Children and Food: Sometimes it is all about presentation

Our child would eat almost nothing if we were not creative. He plays and plays until he is so tired and hungry that he has a meltdown. We are always looking for ways to engage him in his eating experience. We cook with him and follow him around the house with food.
One successful strategy involves a metal food steamer. As Frederick says “It can be a bowl and a plate too.”
The first picture here is the steamer in a closed position. That’s where you put the food and say “I wonder what’s in there.” The “bowl” position is the steamer half-opened; the “plate” position is the steamer opened flat.
Give it a try. You might even get him or her to eat some salad. We’re still working on that ourselves.