A recent study offers parents a new and unusual approach: the fried "smiley face" potato. In the study, 65 children between the ages of 7-13 were served mixed peas and carrots as part of their lunch.

The hack to make smiley fries takes some practice with two important tools. Here's how to put your best potato smiley face forward using a straw and spoon.

Serve it with smiley faces! Children eat 52% more vegetables if they're in the same bowl as fun potato shapes, study finds Kids eat more vegetables when potato smileys are served in the same bowl ...

In the study, scientists found that seasoned potatoes were less appealing to children aged between 7 to 13. They also found that when the smiley-face potatoes were served separately from ...

It seems Jane isn't the only one making mashed potatoes out of chips as the hashtag #layspotatochips has more than 12 million views. Main image, a minced beef smiley face surrounded by chips and ...

(Pictured: The sad potato faces that Georgeanne Coates made for her children rather than smiley ones) (Image: Kennedy News & Media) "Then I made a whole batch of what I call 'not smiley faces'.

The 30-year-old decided to reflect how much they had been annoying her in her cooking by making sad faces rather than smiley ones for Ethan, 13, and Dylan, 11, and site manager partner Luke, 35.