Ways to make eating fun for the picky child
Check out this gallery full of fun breakfast ideas that will make your kid enjoy the first meal of the day so much more! Browse through the food gallery here, and find out how you can win a cool tool to jazz up your kid's sandwiches.

Tuna sandwich with vegetable sticks
You will need:
4 slices of wholemeal bread
4 tablespoons tuna flakes in olive oil
2 slices of low fat cheese, optional
A dash of freshly ground black pepper
½ tablespoon mayonnaise, optional
2 raisins
1 Japanese cucumber, cut into sticks
1 small carrot, cut into sticks
1 cup vanilla or berry yogurt
1 orange, quartered
Preparation:
Place the dolphin cutter on each slice of bread and cheese to cut out dolphin shapes. Set aside.
Mix tuna flakes together with black pepper and ½ tablespoon mayonnaise.
Sandwich the prepared tuna mixture and cheese in between 2 slices of dolphin shaped bread. Place one raisin each to form the eye of the dolphin.
Arrange the dolphins on a plate and serve together with yogurt, vegetable sticks and orange slices.

Puffy butterfly
You will need:
1 teaspoon butter
1 tablespoon fresh corn kernels
1 small tomato, diced
2 eggs, lightly beaten
½ green capsicum, diced (optional)
4 slices of wholemeal bread
Cheese slices, cut into shapes
Salad greens
Cherry tomato, halved
Preparation:
Melt butter in a small frying pan. Saute corn kernels and diced tomato for 10 seconds before pouring in beaten egg mixture. Use chopsticks and stir mixture over medium low heat until egg mixture is half cooked (about 30 seconds).
Add spring onion and continue to cook the egg to your preferred texture. Remove and set aside.
Place the butterfly cutter on each slice of bread to cut out the butterfly shape.
Sandwich the prepared scrambled egg mixture in between 2 slices of butterfly shaped bread.
When done, decorate it with some cheese, salad greens and cherry tomato. Serve immediately.

Hearty banana pancakes
You will need:
1 cup plain flour
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
150ml milk
2 tablespoons vegetable/corn oil
1 large egg
2 ripe bananas, mashed
2 large strawberries, sliced horizontally
1 slice low fat cheese, cut into 2 heart shapes
1 tablespoon honey
Preparation:
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl. Set aside.
Whisk milk, oil and egg together in a medium sized bowl. Add mashed banana and flour to mixture until just moistened. Do not over mix.
Heat a large non-stick frying pan, grease it with some oil using kitchen paper towel that is moistened with oil.
To make one pancake, ladle one scoop of batter (50ml) onto pan. Use the back of the spoon to spread batter into a round shape.
Cook for 1 to 2 minutes until surface of pancakes has some bubbles. Flip over carefully with a thin spatula, and cook until both sides are browned. Remove from pan and set aside. Continue making pancakes with the remaining batter.
When pancakes are cool, use the heart-shaped cutter to cut out the "hearts" from the pancakes. Assemble them into "owl heads" using strawberry and sliced cheese. Serve with honey.

Fruity brown rice with salmon cubes
You will need:
1 cup brown rice
2 tablespoons raisin and cranberry mix
200g salmon fillet, halved
2 tablespoon Japanese mayonnaise
1 slice low fat cheese, cut into strips
Salad greens
1 cherry tomato, halved
Preparation:
Cook brown rice in rice cooker according to the instructions in the packet.
Place the salmon on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Top salmon with Japanese mayonnaise and cheese strips.
Bake salmon in a preheated 220 degrees Celsius oven/oven toaster for 2 minutes or until salmon is cooked.
Place star cutter in the centre of cling wrap film. Mix raisin and cranberry into the cooked brown rice. Spoon 3 tablespoons of the rice mixture into the cutter. Cover the rice mixture and cutter with cling wrap completely to mould it into a star shape.
Remove the cling wrap from the cutter and place the star shaped rice on serving plate together with the salmon fillet, salad greens and cherry tomatoes.

Dino fruit platter
You will need:
2 slices red watermelon
1 banana
1 green kiwifruit
A small handful of grapes
1 mandarin orange
100g milk chocolate, roughly chopped
Preparation:
Slice watermelon into 1-inch thickness. Use the dinosaur cutter to cut out "dinosaurs" from the watermelon. Set aside.
Use sliced bananas and kiwifruit to assemble a coconut tree.
Use grapes to form pebbles.
Use mandarin orange slices to form the sun.
Place the dinosaurs together with the rest of the fruits to form a fun fruit platter.
To make the chocolate dip, place chopped chocolate in a ramekin dish and melt it in the microwave oven for 30 seconds on medium high. Remove and stir. Repeat until mixture is smooth and chocolate is completely melted.

Choo choo train sandwich
You will need:
4 slices wholemeal bread
2 slices lean smoked ham
2 slices low fat cheese
Salad greens
1 cherry tomato
Preparation:
Place the locomotor cutter on each side of bread, ham and cheese. Press down, twist and cut out the shape. Set aside.
Assemble the individual train carriage by placing the cut out ham and cheese in between 2 slices of bread. Repeat for the next train carriage.
Place the assembled train carriages side-by-side to form a train.
Serve with salad greens and decorate the front part of the train with cherry tomato to form the train’s headlight.

Cheesy bunny sandwich

Colourful garden treats

The white sheep

Chicky easter delight

Snow white mice

Funny monkey open sandwich

Mushroom hut tomatoes

Open butterfly radish toast

Egg mayo mousy delights

This little piggy went 'yum'!

Fit for a king and queen

Funky fruits n veggies face

Corn went wild!
