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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 173394" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>THat was still good news though, that he ate so well after the talk with his teacher.</p><p></p><p>We've found we've had best results when we involve difficult child 3 in his own management. Same with the other kids - once they understand the situation, they become active participants. It's like difficult child 3 when he was on the elimination diet - I expected mutiny over the things he wanted but couldn't have. But he really got the idea that the sooner we finished the whole project, the sooner we'd know what was making him sick and the sooner we could put the whole experience (including e deprivation) behind him. difficult child 3 lost weight on the elimination diet, which worried all of us (including him).</p><p></p><p>If a doctor asks me how heavy he is, or how tall he is, difficult child 3 always knows the answers.</p><p></p><p>Something else you might try to get him more willing to try other food - involve him in cooking and planing meals. Tell him that you cook his meals, it would be good if he could learn to cook other people's meals. He doesn't have to eat them, just know how to cook them.</p><p></p><p>I've also found that if you work together as a team, you get better cooperation from them. With difficult child 3, we cook together sometimes and I get him to do one task while I'm doing another. A fun project is to make biscuits, or cupcakes. I bought some fun decoration items so difficult child 3 (or easy child 2/difficult child 2) can have fun playing with food.</p><p></p><p>Those microwave meringues of mine might be a fun thing for him to make - they cook in a minute and it's like a magic trick.</p><p></p><p>Recipe - one egg white. Mix it with pure sifted icing sugar (NOT icing mixture - and make sure the icing sugar is very fine). You might need as much as 4 oz of sugar.</p><p>Add food colouring if you like - make it a stronger colour than what you want to finish with.</p><p>You should get a consistency like play doh.</p><p></p><p>To cook: make sure the microwave oven plate is clean and dry. Put a sheet of baking paper on the plate and put five balls about walnut-size VERY FAR APART on the baking paper. Cook on HIGH for a minute (time may vary depending on the power of your microwave oven). Watch closely because they go from done, to burned, very quickly. They burn from the inside. </p><p>You don't want them to brown at all.</p><p>What should happen - they puff up about five times bigger and then hold their size. At a certain point they stay that shape and size. If you turn off the power too soon they go flat (but still taste good). You need to get the timing right but it's fun to play with.</p><p></p><p>When they're cooked you let them cool a little on the paper, then carefully peel the baking paper off. Put the meringues on a plate to finish cooling. Meanwhile you can use the same baking paper to make more - just put the next batch on the same place on the baking paper.</p><p></p><p>To serve - these are very brittle, if you take a bite out of them they almost explode into a shower of sugar. But Aussie-style, put one on a plate, cover it with whipped cream and top it with chopped fruit such as strawberries or passionfruit, and serve it with a spoon for a mini pavlova.</p><p></p><p>A fast, tasty and fun summer dessert. Great for a kids party, a dinner party or just for fun.</p><p></p><p>Any mixture not used (and there will be plenty) will keep forever in the fridge. I've never had it go off. It CAN dry out a little in the fridge, though, getting a bit granular around the edge and the colour sags down a bit into the mixture after a month or so in the fridge. Just mix it with a spoon again and it will be fine.</p><p></p><p>Even if he doesn't eat these, he might have a lot of fun making them. </p><p></p><p>Playing with food is a good way to gently introduce other ingredients.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 173394, member: 1991"] THat was still good news though, that he ate so well after the talk with his teacher. We've found we've had best results when we involve difficult child 3 in his own management. Same with the other kids - once they understand the situation, they become active participants. It's like difficult child 3 when he was on the elimination diet - I expected mutiny over the things he wanted but couldn't have. But he really got the idea that the sooner we finished the whole project, the sooner we'd know what was making him sick and the sooner we could put the whole experience (including e deprivation) behind him. difficult child 3 lost weight on the elimination diet, which worried all of us (including him). If a doctor asks me how heavy he is, or how tall he is, difficult child 3 always knows the answers. Something else you might try to get him more willing to try other food - involve him in cooking and planing meals. Tell him that you cook his meals, it would be good if he could learn to cook other people's meals. He doesn't have to eat them, just know how to cook them. I've also found that if you work together as a team, you get better cooperation from them. With difficult child 3, we cook together sometimes and I get him to do one task while I'm doing another. A fun project is to make biscuits, or cupcakes. I bought some fun decoration items so difficult child 3 (or easy child 2/difficult child 2) can have fun playing with food. Those microwave meringues of mine might be a fun thing for him to make - they cook in a minute and it's like a magic trick. Recipe - one egg white. Mix it with pure sifted icing sugar (NOT icing mixture - and make sure the icing sugar is very fine). You might need as much as 4 oz of sugar. Add food colouring if you like - make it a stronger colour than what you want to finish with. You should get a consistency like play doh. To cook: make sure the microwave oven plate is clean and dry. Put a sheet of baking paper on the plate and put five balls about walnut-size VERY FAR APART on the baking paper. Cook on HIGH for a minute (time may vary depending on the power of your microwave oven). Watch closely because they go from done, to burned, very quickly. They burn from the inside. You don't want them to brown at all. What should happen - they puff up about five times bigger and then hold their size. At a certain point they stay that shape and size. If you turn off the power too soon they go flat (but still taste good). You need to get the timing right but it's fun to play with. When they're cooked you let them cool a little on the paper, then carefully peel the baking paper off. Put the meringues on a plate to finish cooling. Meanwhile you can use the same baking paper to make more - just put the next batch on the same place on the baking paper. To serve - these are very brittle, if you take a bite out of them they almost explode into a shower of sugar. But Aussie-style, put one on a plate, cover it with whipped cream and top it with chopped fruit such as strawberries or passionfruit, and serve it with a spoon for a mini pavlova. A fast, tasty and fun summer dessert. Great for a kids party, a dinner party or just for fun. Any mixture not used (and there will be plenty) will keep forever in the fridge. I've never had it go off. It CAN dry out a little in the fridge, though, getting a bit granular around the edge and the colour sags down a bit into the mixture after a month or so in the fridge. Just mix it with a spoon again and it will be fine. Even if he doesn't eat these, he might have a lot of fun making them. Playing with food is a good way to gently introduce other ingredients. Marg [/QUOTE]
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