Simple, super food May 14, 2009
Since Claire has become quite picky in how (and sometimes what she eats), I’ve been struggling to find foods that she can eat herself. She doesn’t have interest in utensils yet and she’s still mastering her pincer grasp. Finding the right mix of easy-to-grab, ready-to-eat foods, is a little bit of a challenge for me. As I browse the market and the produce section of my g-store, I’m always looking for foods her little gummy mouth can handle. Typically an expensive fruit (I just now discovered that avocados are a fruit – I’ve always thought they were vegetables though I’m not sure why), avocados were on sale at the g-store, so I picked one up and thought I’d give it another go with Claire.
Avocados are jam-packed with good fats, something every growing baby needs, and (a plus, especially at lunch time) you can serve them as is. I just opened the fruit; took a paring knife and cubed the fruit in its skin in my hand, being very careful not to cut through; and spooned out the ready made cubes of goodness (I think). Often at lunch I am crossing my fingers that Claire will eat what I give her and if it’s little cubes of something she usually does. She was no different with the avocado. It was like she never had seen it before an gobbled it up as best she could. Because they’re so expensive, I only give her one a week but one avocado is good for two servings for Claire. Now if only I could learn to like them as much as she does. I don’t think cutting them up into fun cubes will do it…