You gotta be clever here: Call it fun food. This isn’t punishment. Don’t say, ” sit there and eat your vegetables or else.” Also don’t say veggies are good for you in a tone of voice that infers ” they don’t taste good.” Just serve them delicious food that veggies are a part of .
New stats from Center for Disease Control say only 1 in 10 adults eat enough fruits and veggies, so let’s start early making veggies a normal part of a child’s diet. Adults in adulthood go back to what was “normal” to eat in their childhood.
Grate veggies into spaghetti sauce and cook, so not seen…parmesan cheese over top.
Grated veggies hiding in a meatloaf…beef or turkey
Carrot and ginger soup
Zucchini Fritters on Pinterest
Veggies in stuffing.
Baby peas or baby lima beans with butter
Chopped salads (premade in a bag seems OK)
Cole Slaw
Creamed spinach…stemless spinach, chopped garlic/nutmeg/S&P/sm amt. cream
Persian baby/cocktail cucumbers in oil and vinegar that taste great…very soft
Guacamole on corn/potato chips
Quickly cooked cauliflower or broccoli with cheese sauce…paprika on top
Corn on the cob
Veggie pancakes with chick pea flour
Hash brown potatoes (grated from previously baked ones) with chopped onion and a few colorful chopped bell peppers.
Barbecued veggies from the grill
Roasted veggies in oven with olive oil
Re-fried beans with no additives. Trader Joes has a great canned black bean one. Will yours eat mild salsa? Spanish rice?
Tacos and hamburgers with tomatoes, onion (fried or a slice) and shaved lettuce
Yam French Fries baked in oven…homemade, of course…same for potatoes…hi temp.
Bean soup (dried white beans, water, carrots, onion, cauliflower, garlic, thyme, S&P blended in pot with hand-held blender)
Tomato soup (sm. can of tomato paste, water, garlic salt or powder, dried basil, S&P, a tsp. of sugar, a tad of cream just at the end, but don’t boil as it will separate)
Vegetable Soup…veggies in beef or chic broth herbs/blend with hand blender
Spilt Pea Soup with carrots and onions/thyme/ S&P
Spiralizer veggies (broccoli stems, carrots) pasta with sauces
Fried Rice with chopped veggies
Veggies on pizza
Tempura?…crunchy and delicious. Chinese food?
Quesadilla with cooked chicken breast (rotisserie chicken from Costco?,) sliced tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, and cheese.
Cous Cous salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, mint, green onions…dressing
Here, eat a tree as you offer a small section of cooked broccoli with a stem.
Add green veggie powder to a recipe…meatloaf etc.?
Have an organic garden out back with lots of fast growing veggies that they will pick and want to eat.