Green smoothie!
Combination of fruits and green leaves.....in blender..

http://www.emaxhealth.com/14/1182.html



and...

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=w_M5w-xbbc4

I have to say a big thank you to Emily for the idea of putting green smoothies into popsicles.  My 3 year old loves them, although she wont touch a normal green smoothie. She'll eat 3 in a row at the moment.

Unfortunately my 15 month old twins have completely gone off green smoothies, won't touch them even though this used to be staple.  I'm hoping this is just a phase.  They also won't eat that I try to feed them, they will only eat it if they can eat it all by themselves or with their own fork or spoon, so yes they are making a huge mess at times. 

So at the moment they will eat a whole nectarine or peach or apple.  My little girl will also attempt to eat celery sticks (with limited success since she only has 8 teeth) and lebanese cucumbers.  It is a bit frustrating however I'm going with the flow and will just have to come up with some new tasty recipes they can have by themselves.  If anyone else has had similar issues, I'd love to hear any suggestions.

The things they do still have regularly are green juices (carrots, cucumber, celery, greens, apples), young coconuts (juice and meat), soft fruits cut up, nut/fruit balls

Many thanks again Emily;I will persevere with the greens. Yes like you I give my little ones a rinse off in the bath after most meals, its a bit of extra effort, but lmuch ess effort than listening to their crying if they can't do it themselves!. 

Are you able to share the beetroot dip recipe?  I happen to have a whole lot in my fridge at the moment.

Thanks Vata, yes you are right about sticking to soft foods.  I do still feed them 3 times during the day and at least once at night however I don't have that much milk plus on the 2 days i work they only get breastmilk in the morning and evening so no lunch time feed, hence they have quite a bit of solids.   

My daughter is now two and today we had a very yummy lunch. I am so excited as i like to get raw food in her as much as possible. We played games at lunch around "Munching and Crunching" her food. she kept saying "Again! Again!" She had a brocolli, cucumber, buckwheat sprout, cabbage, pea and avocado salad, with yoghurt dressing. She liked it and i got her to say "i love brocoli!" so cute cause i dont think she really does, but the avo and yogurt do well to hide it. lol!!! We also had some corn, that she now prefers uncooked.
It was such a joy today!