How to Get Your Child
to Eat Vegetables

These all look like interesting recipes or ideas to try, but we've found three simple things that produce veggie eating:

!.make sure the veggies are cooked (or not) to your child's liking. My 5 year old prefers raw carrots, my 2 year old must eat them soft. Nobody eats overcooked broccoli, but they devour it if it's bright green and just tender.

2. Flavored vinegar. We use balsamic and/or rice vinegar at many meals. Easy! No fancy recipes. Shake it on steamed broccoli and voila. Ditto parmesan cheese.

3. Put out veggies when they are hungry and you're making the meal. They will get eaten.

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I agree with cmnsky all children are not the same. I grew up as a semi-veg. My 15 year old daughter likes the idea of being a vegetarian however she couldn't take more than 2 bites of the veggie burgers that I love but she will eat veggies with her dinner. My 8 year old son is an almost complete carnivore he will eat pretty much any meat you put in front of him but he will only eat peas, corn and potatoes for veggies and my youngest who is a 6 year old boy only just really started eating meat. He likes veggie burgers. His favorite veggies are broccoli and spinach. Him & his brother used to share plates the 8 year old would eat the meat and the 6 year old the veggies. We make trades and conscessions at dinner so that our kids get a little bit of everything so they are balanced. No I wouldn't put bacon in my green beans but I also wouldn't tell another parent that they shouldn't. It's an idea and if it get's some kids to eat their veggies who am I to complain

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