How do you manage to give vegetables?

Philippines
January 20, 2009 8:22pm CST
Does your kid eat vegetables without any problems? Can you give some tips on how you prepare your vegetable. Do you fry, steam, puree, etc....Because my kid is growing up and i don't like to have any problems with regards on that area. I want him to be healthy.
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• India
21 Jan 09
It is very easy. Cook and serve him in the way he loves and keep on changing the style of cooking and the taste must also vary. You will have to be very creative and you know one thing bringing up a child in a healthy manner is a full time job for concerned moms. I used to make roles, or cutlets or something else. sometimes i used to fry them or steam and then grill them or just steam and add sauces, like that. So you do it according to the taste of your son. Its fun too. May be sometimes it will be difficult to feed him but don't force him too much. it doesn't matter if one or two days in between he doesn't take vegetables. replace it with some other nutritious thing. hope you find my tips helpful.
• Canada
21 Jan 09
My son loves his vegtables and his fruit! Maybe you could try serving them with a dip of some sort like for instace carrots and dip, or celery and cheese whiz. Sometimes my son only likes his veggies cold, so like i will wash my green beans cut the ends off and he will just eat them raw. Also try giving them choices on what types of vegtables like take thim shopping so they can pick. Encourage them to eat them first at meal time so they can't pull the I am full routine. And stop giving them other snacks of any sort until they are eaten. But before doing this try making them more exciting by giving options, try serving cold, or letting them for instance wash them because they will want to eat them because they helped prepare them try to make them excited! I hope this works and if geard towards your childs age!
• Canada
21 Jan 09
I've been very lucky in that my girls have always enjoyed vegetables. If it's for dinner, they are usually steamed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, green beans) or there is a salad with a good mix of lettuce, cucumber, radish or onion, carrot, celery, mushrooms, red cabbage, etc. I bought special containers for their lunches that have a non-removable dip section in the center so I can give them nice raw veggies and low fat dressings or dips to take to school. In addition to the usual carrots or celery, they will take raw broccoli or cauliflower, green or red pepper strips, baby corn (this is the one thing I use from a can but it just adds a bit of variety), zucchini, snow peas, etc. The older one is like me and enjoys drinking vegetable juice/cocktail as well so she gets a decent serving of veggies doing that. When I don't have much fresh produce or if it's really pricey that week, I rely on frozen vegetables which I usually microwave to cook them quickly. As long as I don't serve anything "mushy"... they'll eat it LOL
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• Canada
21 Jan 09
my daughter is 5 and she has no problem eating her veggies. i'll usually just cook them on the stove in boiling water. sometimes she eats them in sti fry's. she's always likes them. you can try putting cheese on some. we like cheese sauce on brocoly
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@Effusive (156)
• United States
22 Apr 09
I have always given my kids vegetables once I started table food. I boil, stem, stir fry, bake. However we are having dinner is how they get the vegetables. I also do the raw vegetables with different dipping sauces. We use French, Italian, Catalina dressing. Peanut Butter, melted cheese, shredded cheese and whatever else we can think of. Get the children involved and let them pick some of the things as I know that has always worked with my kids. It makes them feel more involved and that they made a important decision on dinner and they will be liable to eat them. Hope some of this helps. Good luck with your kid eating vegetables.