My daughter does not eat fruit.
She'll eat dried fruit, dehydrated fruit, fruit jams, fruit muffins and fruit juice, but she won't touch an apple, orange or peach in its original format. Is there another kid alive who doesn't like strawberries? The only fresh fruit she deems acceptable is the banana.
Now I know plenty of kids (I was one of them) who turn their noses up at green vegetables, but Z will happily eat baby trees (broccoli) and peas. Corn, black beans, sweet potatoes and chick peas (in hummus form) are among her favorite foods, right behind the standard kid faves of quesadillas, macaroni and cheese, pizza, tacos and spaghetti.
And then there are her favorite foods that catch others by surprise. Every day she asks for African Peanut Soup and Weetabix with peanut butter. Not only has she inherited my addiction to peanut butter, she shares my love for the kitty-litter of cereals, Grape-Nuts. But can she blame her distrust of fruit on mommy dearest? No way.
This entry is part of a Parent Bloggers Network blog blast about children's food fetishes. It's sponsored by Deceptively Delicious, which I reviewed here.
3 comments:
How strange! Does she like grapes or other berries? I can't believe she won't eat apples. They are so mild and sweet! I don't know ANYONE who doesn't like apples. What a little goober! (But she does have something right with the love of peanut butter at least!)
It's hard to believe, but she won't touch fresh apples, whole or sliced. But she'll happily eat applesauce or dried apple rings. And she'll drink all the apple juice I give her.
That is weird... Strawberries?? If it makes you feel better, my boys wont eat macaroni & cheese, tacos, hamburgers or spaghetti.
They are practically vegetarians aside from chicken nuggets (of course).
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