Mimi Sheraton and I agree - lying to your kids isn't good for them. We are blessed that T eats an amazingly wide variety of food for a 16-month-old - everything from mussels to eggplant to Kraft macaroni and cheese (hey, my time in the kitchen is finite too!). We're not sure that will be true forever, but we're very sold on the wisdom that you just have to keep presenting your kids with a variety of healthy foods and let them come to like them.