My 15mo will eat anything we give him (lucky, I know!) but I find myself sometimes trying to give him something other than what DH and I are eating because it is just too messy... So I'm looking for ways to take normally messy foods and make them neater... Don't get me wrong, I know kids will get messy but his skin gets so dry from rinsing him after every meal that I just can't stand it! So, today were working with mashed potatoes and meatloaf, but he just picks up the potatoes and mushed it in his fingers. He is still learning to use a fork so a more "solid" mashed potato would help with that too. I've seen recipes for mashed potato balls but they're all fried. Yuck. Any ideas Mommas?