Sweet Victory!

Don't you love it when you watch your children eating something healthy and loving it. Well, normally that doesn't happen at my house. We have a son who will only eat things that are white. REALLY! He lives on milk, tortillas, cereal and bread. This is no joke! You cannot make this kid eat anything healthy. He may if we are lucky venture in to the orange color.. Cheese on his tortillas and a carrot if we really insist. I have never seen him eat anything green, until last night!
For Christmas I received a great new cook book. I was so excited about hiding veggies in everyday food I couldn't wait to get started. The concept is to cook some veggies and then puree them and add them to the food you cook. I started with squash in pancakes and the kids loved them! I actually heard "Mom, these are the best pancakes I have ever had! Music to my ears! Then I tried squash in Mac and Cheese. Not a hit! My son noticed right away that something was different and wouldn't eat it. So, I went for the squash in a grilled cheese sandwich. I began to realize that my son has a built in veggie detector. He noticed after he had eaten half of the sandwich and would not resume eating the rest... I almost was about to give up and then I thought since pancakes worked so well I would make a big deal that we were going to have green pancakes for dinner last night. I set the food coloring on the counter so they really thought that was all I was adding and I put two cups of pureed spinach in the pancakes. They LOVED them! We all did really. I hope Saul's system isn't messed up from his first experience eating something green and healthy. Russ and I had a great moment hi-fiving each other and watching our white only eater devour spinach. I will actually sleep well tonight knowing that just because he had a tortilla and white rice for dinner tonight.... Tomorrow he may be eating broccoli hidden in his chicken nuggets.