It's about 6:40 p.m. in Zogland and this is what you'll see - pretty much every night. Take a close look. Yes....that is a tub of Hummus. This is what Baby Zog eats for dinner nearly every night. In fact, these days, it's one of the few things he will actually eat. The child loves Hummus - or "Thummus" as he refers to it with hunger in his voice. We offer him a variety of other foods daily, but this is the one that lights up those brown eyes and opens that adorable mouth.
Now look even closer. Yep! You are seeing correctly. In his left hand is a tortilla chip and in his right - indeed is a spoon. As you might suspect he doesn't actually eat the chip (and thankfully he doesn't try to eat the spoon.) He merely uses these two devices as shovels for transporting the hummus to his mouth...rapidly.
Many of you are now thinking, "oh, great, he likes hummus, you can get him to dip veggies in it." Um, wrong. I've tried. He's not falling for that trick.
So, to summarize: my child eats hummus straight - with a spoon. At least 6 days a week. About a third of that tub will be gone in one meal. We live in fear of running out of hummus and keep a ready supply in the fridge.
Alas, at least he's eating...
5 comments:
What is his favorite flavor?
He likes the plain kind. I really think he'd like the Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, but since it's red, he thinks I'm tricking him when I tell him that is hummus too and he won't try it!
almost every kid has funny food phases... he'll eat something else eventually! : ) luckily, hummus has some good nutrients in it. could be french fries!
You need the Costco-sized hummus!
Cady LOVES hummus too! She'll eat the red pepper kind too. And, like Baby Zog, I have to MAKE her take a bite of the pita bread instead of just licking it off. :-)
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