Green Eggs and Ham

Have you? Could you? Would you?

ADDED February 19, 2009

We're still playing with variations here on our blog, as the Week of Variation continues.  (Okay, now we're thinking we could have possibly come up with a catchier name for the week.  Oh, well.)

This week we've been busy changing up ordinary parts of life in order to get fun, different experiences and activities.  Today we'll be varying food.

Food coloring is possibly in your pantry now, and if it's not, it's extremely inexpensive.  Food coloring is completely safe, but it's probably not great to consume large doses of it everyday. However, a little food coloring once a week definitely won't hurt.  Here are some fun-with-food-coloring suggestions:

*  Green Eggs and Ham.  Add some food coloring to scrambled eggs (and serve with ham if you can.)  Pick up the book from the library and read it to the kids as they eat this meal (it doesn't just have to be breakfast, of course.)  If green eggs and ham goes over well, try red eggs and ham, or if you're quite brave, blue eggs and ham.  (Blue is not the most appetizing color for food, if you ask us.)

*  Colorful Cups of Water.  Fill some glasses with water and have your kids drop different colors of food coloring into each.  Experiment with different colors, mixing colors, and intensities of colors.  Serve the water with lunch or dinner.

*  Pretty Pasta.  Food coloring works quite well in pasta dishes, as noodles readily take on the added color. 

*  Try coloring these, too:  mashed potatoes, ground beef, yogurt, milk, vanilla ice cream, egg salad.

What else could food coloring do to mix up your kids' next mealtime?  If you have any ideas you'd like to share, please leave a comment

Add some color to your days for fun and variation!

(Many thanks to swearinglibrarian for the green eggs and milk photo.)

--S

ages 3-12, good at home, good for home, good for mealtimes, rainy day fun,

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