Victory on the Culinary Front!

Shekina is an extremely picky eater when it comes to trying American foods, and with good reason: she has left everything familiar behind. Like I've said before, I try to include familiar foods in our regular rotation, but this week, as we spend time in Maine, our rotation has flown out the window. That has led to a lot of frustration ("What?! You don't like pancakes?!") and to several small, pleasant surprises: Shekina has discovered she likes mashed potatoes, Caesar salad, and chicken salad. YAY! Her list of acceptable foods was and still is so small that I am ecstatic to be able to add anything, simply for the increase in convenience and ease! 

The usually narrowing (but sometimes expanding) list of foods Shekina will eat: 

Ramen noodles 

Smashed potatoes (mashed with a fork, not mashed into the creamy mashed potatoes we are used to) 

Rice

Sometimes beans

French fries 

Hamburger

Sweet potato 

Corn

Bread 

Hot dogs 

Pizza

Sometimes oranges and apples 

Chicken 

Djino (orange Fanta, referred to by its Congolese name)

Bacon 

Caesar salad (!!!!) 

Steak 

Chips 

Sometimes cake 

Fried plantains 

The child loves STARCH in a big way, and it's a struggle to get anything else in there, but I am constantly trying. 

Do you see that bowl of potato chips? That's Shekina's, and until we ran out, those were pretty much the only thing she would eat in Maine. Now you can see why we were so thrilled at the new additions!