| Did you realize how much the different food | | | | Meal planning |
| textures will affect the different choices of food | | | | As children get older they do tend to drop their |
| that people like to eat? | | | | strong dislike for different food textures but a |
| There is much more to just making quick and | | | | preference often still remains into adulthood with |
| easy meals because unless you are also aware of | | | | some people. Understanding the differences may |
| the textures of the food you could find that your | | | | help you realize why some meals you cook are |
| meal planning has not been as popular as you | | | | more popular than others. This factor of human |
| thought it might. | | | | nature also relates to meals we plan when we are |
| The flavor of food has always been paramount in | | | | entertaining. |
| our thoughts but the difference between soft and | | | | The only difference you might need to make is |
| slushy food and hard and crunchy foods for | | | | to change the presentation of your food to the |
| example, also makes a different in the choice of | | | | family. In other words, you may serve roast |
| food we want to eat. | | | | vegetables instead of mashed vegetables and you |
| So many people just cannot eat raw oysters but | | | | may serve boiled eggs instead of scrambled eggs. |
| are quite happy to eat Fried Oysters or Oysters | | | | See the difference in textures, not necessarily the |
| in a cream sauce? The oyster is the same but it | | | | product? |
| is the slippery nature of the raw oyster that | | | | This also is why some people like to eat a lot of |
| most people dislike, not the actual flavor. | | | | raw food like salads which tend to be crunchy |
| Feeding babies | | | | whereas other people prefer cooked vegetables |
| Many parents just cannot understand why their | | | | which are softer. Another example is that some |
| babies will not eat mashed or creamed food but | | | | people like stews whereas other people would |
| that is why, it is the soft slushy texture. Some | | | | prefer to just have a grilled steak rather than all |
| parents just by-pass that stage altogether and | | | | the gravy. |
| start with finger food because the baby prefers | | | | By understanding and seeing the results from |
| to pick something up in their fingers and eat | | | | serving different food textures your meal planning |
| something a little more solid, something like peas, | | | | should be so much easier and it should help you |
| corn, beans, avocado and cheese to name a few | | | | put quick and easy meals together for the family |
| favorites. | | | | that you know will be popular. |