A good trick

One fun "mommy trick" that is working well for us right now is "Sampler Plates". When I need to clear the fridge of a bunch of leftover bits of this and that, we have "Sampler Plates" for lunch. Instead of the standard main dish with veggie/fruit on the side, I load the kids plates with serving-spoon size dollops of around 6-8 random things from the fridge. They think its great because there is so much to choose from. I think it's great because all I have to do is heat stuff up AND it clears out my fridge. (of course, I'm sure it helps that on sampler plate days I never hassle them to "make sure and eat the protein" like I do nearly all of the rest of the time!