One of the most successful strategies in my home is to include my kids in the preparation of their meals. Once they are in the kitchen, they get excited about helping, and they begin to better understand the prepping and cooking processes. They love it when they get to use food as art and put together renditions of their favorite animals and characters! For example, we have popsicle molds in shapes of different animals, where they freeze a mixture of yogurt, berries, mango, and bananas blended in the Bullet blender. The sense of accomplishment drives them to try the things that they just helped prepare. Even if they do not like some of the foods, at least you got them to take that big step of trying something new.
