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How I finally got my son to eat vegetables....

Jessgore by Jessgore Young Parent(November 2006) (rank 6th)

I found a way that my son gobbles down all of his vegetables and asks for more.… 

This may not work for everyone and not everyone would agree on my use of butter, but it appears to have worked for me….  

And depending on the age of your child would depend on the cut of the vegetable.

 It is my belief that from boiling all the vegetables together mixes up the taste of one vegetable from another so he really can’t really tell the difference between them.  A bit like soup I think..

If you cut them into chunks as I did and mix in your colors it may also look more appealing…  By doing this, my son has had in the past week four big vegetable dinners and even asked for seconds.

  One vegetable combination I have used, Potatoes, celery, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower. (If you want you can also throw peas and or corn at the last minute to mix up the taste a bit as well). I find if I use cream corn I do not need to add any butter…. I cut the vegetables into big chunks and boil until the potatoes are soft enough for a blunt knife to go though.   You can mix the colors of the vegetables and even add some tomatoes ( I would not suggest this with the peas or corn)… 

It does sound a bit like I am making soup, so you could always save the water as a soup stock if you wish…..

  In the end the result has been that my son has started eating vegetables again!    

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exquisite-flower
December 2007 | exquisite-flower
Re: How I finally got my son to eat vegetables....
Great idea Jess.  I do similar, and yes, when we visit my parents home we save the water for my mother to enjoy.  Usually parsnips, carrots and broccoli if that is to be the result as she says it is nicely sweet and refreshing.  I take her word for it....
Peace
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jenaya04
December 2006 | jenaya04
vegies

Fantastic idea! I will try that one tomorrow night! Thanks for the tip. fingers crossed



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Nontoxic
December 2006 | Nontoxic
eating vegies
I have an 8yr old son who won't touch vegies (because his father never did and still doesn't)  Great idea jess but it won't work with my son, he won't even try soup.  I have resorted to using the water from the steamer after doing vegies to make the gravy at least then he gets some of the goodness, he will eat carrot if it's still crunchie and a tiny floret of brocolli, I also grab a small amount of veggies and puree them into the gravy for his plate, What he can't see he doesn't know about.


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chickenlicken
November 2006 | chickenlicken
mixed vegetables
Will try this with my kids. Thanks for that.


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elizabeth
5.00 (Excellent) | November 2006 | elizabeth
I did something similar
I used to start off with small chopped pieces and worked my way up to fairly big chunks. I always stir fry our veges because I don't really like boiled. It always reminds me of my nans overcooked mushy veges. With the flavouring I alternated between, butter and honey, a thick soy and sesame, and sweet chilli. Mind you, the veges were not dripping in these flavours. Over time, I put less and less of these added flavours so there is just a hint of honey or soy or what ever. My son eats pretty well most times and my daughter, apart from being so slow, has always eaten veges too. Well done Jess. It makes life so much easier when the kids are eating well.


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Chrysalis
5.00 (Excellent) | November 2006 | Chrysalis
Well done!
Sometimes I puree a load of veg in the blender *grin* and then stir the resulting mess into mince and use it for lasagne or hamburgers. Even fussy DS8 cant tell ;-)


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wildrose
5.00 (Excellent) | November 2006 | wildrose
Mix them all up
We do the same thing here too. Either soup, or stir fry, or in pasta. You name it. We just have to be creative when talking getting kids to eat their veggies. At least when they're young....when a bit older who knows they will eat separately. Well, I do.


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Kristen
5.00 (Excellent) | November 2006 | Kristen
Yea!!!!
Anything to get them to eat their veggies, right?


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      Jessgore
November 2006 | Jessgore
Yea!!!!
I could not believe he actually wanted more... LOL


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