critters featured on Culinary.net by Valley Ranch<\/a><\/p>\n

Hidden Valley Love Your Veggies Flower Power Bell Peppers and Ranch Dip<\/a><\/p>\n

Sugar Snaps with Honey Mustard by Family Fun<\/a><\/p>\n

Sara Lee Deli Meat “Sushi” Rolls via Fun Crafts and Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

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May your children (and mine) graze on veggies endlessly…or at least nibble.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blog to you soon,<\/p>\n

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Yesterday morning, my best friend called with a grand announcement. “Lily Belle ate half a banana!” she screamed into the phone. We full on cheered. To some this may be a small feat, but for mommies worldwide you completely understand why we both screamed and then had to talk about it for exactly 23 full minutes. Getting your toddler to eat anything but Cheerios can be daunting. The subsequent guilt after you tuck them into bed and realize all they ate that day was a breadstick, half a fruit snack, and pretzels may be extreme. Some kids just eat fruits and vegetables like they were born to be a rabbit. Most do not. For the majority of mothers, creativity is key. Below are easy and oh-so-cute ideas that make eating veggies a lot less painful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}