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5 ways to get your kids to eat their veggies

Posted on Sep 17th 2008 2:51PM by Martha Edwards

Filed Under: Healthy Kids, Alternative & Green Health, Nutrition & Supplements

Getting your kids to eat their veggies is like trying to give a cat a bath -- sometimes it works out OK but most of the time, it is just not going to happen without a fight. eDiets recently addressed this problem and offered five interesting solutions:

Force feed your kids by pureeing veggies into a turkey baster and injecting them into their mouth
Give your kids veggies hidden a familiar form, like veggie burgers (which don't actually have many veggies)
Disguise veggies to look like meat by soaking them in food dye
Bribe them with toys and money
Surround him with other kids who eat their veggies -- them he will see they are 'cool' to eat.

Hmmm ... not sure this is the most effective advice I've ever heard -- I'm more of a fan of the 'add veggies to the fruit smoothie' tactic, but whatever works, I guess!

How do you get your kid to eat veggies?

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erin 9-18-2008 @ 3:05AM

I was a kid who HATED vegetables - even as an adult, I'm still a very picky eater. However, if they were in soup form - I would pretty much eat them. Didn't matter if it was celery or onions (which I still won't eat on their own) - since they were chopped up and warm, they were fine.

I think another good way is to make the kids interested - take them to the grocery store, have them pick out something in the vegetable section, and learn how to cook it.

But - and I think the article was kidding - the force feeding thing is ridiculous. Also, sometimes kids really don't like the vegetable - and they shouldn't have to eat all of them. My mom distressed to the doctor that I wouldn't eat my beets - and the doctor asked if she liked beets, which she doesn't. You can't expect all things to be palatable to all children.

Stephanie 9-18-2008 @ 9:44AM

I think it's tacky to "trick" your kids into eating with these particular methods. I can understand introducing them to vegetables this way maybe, but I think you should teach them about veggies and why they're important for your body.