For those of you that have children, you know all too well how picky kids tend to be about what goes on their plates and into their tummies. Sometimes parents have to get creative in getting their kids to eat all those good-for-them nutrients. My friend M recently shared with me a meal she made for her six year-old son. This was a spontaneously put together dish, and made for fun lunch time for her son.

I call this, pelmeni face. Simply place some pelmeni on a plate, cut a tomato in half and place on each side of the pelmeni, creating ears. Place two blueberries on top of the pelmeni, to create two blue eyes. Add a piece of butter for a cute nose, and a slice of peach for a smiling mouth. The ground black pepper makes for cute freckles, don’t you think?

M, big props on this very creative idea!

Moms and Dads, do you have any other fun tricks up your sleeves for fun kids’ meals?