Christian is definitely a finicky eater, but I've always counted my blessings in the fact that he likes many kinds of fruits and vegetables. Lately however, he's been rejecting anything with skin, like grapes, peppers, and unpeeled apples. He used to love all three of these things, so I've really been at a loss as to what to put in his lunch. I mean, how many days in a row can the kid eat PBJ, a banana, chips and yogurt for lunch? Anything else I put in his lunch goes untouched. My goal is to go for high protein lunches with lots of fruit and vegetables and less sugar and refined carbs. This has been working great with Ehren and Anna, but now that Christian is on strike against every plant product with skin, I'm at a loss. Did I also mention that he has never eaten tomatoes, carrots, celery, raisins or craisins? The other day, I had a little talk with him: "Christian, you know your body needs fruits and vegetables. What can I put in your lunch besides bananas?" His answer was "How about peas?"
He wanted the bagged sugar snap peas they sell at Costco. So Friday night after work, I stopped at Costco for peas and some other groceries. I also brought home a hot pizza. When I got home, I thought the kids would be so excited about the pizza, but as I unpacked the groceries from Costco, they spied the bag of sugar snap peas. Almost all together, they yelled, "PEAS!" and lunged for them like they were a hot fudge sundae. Somebody asked in a desperate tone, "Mom, can we have some?" When I casually told them "sure," they all started tearing at the bag grabbing handfuls of peas. They left the pizza sitting unopened on the table and even passed up a carton of fresh raspberries. Apparently they've really been missing Costco peas for the last five months while we've been eating out of the garden.
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