Jamie Oliver doesn't have triplets!

You would think feeding the girls would be a simple task.

Yeah. I wish!

They can be such little stinkers when it comes to what they will eat. I am so tired of supplementing their meals with baby food. At 14 months old, I feel like we should be done with those little jars. The truth is, we are far from it. Well, at least Rachel is.

Bob is in charge of their breakfast. He usually feeds them oatmeal mixed with fruit. The fruit is usually baby food. We're working on just putting fruit in the food processor so they will still have a fruit serving with breakfast and something to sweeten their oatmeal.

For lunch, I've been doing whole milk yogurt mixed with banana and strawberry. I'll make them toast, french toast sticks, or grilled cheese to go with it. They'll snack on Cheerios or Kix while they wait for me to prepare their food.

Snacks.... we do dried fruit, goldfish crackers, cheese, puffs, cheerios.. whole grain organic animal crackers... whatever.

Dinner... Well, sometimes its scrambled eggs, ravioli, pasta, grilled cheese, meatloaf, meatballs, chicken..... I always give them a grain and veggies to go with it.

The problem is getting them to all eat the same thing. Rachel is usually the only one who refuses certain foods. If she doesn't like what I put in front of her, it gets thrown on the floor faster than you would ever think possible. I've noticed lately that she is only picking up crunchy foods. She will touch whatever food I put in front of her. If it's soft, she tosses it aside. If it's crunchy, it makes the short trip into her mouth.

At least I thought that was what she was doing.

I'm tired today........okay, also was feeling lazy. I didn't feel like making anything for lunch. So I loaded the girls up in the van and headed to Sonic. I had a plan to conduct a food experiment! (And yeah, I realized making them lunch would have been easier than loading and unloading them in and out of the van.)

At Sonic, I ordered a reliable grilled cheese sandwich. But instead of ordering two to share, this time I also got them a hamburger, some popcorn chicken, and some french fries too.

Jamie Oliver would not approve, but he doesn't have triplets. He can bite me! I don't give them fast food more than MAYBE once a week......and that is ONLY a grilled cheese sandwich and nothing more. I'd like to see him try to satisfy 3 one year olds! This was simply for testing purposes. LOL!

Anyway...So we got home and I put everything on a plate. It looked like a total fast food binge. My plan was to give them little pieces of each type of food to see what they would eat. Whatever they would eat, I could make a healthy version of at home to give them at another time. I've messed up my kitchen and wasted food cooking for them in the past, so I thought my plan was genius!

Yeah not so much....

They loved the grilled cheese. We already knew that since I tend to get them a Sonic grilled cheese at least one time per week when I really NEED a coke and am going there anyway! Oh and even Rachel, who has been on somewhat of a food strike lately, ate the grilled cheese....even though it's not crunchy! Totally ruined my theory. haha....

The hamburger...... They all tried it. MUCH to my surprise, Rachel loved it and ate it up. Sophia and Morgan chewed it and spit it out immediately.

The chicken... I thought Rachel would eat it since it's "crunchy," but she wouldn't even put it in her mouth. Morgan and Sophia tossed it on the floor too. I think its because by that time, they just weren't hungry anymore.

I gave them each 3 french fries. Sophia spit them out. Morgan was testing gravity and threw them all over the kitchen. Rachel.... ate em up and loved em!

I know it sounds like I fed them nothing but crap at lunch. Between the three of them, they shared one grilled cheese sandwich, a few fries, and a couple bites of hamburger that was spit out. I also gave them banana and strawberry to round it out!

I did this experiment mostly for Rachel. She has been so picky lately. One day she'll eat something and then the next she'll toss it aside! I was happy that she was eating almost everything I put in front of her, but not happy it was fast food. lol.... But at least it gives me some ideas of what she'll eat.

Oh and the whole....feed them what you eat thing... does NOT work in this house. If it's not baby food, I am not allowed to put anything else on the spoon. They spit it out and act like I'm trying to kill them. Foods other than baby food must be finger foods. See my dilemma!

Although....I am starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. We are getting there!