I have something easy to make here (can be classified as "finger food"), and hopefully makes kids eat their vegetables as well.

http://simcooks.com/108/asparagus-and-bacon-roll/

Thanks for all of the tips. I actually try to get my kids to help since they seem to always complain about what we are having. I even have had them help with the weekly menus.

My daughter is 10, and seems to be past the picky eater stage... of course, this is also the same child that loves broccoli & always has. She helps me out with planning the weekly menu & if the 17-month-old is asleep, she will help me with the cooking too.

the bottom line is, give the kids what they want.

they want the ambience, the cute food, the heavy flavouring.

so by attempting to do that, as mentioned with some of the members here.
It has to be fun and little more on the heavier side?

Kids LOVE to help. I've found that any time a child helps to prepare a meal, they're more likely to eat it. I mean, they can't let all of their good work go to waste