My 12 month is a carb monster. He will eat a few green beans if I disguise them, and peas too. That's it. Everything else gets spit out or thrown on the floor.
He will, however, suck down veggie pouches like a pro, so it's not a taste issue, but I'm thinking a texture issue? How do you get your LO to eat veggies?
eggplant / 11716 posts
I think for my LO, it's just repeated exposure. She never likes anything the first 5-6 times I serve it. But the carbs she can eat are very limited (because she's MSPI and I work full time and don't have time to make breads and stuff from scratch much), so every lunch and dinner she just gets a meat + 2 veggies and eventually she started liking most of them.
pomegranate / 3779 posts
I've had luck with cutting them up very small or mashing them and putting them in a quesadilla. My 14 month old will eat almost anything in a quesadilla or grilled cheese.
pomelo / 5678 posts
Have you tried roasting them? Or maybe some cheese on top? Or sometimes out of a soup? I would just keep trying. How about in a smoothie?
pomegranate / 3192 posts
My son will eat any veggie on a homemade pizza, soup, or pasta sauce.
nectarine / 2521 posts
@Anagram: Good idea about the meat and veggie options only. I guess the key is consistency! And the dogs will eat healthy if he tosses them 
@mrs.shinerbock: @QBbride: That's how I disguise them now, but haven't tried in the quesadilla or on pizza. Thanks for the new ideas!
@Greentea: He will take them in a smoothie or puree, no problem. I haven't tried roasting them. Do you have any favorites or recipes you roast?
eggplant / 11824 posts
I agree with @greentea about roasting veggies. Makes them sweeter, which might appeal to your LO. I also had/have better luck with fresh veggies over frozen veggies too.
At that age LO loved almost anything sautéed in some butter, with a little shake of parmesan cheese on top. Of course, what’s not to like about that method?!
Another thought - do you experiment at all with spices/seasoning? LO is a much better eater of things that are well-seasoned with different spices.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I make veggie noodles (I bought the Vegettini) and she will eat zucchini, sweat potatoes, ect. and she doesn't even realize it's not pasta. I will also use spaghetti squash as noodles and she doesn't seem to notice (as long as it's covered in sauce.)
I also used to call green beans and snap peas "green French fries" and she would gobble them up, at 2 that doesn't work anymore 
But it did for awhile.
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