My kids adore veggies. I mean, they beg for them at every meal. I have to keep them locked up, or it is all they will eat.
Can anyone say sarcasm? You would think I was trying to feed them poop when I offer any type of vegetable. Immediate revulsion and a lot of screaming just to see a vegetable on their plate.
My latest scheme is to do color themed snack time. Today was orange.
I make sure there are things they love, and things I want them to love on the plate.
Somehow, it makes carrots look much more exciting to them.
Side note… I have a confession to make… I might have lied to my children at one point (please don’t tell!). I might have told them that if they eat carrots it will help them see REALLY far. I might also have pretended to see about a mile away after eating several carrots. And they just might have believed me. And maybe, just maybe, they both actually ate a carrot afterwards…
I also hear tell that a lot of kids will eat veggies if they have a dip for it that they like. My kids unfortunately are not of this persuasion. But this is a dip for those that are.
Herbed Veggie Dip
- 8 oz sour cream
- 3 Tablespoons milk
- juice of 1 lemon
- chopped fresh herbs (I used Dill and Parsley, Thyme is also a nice one with lemon)
Mix together and serve. Lasts about a week covered in the fridge.
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Good one Heather about helping them to see better. I’m pretty sure your dad & I used that one on you and it must have worked!
Mom
I don’t think you lied to them, exactly. There must be a person somewhere who can see a mile and who also eats carrots. Seems possible to me!
Funny, I really was astounded at the first two lines. Then of course you told the truth and made me feel much better about my son. I hide his veggies in smoothies and he never knows also I do a green drink for myself in the a.m and he always wants to share because I don’t make him one. This is kinda devious because he always wants what I have. But in the smoothies I hide zucchini and spinach, sometimes wheatgrass. In the juice I put broccoli, carrots, celery, cucumbers and kale. But you always have to add an apple to the juice and stevia for sweetness and he dives right in.