Mother Transforms Her Son's Food Into Cartoon Character-Themed Healthy Meals
It's so hard to make kids eat veggies. Regardless of how good they are for our bodies, they refuse to listen.
But did you know that there's a reason why children don't like those healthy veggies? The little ones need tons of energy because of how active they are.
Therefore, it's only natural that they look for food that will give them tons of it. They specifically want those with glucose, the fuel that the body prefers.
There aren't too many calories in vegetables. So they aren't necessarily the food for people who have so much energy.
Since veggies have a lot of indigestible fiber, they end up digesting with energy that's equivalent to the calories they contain. With the energy needs of children, vegetables simply can't keep up with their demands.
Of course, this fact won't stop parents from serving what they know is good for their children. But how do they make it appetizing for the little ones?
Well, one parent has an answer to that problem. Laleh Mohmedi turned those veggies into cartoon characters that her son loves so much.
By doing so, his son is encouraged to eat healthy meals. From his beloved Pixar monsters to Disney characters, the mother creates dishes out of meat, pasta, vegetables, and other dinner staples.
Mohmedi snaps photos of her creations and shares them on Instagram. Let's take a look!
1. Mama from Coco
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2. Baby Yoda
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3. Donald, Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto
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4. Daisy Duck
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5. Carl Fredrickson from Up
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6. Patrick from SpongeBob SquarePants
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7. Carl and Ellie from Up
8. SpongeBob as a Minion
9. Scar from The Lion King
10. Pikachu from Pokemon
11. Ursula from The Little Mermaid
12. Cruella De Vil From from 101 Dalmatians
13. Stitch from Lilo and Stitch
14. Another version of Ursula
15. Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.
16. Lady And The Tramp
17. Kermit the Frog
18. Rapunzel from Tangled
19. Anger, Joy, and Disgust from Inside Out
20. Gaston from Beauty and The Beast
21. Sadness from Inside Out
22. The Grinch
23. Vanellope Von Schweetz from Wreck It Ralph
24. Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon
25. Hei Hei from Moana
26. Bing Bong from Inside Out
27. Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons
28. Dobby from Harry Potter
29. Dylan And Dolly from 101 Dalmatians
30. Sebastian from The Little Mermaid
31. Hades from Hercules
32. Winnie the Pooh
33. King Triton from The Little Mermaid
34. Roz from Monsters, Inc.
35. Sasuke from Naruto
36. Dumbo
37. Carnage from Venom
38. Tiana from The Princess and the Frog
39. Naruto
40. Beast from Beauty and the Beast
41. Giulia from Luca
Mohmedi shares the ingredients of her creations.
Head over to her Instagram account, jacobs_food_diaries, to see what she uses. She has loads of pictures of cartoon and anime characters made into healthy meals.
According to the mother, food art is a great way to get the little ones involved in the kitchen. The activity was purely made for fun.
At the same time, it lets the mother and son have time for bonding. Mohmedi also mentioned that everything was challenging when she first started.
But as she practiced, everything became a lot easier. She has creations that are easy to make as well as sculpted ones.
The creative mother has no plans of stopping this fun way of preparing meals anytime soon. So if you're having a hard time making children eat healthy food, head over to her Instagram page to grab more ideas as she posts her creations frequently.
