She won't touch anything but sweet potatoes. I cube them, toss in olive oil, pepper, little salt, and garlic powder. But any frozen veggies, even if cooked in butter, she won't touch. Green beans was the only thing she didn't eat any of from her school lunch.
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Does she like hummus? Maybe she'd like them dipped in something.
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Following! DD will only eat cucumber and avocado.
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I usually take a two-pronged approach-- find ways to "sneak" them or make them more palatable, and then also continue to serve a variety of foods regularly, even if I think one of the girls doesn't like it. For sneaking I like to do smoothies, add extra veggies (sometimes pureed) to pasta sauce, cook foods like spoonbread or shepherd's pie where the veggies don't really taste like veggies, etc. And I try to cook foods that I think are delicious and healthy, and just always offer some of whatever we're eating. Sometimes we are pleasantly surprised at what gets eaten. I know some people also have luck with leaving out healthy options at snacking stations or something similar.
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my kids will eat all sorts of veggies if I put them in soup.
I usually make chicken veggie soup--chicken, peas, corn, carrots, kale, spinach, onions, broccoli. I cook rice to go with it and they gobble it up. -
we do smoothies with spinach, pea pesto on pasta, anything pureed as a soup (broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potato, squash, etc.), spinach chopped up and put in quesadillas with beans and cheese, and when I am motivated I make little muffins with veggies in them (there was a recipe on the HB blog a while ago)- basically broccoli, quinoa, cheese & egg I think.
Also, and no judgement, if I put something like peas or green beans on her tray and she rejects them by throwing them on the floor.....if I leave them there on the floor she will often go back and munch on a few after dinner is over. Kid likes to hunt and gather, I guess.
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DS also gets veggies from his pouches!
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@Silva: Ha ha. No judging here. I think that's why the snacking stations work. Something to do with evolutionary biology.
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@Mrs. Twine: totally off topic, but this week she finally stopped eating all the little fuzz/dirt/rock/whatever pieces that she found on the floor (we'd constantly find her munching on gross non food chunks). Instead she holds them up to me and says "that?" Like, "what is this? lady- do you see all the trash all over your house? vacuum once and a while!"
I feel judged by my baby a little bit. -
@Silva: !!! I laughed so hard I scared the girls. Well, maybe you can teach her to use the vacuum. I'm a mean mom-- it's one of Lorelei's favorite activities. Ellie's on to me, though.
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@Mrs. Twine: I'm not going to hold my breath- she FREAKS out when I use (probably because she doesn't see it enough....). Like, if I"m holding her she just clings and screams in terror, if I put her in another room she crawls toward me screaming in terror.....
I am, however, most excited for her to start walking because it means it won't be long until I can get her a tiny broom and put her to work. -
@chopsuey: Does DS eat soup?
@Silva: haha!!
@chopsuey: She will eat them in pouches too but not for real. -
@Smurfette: he does!
homey's an eating machine.
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@chopsuey: R likes to hold a spoon but doesn't get how it works yet.
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@Smurfette: I make sure M gets full servings of veggies in pouches and then consider any that she actually eats as a bonus. I'm lucky though that she always eats them at school thanks to peer pressure. But she's less reliable at home. Peas and Corn are her faves. Oh and broccoli
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Mine totally eats off the floor sometime
E thinks broccoli is for throwing still....I read that it takes 15 exposures to a food so....keep doing it? She better learn to like her broccoli, we eat a ton of it
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@Smurfette: for soup I give her pureed soups or broth in a straw cup, and put chunks on her tray for her to eat with her hands. Works really well- she can put away a ton of pureed soup (which is a great way to get healthy stuff like lentils into her fast!)
I made this pea pesto (just peas, garlic, pine nuts and parm) the other day and served in on pasta with bacon. Huge hit. I'll make it again soon. The recipe was from smitten kitchen if you're interested- highly recommend as an efficient way to get peas in (assuming your daughter likes garlic...)
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@MamaMoose: broccoli gives her gas, or used to, I am afraid to try it again! Does she eat a pouch every night? Maybe I need to do that. Plus it keeps her busy while I get dinner ready. Lately she wants me to hold her the whole time.
@blackbird: She has has it over 15 times. She has eaten carrots before but lately like tonight, spits them out as soon as she out them in her mouth. -
I am still using purees to make sure LO gets her fruits and veggies in! The only whole fruit/veggie she will eat consistently is bananas. (She does occsionally eat some veggies at school, but not for me at home.) You are not alone in this struggle!
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Bah same problem here. I can get meat and purées and beans and cheese in her no problem. Does R like veggie purées? I wonder if it's more texture than anything. E loves veggie purées but whole food is another story
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My mom (she's a feeding expert, literally) says it can take some kids 10 times to like a food, others take a couple hundred tries.
