Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Getting Kids to Eat Vegetables

If your kids are like mine, getting vegetables into their little stomachs can turn mealtime into a frustrating time.  I have found that if I hide the veggies, they kids don't even know they are there.  I'm not talking about burying them in the mashed potatoes.

Here's what I do:

  • For spinach, I dice it up very small and throw it in a pot of spaghetti sauce.  It looks like spices to the kids.  They don't even know the difference! 
  • With carrots, I use a food grater to grate it very small or buy it in baby food jars so it's really creamy.  It mixes right into a pasta sauce with no problem.  Again, the kids have no clue.  Same with sweet potatoes.

My next goal:  how to hide corn!


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