Hellobee Boards Topic: How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:24:20 +0000 prettylizy on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-540400 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:14:49 +0000 prettylizy 540400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I give her a green smoothie with her breakfast now, and have put spinach in her breakfast fritatta now to get those veggies in :) regberadaisy on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-540390 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:13:15 +0000 regberadaisy 540390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @TurtleDoves: yes, def. I would steam as oppose to boil because then a lot of the nutrients will be cooked into the liquid if you boil. CupQuakeWalk on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-539197 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:21:54 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 539197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I plan on making a spinach soup (it's more like a thick porridge) and feeding him that way. Am I being dumb or can you steam/boil spinach and just kinda mash it? I imagine you could, but have never tried it. I 2nd the kale chips and I like the idea of grinding (ground) chicken into the spinach mixture. Maybe you can saute the spinach and chicken together and give it to her in small bites? chrispygal on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-539175 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:17:22 +0000 chrispygal 539175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Love the idea of kale chips! We're doing purees, so we steam and puree spinach and combine it with chicken. LO loves it! I would think if you quicky sauteed or steamed baby spinach like @MrsJazz said, it would be slimy but they are very delicious! duckduckkristen on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-539164 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:15:12 +0000 duckduckkristen 539164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I always put kale into soups. LO looooves soup! T-Mom on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-539106 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:59:51 +0000 T-Mom 539106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I bake them into mini quiches and meatballs, and cook into soups. Freckles on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538945 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:27:29 +0000 Freckles 538945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I also steam and chop them up into bits for her to grab. I wring out the water so it isn't as gross. Even i hate water logged spinach! mrsjazz on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538616 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:17:50 +0000 mrsjazz 538616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My baby eats sauteed greens all the time and loves it. Sure it's slimy and messy and hard for her to pick up, but she gets the job done. I just chop it a little into bite sized pieces and put it on her high-chair tray. Goldilocks1107 on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538537 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:03:04 +0000 Goldilocks1107 538537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We gave her a kale puree and mixed it with applesauce because it was a little thick. I need to make more because her diet is very "orange" heavy these days. chopsuey on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538473 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:49:35 +0000 chopsuey 538473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I chop them and put in soups and porridge rachiecakes on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538470 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:48:28 +0000 rachiecakes 538470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS loves it chopped up with quinoa and couscous. Mrs. Bee on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538465 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:48:03 +0000 Mrs. Bee 538465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ green smoothies, creamed spinach, cooked into broths/soups/porridge Mrsbells on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538432 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:41:31 +0000 Mrsbells 538432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ spinach puree! we cooked it and blended it then I mix it in with anything else she is having regberadaisy on "How do you serve dark leafy veggies to your kids?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-serve-dark-leafy-veggies-to-your-kids#post-538418 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:38:27 +0000 regberadaisy 538418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In the past I've just given her the stalks but we need to up her iron intake and all the good stuff are in the leaves. But bc of their thinness it's kinda hard for babies to get them. I've taken to chopping them tiny to mix in with her congee. Kale chips are probably a good snack idea too. How else do you serve dark leafy veggies. ETA: looking for more BLW type ideas. She's not a huge fan of me feeding her any more!