Tools for Picky Eaters
If cooking for your picky eater has you at the end of your rope, stock up on these helpful tools. They'll distract your child with just the right hit of novelty and give Mom and Dad a breather.
By Jenny Rosenstrach
- saltcellars
Why give them nuts in one big bowl when you can do it in two (or four, or six) little ones?
$4, Montessori Services.
- straws
The curlier and crazier the better.
- shot glasses
The liquid version of a saltcellar.
$2, Crate & Barrel and $13 for a set of four, Montessori Services.
- chopsticks
They'll want to perfect their technique by eating more ... and more.
$5 for two, Montessori Services.
- toothpicks and skewers
Use them (with caution) and your success rate on chopped veggies and fruit goes up 70 percent. More or less.
- votives
Every night is restaurant night!
- flashlight
Kill the overheads and shine a beam on any villainous last scraps of meat.
- takeout containers
Serve your "Mom! Chicken and broccoli again?" in them. (Ring the doorbell to pretend it's a delivery.)
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