YoungerChild loves rice. In fact she loves it almost as much as she loves tomatoes. The problem is, tho, that she feels very full very quickly when she eats rice. I've always just assumed this is because it continues to swell in her stomach. Now, feeling full on a small portion is fine... except when she's eaten only rice and not a single bite of the rest of her dinner.
My workaround has been to often cover the rice on her plate with a piece of aluminum foil. It keeps her rice warm, and reminds her to eat some veggies and meat first while still holding the promise of having rice with her dinner.
Last night YougerChild wandered into the kitchen last as I was dishing up dinner, and she hungrily eyed the pot of wild rice as I set it back down on the stove. She then picked up her plate with its tell-tale piece of aluminum and promptly exclaimed: "Curses! Foiled again!"
