I'm being better about serving fruits and veggies to my family. Only they're not being eaten.
The bribes, threats, pleads, etc are not working. The "you-didn't-finish-your-dinner-therefore-when-you-get-hungry-again-you-will-finish-this" holding of the plate doesn't work. The sending to bed with a hungry tummy doesn't inspire. I'm telling you, after researching and reading books, articles and professional journals, I'm at the end of my rope!
I can't, for the life of me, get my kids to eat veggies. And some fruits. What kid do you know that won't eat watermelon?! Mine, that's who.
I think it's a texture thing, more than a taste thing. And it's got to be in their genes. Their father isn't too keen on the green either.I've tried to be creative. For example: Green Beans are worms. Olives are moster eyes. Broccoli are "trees with heads." (they like to bite off heads, yikes) Even then, they end up playing in their food rathen than digesting it. I don't have a food processor or I would puree their vitamins and minerals right into their food.
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If carrots are good enough for Bugs Bunny, you'd think that my kids would eat them more. But not without Ranch Dressing, of course.
Enlighten me with your ideas and your suggestions, please!
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I know for my kids dips work. Dipping raw veggies in a yummy dip works. Also, I will add veggies to things and they don't even know it. Chocolate zucchini cake, for instance. I also will put cheese on broccoli and cauliflower when they are cooked, that is the only way Hunter will eat them cooked. We pretty much eat fruit every meal. I will cut slices or make a salad or add it to jell-o or yogurt. Also, you could try fruit smoothies. Freezing fruit is good too, bananas with nuts/chocolate. Icecubes with fruit in them. I also will add veggies to my homemade sauces, cut up REALLY REALLY small and then they can't identify them. My girls are pretty good at eating most veggies and fruit, so I mostly have to get creative with Hunter. I will really push the ones he likes and I MAKE my kids eat a bite of veggies at every meal..even if they don't like it.
My kids love fruit and veggies, but dipping it works at my house really well, my kids love ranch. Shredding carrots and adding them to spaghetti sauce works too, they won't even notice. You mentioned your kids love cheese, brocolli or cauliflower and cheese may work. Good Luck. It just takes a lot of experimenting.
I think you have met your challenge for the year. Sorry, I don't have any kids to make eat veggies and I like them myself, so I don't quite know what to tell you. Try the juice by V8 that has daily serving of fruits and veggies in one glass. (It might cost a little more than regular juice...)
Well I am not sure if I will be of any help, as Avery(my big eater) will eat anything and evrything even roaming the kitchen floor like it's a buffet. And Madi well she likes veggies...most of them. I haven't had to threaten, or bride them in that area unlike other things they won't do. So I am sorry! I am sure my third kid will hate veggies then I will looking this post up in the future wondering what to do!
This is my issue too. Dayton is incredibly picky. But my neighbor told me that he little boy has to finish his dinner or he gets it again for breakfast the next morning and he doesn't get anything except water until he eats it. So we have tried this with Dayton...it kind of works. We have discovered that we have to just give tiny portions of the stuff he doens't like (almost everything) and we have to let him eat it in a sandwich..just a piece of bread with the "yucky stuff" inside. So he is getting little bits of nutrients, but we have had many, many days of dinner for breakfast, or lunch, or the next dinnertime. He is pretty stubborn.
man, i can't believe i forgot to make a comment on a subject so close to my heart. :) This is a hot topic and an on-going battle for parents with kids of all ages. My suggestions...keep offering them fruits and veggies, but don't force them to eat them. i know, i know...a lot of waste is created, but research says that it can take up to 10-12 or more times of exposure before a child will even attempt to try a fruit or veggie (or a new food all together). So keep offering them (without forcing or bribing) and in the long run, it will pay off. Forcing and bribing actually turns them away from the food even more. Okay...i'm done. :) Good luck. :)
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