7 ways to get kids to eat veggies
It’s a battle likely as old as humanity itself: getting kids to eat vegetables, of course!
While there’s no sure-fire way to ensure kids are getting their daily recommended servings, you can try a few tips to sneak in those greens. Here are a few tried and true ones:
There’s no one way to get your kids to eat more fruits and veggies, but here are ten tips straight from expert mothers:
1. Get them while they’re hungry: If they’re hungry, they’ll eat. Before dinner, serve an appetizer of colorful vegetables, such as carrots, cucumbers, and red bell peppers.
2. Institute the “no thank you bite” rule: Tell your child he has to take a bite before vetoing something on his plate.
3. Make up cute names: For example, broccoli can be “little trees.”
4. Shop with your kids: Not only is this bonding experience, it can be a great way to introduce new foods. Encourage them to look at the color and texture.
5. Cook with your kids: Again this can be both an bonding and educational experience.
6. Hide the veggies: You can artfully hide veggies in everything from quesadillas, to pasta.
7. Make fruits and vegetables the easy option: Stock a kid-accessible shelf in your fridge with little bags of cut fruit and vegetables, applesauce, and fruit cups.
What tips do you have to add?