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How do I get LO to eat veggies?

  1. MrsMccarthy

    honeydew / 7295 posts

    @Silva: my son is scared of the vacuum too!

    Subscribing.

    Also I think Jessica Seinfeld wrote a recipe book about hiding veggies in kid friendly food.

  2. 78h2o

    grapefruit / 4441 posts

    I cook/season her veggies the same way I like them and (I'm lucky), she loves them!

    Kale: in green smoothies (w/ milk, greek yogurt, & berries) and baked into chips (she begs for them)
    Brussel sprouts: sautéed with a little olive oil and little pieces of ham
    Spinach: in smoothies or sautéed
    Peas: steamed with a little butter
    Carrots: organic, peeled, roasted
    Butternut squash: roasted w/ olive oil
    Sweet potatoes: roasted or steamed w/ a little butter
    Green beans: roasted with olive oil and parmasean cheese
    Zucchini: roasted or sautéed with garlic herb mix
    Broccoli: steamed with a little butter, sometimes with cheese, sometimes roasted with olive oil
    Cucumbers: dipped in ranch or hummus

    I second or third the suggestion of changing up how you offer the food. Sometimes my LO won't eat in her high chair, but she will eat walking around with food in a cup. She also prefers to eat from my plate. She likes to put things into containers, so sometimes I will give her empty containers and let her fill it with food (which she then eats).

  3. birdofafeather

    pineapple / 12053 posts

    Hummus, smoothies, folded into risotto. I like to offer things all mixed together as then it seems like a whole meal that she has to eat every part of instead of pick and choose.

  4. Smurfette

    GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts

    @fancyfunction: It is hit and miss with eggs.
    @cmomma17: Yep! She picks out the shells. She is a smart one.
    @yoursilverlining: I hate to buy them fresh cause 1) they are so much more expensive 2) and it is so wasteful cause if she won't eat them, and we only need veggies for dinner (school lunch) Plus I don't like cooked carrots, green beans, or peas, so I can't even help eat them and DH is gone during the week. Plus frozen is so much easier. She wants to eat like right when we get home. But I will try some carrots that way this week, I have some at home.

  5. heartonastring

    pomegranate / 3895 posts

    @Silva: Hahahahahahaha about eating off the floor! K honestly spends all day searching for crumbs on the floor. We do feed her. She eats a lot at meals. But then she crawls around and eats crumbs (we could vacuum twice a day and it wouldn't matter, she'd still find stuff) and looks at us like, "You people! I am SO hungry!"

    Last night I saw her sitting on the rug in our living room munching on something....I put my finger in her mouth and pulled out a piece of claw that our cat had shed. Lovely.

  6. heartonastring

    pomegranate / 3895 posts

    @Smurfette: My DD is like a freaking garbage disposal, consuming all food in sight, so I'm not sure how helpful this is, but I know she really loves things that I roast with balsamic vinegar. So I toss with olive oil, s+p, roast in the oven and then drizzle with some balsamic in the last few minutes of cooking time.

  7. Smurfette

    GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts

    @heartonastring: I will try it!! I do sweet potatoes with EVOO, s/p, and garlic powder and those she loves. I tried them with cinnamon before and she liked them too.

  8. blackbird

    wonderful grape / 20453 posts

    @heartsonstring, Vomit. Although I found E munching on cat hair once, so...what can ya do.

  9. Mrs. Blue

    blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts

    I have the opposite problem. The boys absolutely refuse all meat but literally have never refused a single veggie or fruit. I love that they eat so many veggies, but I have to work hard to get protein in their tummies. Thank God for eggs and yogurt!

    Have you tried putting some veggies in scrambled eggs or inside a cheese quesadilla?

  10. Smurfette

    GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts

    @Mrs. Blue: Not yet. Last night I put meat in the quesadilla to get her some protein but I can try veggies this week. I will try the veggies in the egg this weekend. I don't want to send for breakfast till I know she likes it.

  11. Freckles

    honeydew / 7444 posts

    At R's age, i made a lot of soup/congees for LO. I diced the veggies up finely and added it to soup, and she ate it up with no problems!

    Once she started getting picky (in her 2nd year), i've resorted to hiding the veggies. I'll make a creamy kale pasta, puree carrots and red peppers into her pasta sauce, add spinach or kale into her morning smoothie, etc. How about sauteeing some spinach, squeeze out the water and then puree it into her mac and cheese? Spinach has such a mild flavour that she probably won't notice.

    Also, kids love to eat what their parents are eating. For one week DH and i ate raw red peppers at dinner, and eventually she ate one! Sometimes, i'll pop a veggie in my mouth an exaggerate how good it is (or even better steal it from her plate) and she'll wolf it all down.

  12. NovBaby1112

    grapefruit / 4066 posts

    My LO loves any kind of pasta and cheese, so I make her casseroles with that veggie pasta- http://www.barilla.com/aggregator/product/1306, chicken, cheese, and chopped up broccoli, roasted red peppers, and carrots. She loves it!

  13. Smurfette

    GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts

    @Freckles: I will eat veggies off her plate all the time. Say yum yum and she just laughs at me and tries to feed me. Stinker! Spinach and broccoli give her gas. I think I just need to chop them up more and find things to hide them in.

  14. Freckles

    honeydew / 7444 posts

    @Smurfette: Hahaha, okay i think LO does that too when it's something she doesn't like (cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.). I know how frustrating it is!!

  15. tinyperson

    pomegranate / 3858 posts

    @Silva: My LO has never eaten things off the ground, but from the time she had her pincer grasp down, if she saw something on the ground (fluff, real or imaginary), she would stop what she was doing, pick it up and bring it to me or DH. When she does it now, I tell her to take it to dada and tell him to vacuum

  16. kiddosc

    grapefruit / 4278 posts

    I still struggle with this at 22 months. I'm ashamed how often he gets his veggies from a pouch, but at least they allow me to not stress quite as much. Like some others have suggested, I mix veggies in eggs and that's usually pretty successful. Spinach and cheese in an egg cooked in the microwave is a good quick dinner. Also he will devour veggies put into spaghetti sauce. I make spaghetti with zucchini, summer squash and mushrooms in the sauce and it's probably his favorite thing on this earth.

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