Your kids love beets!

Here we have a mix of two entrees: the lentil-beet salad I've made many times, and a new one, a beet-carrot slaw I got from the August-September issue of Cook's magazine. Looks almost too wholesome for toddlers to eat, I know, but they didn't just eat this, they relished it.

(A quick piece of advice/advertising: If you can't imagine your child eating this at home without an almighty fuss, you might consider taking Melanie's Picky Eater workshop. I'm planning on taking it when next it's offered. One evening, a whole pile of ideas and strategies. Sounds like fun to me!)

Normally an energetic, two-fisted eater, Addie turned ruminative with this meal, savouring her lunch one or two lentils at a time. She downed a full bowl, then asked for more, so the pace wasn't indicative of dislike!

Another leisurely but substantial eater, I think Nora's face tells the tale. She enjoyed a fair amount of the stuff. (We're working on this whole 'spoon' thing, but fingers are so much more effective!)

Milan preferred the slaw to the lentil salad, to which he was indifferent today. But the slaw? He LOVED the slaw. (Can you tell?)