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a pantry full of cheerios:)


many of you might remember my post several months ago about whizboys "day of cheerios." it definitely was a turning point in his constant complaint of meals. in fact, when he starts in now all it takes is me letting him know there is a box of cheerios in the pantry!

so, noticing that princess has become more and more picky, today i entered war with her. i had some ham leftover along with 1/3 of a package of noodles and some corn. so i whipped up a variation of my mil's pork and noodle casserole (i believe this was a truck stop recipe). for me this was using up what we had and providing a yummy meal. i whipped up some corn bread muffins, although i admit not my best version, and we had a delicious "leftover turned new" meal.

princess of course asked for something else. no, ma'am, not this time. so yes, she had to eat the casserole. she loves all the ingredients but mixed together, she says yuck. well, little lady....the challenge is on. after a small whiny fit when i put in on her plate i very firmly pulled out the cheerio's card....for dinner, breakfast, lunch, dinner and every snack in between!

guess what - she ate it. slowly and in bits and pieces. for example, she picked out the noodles and ate those. the dipped the ham chunks in ketchup, but she ate it without another word of complaint. the tide has turned and the monster that i allowed to thrive is slowly being put to death. yes, i know i parented this one wrong for the last 5 years, but i'm taking it back!

AND as a bonus for the night, i successfully hid the cheese that was melted into the casserole from one smart little whizboy who said, "mom, this is really good! make this again sometime!"

i for one am thankful for cheerios!

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