A new skill: Cheese sailboat maker

I asked her what she wanted for dinner and she replied, without hesitation, “A pizza with a face on it.No! No! A picture pizza with a picture of a sailboat. And with barbecue sauce.”

I stared at my daughter. How the hell was I going to whip that up in the approximately 9 minutes I had to feed her dinner before then having to feed Crosby and myself and then put everyone to bed (Joey was a school choir concert)? But I knew I would do it – Whatever It Takes To Get Her To Eat is my dinnertime motto. Every meal I put on the table is planned with my daughter’s finicky eating habits in mind.

And so a barbecue pizza with a sailboat she got.

And I must say it’s the most damn fine cheese sailboat pizza I’ve ever seen. A freakin’ cheese sailboat masterpiece, if you will. Please note my use of various mediums – cheddar and mozzarella – to create the appearance of water and clouds. That’s some advanced shit right there.

I also made a cheese and kalamata olive pizza because, while Addy is very selective about what she’ll eat, she has a mature palate and loves things like olives, curry and Thai food. She’ll all about the umami.

Here’s what the pizzas looked like after Addy “ate” her dinner.

And here’s what they looked like after I ate my dinner.

We concluded the night with Adeline pretending to sleep on the floor and Crosby chewing on his exersaucer.

It was a very exciting evening. Hope everyone has a good weekend! Perhaps you’ll find time to dabble in the ancient art of Picture Pizza Making.

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