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Kitchenista: Another Tip on Getting Kids to Eat Veggies

Posted by Madeline Holler

No magic formula in this video, but there are a few nice veggie recipes that might get your kids chomping on produce.

This video is subtle plug for Hidden Valley Ranch, a substance I go back and forth on with regard to veggie enticement. But these recipes don't require the high-calorie, super-processed sauce. (No judgment if your kids do ... whatever it takes, right?)

I know the studies and I'm interested in getting my kids to eat veggies, too. But sometimes I wonder if we're not a little too desperate to get them to eat veggies. I'm not about to puree sweet potatoes for mac 'n' cheese (lazy!) or offer ranch and melted cheese on just-picked farmer's market produce. But I also try to get good tasting stuff, fresh and I will sautee or steam or grill and drizzle with oil and a sprinkling of salt.

I'm mainly of the offer it over and over/no-thank-you bite/no special meals school. My second-grader seems to be coming out of a three-year veggie slump (just as my four-year-old enters it ... nice!). Not sure if it has anything to do with me, but I just thought I'd throw that out there in case you need some hope.

Anyway, what are your veggie secrets?

 


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Posted May 13 2009, 04:02 PM
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Comments

 

Jill said:

Re: pureed veggies. I'm with you... I wasn't about to do all that pureeing myself, but I found a canned organic brand at Super Target. Pumpkin, sweet potatoes and butternut squash. I've been using them in mac n cheese for my kids (and my husband) for awhile and nobody knows the difference.

My oldest loves veggies so I don't really have to do anything to trick him. But my youngest eats exactly zero veggies at almost 18 months old. My pediatrician suggested making zuchini bread and carrot bread or muffins and stuff like that and it was worked wonders!! He would eat an entire loaf of zuchini bread if I let him!

May 14, 2009 9:24 PM
 

cheri said:

Ok, so I MUST be a bad mom, but really, who cares if your little kid eats veggies?  They are boring, have no calories, and dont taste very good.....why on earth would a little kid WANT to eat them?  I think we are programmed to eat high calorie, fat rich foods, and that is what kids like.  

So, dont talk your kids out of eating veggies, ("oh, little timmy HATES anything green!") but let them taste them, and let them see you eating them.  Then, one day, they might decide to eat them too.  Hiding them in their food does nothing to teach them to eat their veggies later in life.

May 16, 2009 11:37 PM

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