https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:26:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874703 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:02:46 +0000 jedeve 1874703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a big fan of plain steamed vegetables and prefer to est my veggies when they are incorporated into dishes. </p> <p>Our favorites:</p> <p>Butternut squash soul with sausage and kale.<br /> Vegetarian chili with corn, beans, peppers, tomatoes<br /> Zucchini and squash and onion sautéed with fajita seasoning, chopped ham and black beans<br /> Sweet potato fries<br /> Roasted cauliflower and onions<br /> Breakfast casserole with tomatoes, kale, sausage and herbs<br /> Pizza with eggplant. Or beets, feta, goat cheese and honey. Or artichoke hearts. Or zucchini and squash.<br /> Roasted butternut squash<br /> Pumpkin soup<br /> Kale and apple sautée<br /> Roasted asparagus<br /> Honey and orange glazed carrots<br /> Kale chips<br /> Taco salad with lots of beans, red peppers, corn, tomatoes, salsa</p> <p>With salads my rule of thumb is: lots of greens, a fruit (berries or apples), a cheese (usually goat or feta), and a protein (nuts, sunflower seeds, or chicken). </p> <p>Moosewood cookbooks are great vegetarian cookbooks that can give you lots of ideas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874687 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:50:17 +0000 blackbird 1874687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: What about garlic? i have a garlic infused olive oil and it is really good on stuff </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874534 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:54:26 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1874534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: he doesn't like swee and even my tart smoothies were unappealing. He drinks a protein shake for breakfast- just adds water then he eats protein bars for lunch. His one real food meal is dinner so I'd like for him to eat a variety of veggies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874442 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:02:03 +0000 Boheme 1874442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: I love a good green smoothie with kale, spinach, and a Granny Smith apple to make it a bit tart and sweet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874414 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:51:18 +0000 Freckles 1874414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: I agree, i never understood the commercials where you have these thick velveeta sauce being poured over broccoli. But broccoli is delicious! :silly: </p> <p>I usually roast veggies which makes the veggies a lot sweeter. I also add baby spinach/kale to smoothies, and grate carrots into my tomato sauce. One thing i've done recently was grate carrots onto the pizza base and LO loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874242 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:32:34 +0000 yoursilverlining 1874242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: Yes, totally this. Of course, both my husband and I like veggies, so we don't have to mask anything, which helps! :silly: </p> <p>I'm personally not a fan of masking in heavy sauces, butter, lots of cheese, etc. as that sort of defeats the purpose. Like, ok you're getting your veggies, but now you're also getting a crapload of extra calories, fats and sodium. Especially if you're talking about corn and peas, which are pretty much just carbs to start with. </p> <p>I do like adding veggies (especially dark, leafy greens) to whatever I can. @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: would your husband drink sweet, fruit smoothies? Kale/spinach can be added to those and it doesn't add any "veggie" flavor!</p> <p>Preperation also helps a lot - roasting brings out sweetness in a lot of things, or gives a crispy crust to some veggies. Buying in-season helps too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874232 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:28:28 +0000 fairy 1874232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Roast, grill, or sauteeing with garlic &amp; herbs usually. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874195 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:14:32 +0000 youboots 1874195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both like veggies except for a few but A couple ways to make them more appealing:</p> <p>Chicken pot pie, from scratch with fresh veggies, look for a recipie that uses cream cheese to make the sauce. I make it with whatever's around so I don't have a recipe, we had pot pie with mashed potatos last night and it was awesome.</p> <p>I make breakfast cassorole with sautéed whatevers around in it, this morning potatos, sweet potatoes, mushrooms and options. Cheese and sausage hides anything :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874179 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:06:58 +0000 Meowkers 1874179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I both love veggies so no need to mask them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1874158 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:59:42 +0000 Mommy Finger 1874158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't necessarily say that I hide/mask them b/c I don't try to keep it a secret but I'm always trying to put veggies into things so that we'll eat more of them. This means adding shredded veggies (zucchini, carrots, etc.) or chopped spinach/kale in things like lasagna, mac n cheese, and spaghetti sauce. I bake with shredded zucchini as well (muffins, pancakes, bread). I also like to use cauliflower as the "cream" base for various soups and a cauliflower pizza crust is amazing.