Vegetable Recipes for Children
By KC Kudra | August 13, 2008
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Vegetables are a great way to provide the necessary vitamins and minerals to your family. However, how many times have you told your children to eat their vegetables? Probably a lot.
Most children seem to have an aversion to vegetables. They will push them around their plate, refuse to eat them and cry. Whether you are trying out vegetable soup recipes or good vegetable grill recipes, children know when you have sneaked healthy vegetables into their meal, and they will probably kick up a fuss.
Vegetables do not always have to be the enemy. The key is to find a creative way to prepare them and your family will become vegetable lovers rather than vegetable haters!
When you stop and think about it, when you were a child and your mother dropped a droopy, soggy, green hunk of broccoli on your plate, would you eat it? Probably not.
There are ways to get your children to eat vegetables without going crazy doing it. Broccoli is one vegetable that is highest in vitamins and minerals, and there are many different ways to prepare it.
Try it raw. Leave a plate of raw broccoli in bite-size pieces in the refrigerator for your children as a snack. Offer some salad dressing so they can dip it and this is often a hit. Leave the tips of the broccoli on the plate and encourage your child to eat them. You can even make a creative game of this. Grilled vegetable recipes are not the only way to serve healthy vegetables.
Bribery - Do not laugh, it works! Tell your child that if he or she eats their veggies, you will give them a special treat when they are done. It is important that you follow through and give him or her the treat.
Cheese - cheese and broccoli go together excellently. Adding a cheesy sauce changes the flavor and texture of the broccoli and your children might even prefer the cheesy broccoli to whatever else is on their plate. You can use cheese in vegetable soup recipes. This also works with good vegetable grill recipes. Most kids love a cheesy flavor.
Lasagna - add broccoli to lasagna and smother it with sauce and cheese. Your children may not notice that it is there, and if they do, they will find it to be delicious.
Chop it up - if all else fails, pre cook the broccoli and let it cool a little and put it in a food processor. Chop it up until it is not recognizable and add it to whatever dish you are cooking. Your children will not even know it is there.
This might sound strange but it works. Make your kids a milkshake with milk, ice cream, and chocolate syrup. Add some broccoli to the shake and blend it. Your kids will not be able to see or taste the broccoli as long as the ice cream is chunky.
Vegetables are high in essential nutrients, especially for growing kids, so it is great that there are so many ways to get them to eat their veggies!
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