How To Get Your Kids to Eat Vegetables?

I have heard many people complain that they can’t get their children to eat the “green stuff”? There could be a lot of reasons for this, which we will discuss here and hopefully add a few fun ways to introduce them to your children. Ready?

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Get a Name
First, if you are calling veggies, or vegetables “green stuff” your children may not like them. I mean who wants to eat something that sounds disgusting? Try calling them “Veggies” instead of vegetables, it sounds slightly better. It doesn’t sound like you already hate them and are just trying to get them to eat them so you don’t have to do it.

Eat it
Second, you need to eat them too. I know there are some that love them, but there are some parents out there that will try serving them to their children and never put them on their own plate. No child wants to eat what their parents won’t touch.

Fun with Your Food
Okay, now for the fun stuff. Believe it or not you can make this fun. Instead of slopping a spoon full of veggies on their plate make it into the shape of a funny face or something. If you are going to give them a hamburger, you can place carrots off to the side of the burger and shape the whole thing like a cat with whiskers (using the carrot sticks). I have heard some people that actually shred (use a potato peeler) the veggies into their ingredients in order to hide them from their children but know they are getting the required amounts. Sneaky yes, but it works.

Check out some more fun ideas you can do with veggies over at Family Fun. Do you have any ways you get your kids to eat veggies? How about ways to get them to like veggies?