</p> <p>Essentially, anything I make, I try to add more veggies to them. Yes, my husband has to deal with it and we're still working on DS to like anything other than zucchini that was previously frozen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873941 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:17:06 +0000 blackbird 1873941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: YES that was me! Ina Garten's Vegetable Tian is fantastic! I always use parmesan. It's really delicious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873777 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 07:01:34 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1873777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: someone turned me onto Vegetable Tian here maybe @lamariniere: or @blackbird: anyway it doesn't use yellow ooze cheese, but shredded varieties and everyone like that. I forgot about that HB success.</p> <p>@Silva: I brought back Panera take out- butternut squash ravioli and butternut squash soup. Both were good, the soup was better. My husband tried the pasta, but wouldn't touch the soup. #weirdo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873745 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:50:09 +0000 looch 1873745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't, because IMO, that just makes veggie haters hate them more!</p> <p>I like to roast veggies, but I don't always have time. I do a lot of veggie srtirfy and soup! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873744 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:48:28 +0000 Silva 1873744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>pureed soups (especially this time of year- sweet potato, squash, or red lentil + root vegetable soups. I make one a week). smoothies with kale or spinach in them. pea or broccoli pesto on pasta (pureed veggie + garlic + pine nuts + olive oil).<br /> I try not to "hide" them too much for my daughter, because I think its best if she just learns to enjoy vegetables, but the above meals are definitely ways that I make sure she is getting enough! My husband and I often have small salads with dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873741 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:27:28 +0000 blackbird 1873741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: E loves them! I make them most weeks just to have something patty shaped in the fridge to give her to munch on when I'm short on time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873734 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 03:45:42 +0000 lamariniere 1873734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: agree with roasting, so good! </p> <p>@blackbird: we do zucchini fritters a few times a month, my DS devours them. </p> <p>@meganmp: I just did this last night! I made home made tomato sauce by shredding 5-6 skinny carrots and a zucchini in the food processor and cooked them with my normal tomato sauce recipe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873697 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:31:49 +0000 PurplePeony 1873697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mama ain't got time for that shizzz. DH either eats what I make or he doesn't, he's a big boy and I'm not policing his diet. And DD isn't old enough to be picky yet, thank goodness...we'll see what happens when she gets to that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873512 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:00:25 +0000 Arden 1873512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just pulled some garbanzo bean burgers out of the oven that have kale in them, and DH and Vi both love them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873501 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:47:36 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1873501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and i both like veggies....sooooo....I don't. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873497 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:45:30 +0000 mediagirl 1873497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We mostly just hold our noses and shove them down. :) Or, cheese. Always cheese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873473 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:26:34 +0000 meganmp 1873473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sautee them, and blend them up with tomato sauce to make spaghetti sauce. One onion, one red pepper and two small zucchini plus a small can of sauce (with spices) makes a bunch, and it's all veggies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873472 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:26:15 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1873472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I just looked up a recipe sounds yummy. </p> <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: yes, roasting them is a sure-fire winner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873462 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:16:27 +0000 blackbird 1873462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you ever made zucchini fritters??? They are soooo good </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873444 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:38:33 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1873444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Roasting them seems to make them saltier and crispier...which means we eat more. We do beets, carrots, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower this way!<br /> Adding bacon helps, too ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-mask-your-veggies#post-1873441 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:35:44 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1873441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What do you do to mask veggies so that everyone in your household eats them?</p> <p>Mr. Lime only likes broccoli and sautéed spinach as-is. To get him to eat corn I mix in sour cream and chunky salsa. For portabellas I me marinate them in balsamic dressing. Tonight I am going to add buffalo pepitas to squash and zucchini. </p>