Did you ever disguise foods so your children would eat them?

I didn’t. And I didn’t waste my breath going “Oh, come on! Just try one little bite!” If I wanted my picky eater (my middle daughter) to try something new, I’d wait until she was really, REALLY hungry…and wait a little more, then put whatever in front of her. She’d be hungry enough to just scarf it down, no time for questions. She actually learned to like a lot of new foods that way.

Aden, my grandson, is a picky eater. I brought him and his sister, Brande, home from school today. They wanted food. I had made some cornbread yesterday, and used paper cupcake liner things to save on a mess. Well, I told them they could have some corn bread. Aden didn’t want any, so they got something else, don’t know what, and went outside.
A little later Brande came in….this was all her idea…she took creamy peanut butter and slathered it on a cornbread muffin. It looked exactly like a cup cake with frosting. Even more so when she put candy sugar sprinkles on it! She AND Aden both ate two! :) Brande and I giggled about it quite a bit!