For a while now we've had a real problem with the kids taking a couple bites out of their fruit, then saying they can't eat the rest. It's so wasteful and so frustrating! I must have lectured them one too many times about food-wasting because lately I've been finding half-eaten fruit hidden in all kinds of crazy places, like behind furniture and under beds. It's absolutely disgusting!
Why I couldn't come up with this no-brainer solution before is beyond me, but I've start cutting fruit up rinsing it in lemon juice (so it doesn't turn brown) and filling big casserole dishes with a variety of fruit. Located conveniently on the bottom shelf of the fridge, the kids can self-serve as often as they like. The rule used to be "anything in the bottom drawers" (fruits and veggies) they could have whenever they wanted, but now they are forbidden whole fruits due to the wasting issue and so now they are only allowed what's in the big glass dish. I figure, we're only using about a third of the fruit we would normally go through in a week, but it's ALL getting eaten!
VICTORY!!!
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