Carrots - the fun vegetable

One day last summer we were heading out for a morning walk.  All I could find in the refrigerator for a snack was shredded carrots.  What my son really wanted for his snack were raisins.  I had the bright idea to hide the raisins in the middle of the shredded carrots.  I told him it was a treasure hunt and he needed to find the treasure.  He ended up eating all the carrots and all the raisins.  I've also used this technique at dinner time.  I'll let the kids know there is a special treat hidden on their plate and they need to find it.  You can hide whatever you want in the carrot haystack, but the rule is they must eat their way to the treasure.  They cannot just dig through the carrots for the prize.