This weekend, I tried to get his routine back to normal and introduce some new foods again. For Friday night dinner, I was short on time so I quickly threw together some polenta. It was very basic - cornmeal, water, and fake chicken consomme powder. I mixed it all together over medium heat, spread it on a baking sheet, and then baked it at 350 for about 15 minutes. I thought Henry would love it - he loves corn and he tend to love anything starchy. But, Henry's only 22 months old, has a definite opinion now, and refused to even let it touch his highchair tray. Since I didn't want to create a bad association, I removed it from his plate, and left him alone.
Sunday night I decided to try again. Again, Henry didn't want it on his tray. But then I decided to use the polenta as a crust and put tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese on top. Next thing I knew, Henry was scarfing down polenta pizza. Success!
Happy and (mostly) healthy eating!
Great idea, I gotta try that. I usually buy the logs of polenta and stiry fry it and then put stir fry veggies and cheese on it but I am sure the kids will love this waay more especially if i call it pizza :)
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