L really like kale when it's pulled out of soup. I serve her the broth in a mug and the pieces on a plate.
She hated broccoli for the longest time and only just last week has decided that it's the best thing ever.
Sometimes when she's having a slow night I hold out two foods and let her choose which one she had a bite off. She hasn't figured out that neither of an option yet.
Just keep offering. R will come around.
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@Silva: putting soup in a cup is genius!!! I hadn't thought of that...
DD will eat anything in soup (I guess because everything tastes like, well, soup) - I just strain the broth off of the veggies/meat/beans/pasta and she goes to town. Green smoothies are also a big hit in our house.
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@oliviaoblivia: @blackbird: Hahaha . . . I have offered LO peas and green beans somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 times each . . . guess I shouldn't give up and should keep trying (I had somewhat given up after about the 20th time)!
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@Smurfette: ummmmm she ate four pouches tonight because she just kept banging on the pantry and signing "more, please". She also had a good amount of chicken tetrazzini and a handful of peas. My kid is a bottomless pit.
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@oliviaoblivia: M was the same way with broccoli! She hated it for the longest time, but once I finally thought to give it to her how I eat it (roasted with olive oil, lemon, garlic and parm) she was OBSESSED.
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@Smurfette: I spoon feed him!
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@mslipgloss-well sometimes you gotta scratch one off the list for awhile ha. I'm not a big fan of peas or green beans either
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@blackbird: Too true! Although my thinking was something along the lines of . . . "welp, she eats only orange/yellow veggies in puree form (mostly just sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots), so I will focus on getting her to eat her green veggies whole!
Annnd, sometimes I just SMH at mahselfs!
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@septca: Life changing. I love soups, we have them once a week for dinner and for lunches- but I hated feeding her by hand because then I didn't get to eat my meal!
Also, I love the expression on her face when she takes a sip and realizes its not just water.
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Have you tried veggies in Mac n cheese? My LO actually loves peas already (weirdo), but he really really loves them in cheesey Mac!
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@MamaMoose: oh my goodness FOUR pouches?? How old is she? Sounds like she has quite the healthy appetite!
I'm following this thread for ideas because I can tell veggies are going to be hard to get into LO's diet without much in the way of disguising them! Great ideas so far.
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@mslipgloss, hehe, our LOs always have different ideas up their sleeves!
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@coopsmama: she's 15 months so she's at the point where she's eating all table foods too but the kid loves pouches!!
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My son has a tough time with veggies too (except peas - looooves peas) and for a while he loved zucchini,
Anyway - we get Dr Praegers veggie burgers and he LOVES them and they are loaded with veggies! Maybe give them a try?
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DS also hates veggies except sweet potatoes. I try to sneak them in - pancakes, French toast, healthy muffins, etc. I make hummus and add spinach. Also he likes crunchy snacks so he goes crazy for freeze dried or dry roasted veggies like peas, corn, edamame. He used to eat pouches but is not much of a fan anymore. We give him a little of whatever we eat and usually he won't touch it but he has tried some broccoli and squash that way. Normally just a tiny piece bit its something.
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If N isn't touching the veggies on his plate, I either dip them in hummus or sprinkle a little cheese on them and put them in the microwave for the cheese to melt. He'll eat anything that's attached to cheese
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Does she like eggs? I've started making mini-quiches - essentially scrambled eggs baked in muffin cups and I add a bunch of cut-up veggies and cheese.
I also add veggies to her pasta - like tonight was baked ziti with broccoli and zucchini.
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Are you only giving your LO frozen veggies? If so, I don't mean to sound like too much of an elitist yuppie parent, but frozen veggies often taste super bland (or just yucky) compared to fresh veggies. Roasting brings out the sweetness in many veggies, and some LOs (like mine!) want things well seasoned - be liberal with your nutmeg and cinnamon!! Wilted fresh spinach, eggplant and all kinds of squash (with a little shake of Parmesan cheese on top) are favorites.
I also make her pasta sauce from puréed sweet potato, carrot, squash and tomatoes. Looks like regular pasta sauce, is just a touch sweeter than normal. She'll slurp that off pasta 7 nights a week!!!
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Veggie burgers, stir fry style, soup and rice porridge w steamed veggies!
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We're still stuck on pouches to make sure she's getting fruits and veggies. Anything that's somewhat "wet" is generally rejected. We tried roasted broccoli yesterday and that went nowhere. I'm going to try some roasted squash next. We'll see. I feel comfortable that at least she's eating them from pouches - I figure she'll start the real thing eventually. Unless I'm sending her crates of pouches to college. That would be a problem.
homey's an eating machine.
Annnd, sometimes I just SMH at mahselfs!
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