Children have a complicated relationship with vegetables. Most children don’t eat salad and refuse to see vegetables in their food. However, there are ways to trick them into eating them.
Burgers
Smash or grind vegetables and mix them in the burgers; in this way they won’t be visible. You could even make vegetable burgers.
Soup
Smash or grind vegetables in their favorite vegetable, meat or fish soup.
Pies
Grind or chop vegetables and include them in their favorite cheese, meat or chicken pies.
Salads
Children have an eye on food plating. That’s why we should be careful on the way we present their salad. Play with color, texture and shapes; make faces, animals, cartoons etc. with their vegetables.
Spaghetti sauce
Most Children love spaghetti in red sauce; add grinded carrot, peppers, squash etc. in their favorite food.
Apart from blending or smashing vegetables as we mentioned above, we can also serve the vegetable that they avoid consuming as a side-dish.
Don’t forget to set the good example and consume vegetables -especially the ones they refuse to eat, in front of your children.