Vegetables are source of essential vitamins and minerals which we need to have optimum health.
It is also good for growing children to support their growth but unfortunately, children, especially toddlers are very picky with the food they eat and just really won't eat veggies.
If children see vegetables in the food you prepared, they would not eat the food at all or will just separate it and not eat it still.
That is why, preparing a healthy food with vegetables that children will eat can be very challenging for parents to do.
So, here are some tips that you can do to incorporate vegetables in your children's diet: 1.
Incorporate vegetables in their diet slowly, but surely.
Loading your kids' diet with vegetables immediately will not help your or your kid love vegetables.
It is better if you would do it in small amounts first and slowly increase the dosage.
Observe which vegetables he liked and didn't like.
You can make this as a basis for making your next vegetable recipe for kids.
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Incorporate vegetables in foods which your kids love.
Who doesn't love cakes and cupcakes, right? When making these homemade snacks, you can incorporate veggies in them.
For example, you can make baked goodies out of squash and carrots.
You can make carrot cake and more recipes.
Just check the internet or cookbooks for the recipe or you can be creative on your own.
3.
Incorporate vegetables by blending it.
You might think that a blender is just used for shakes and other drinks, but blender can also be used as your ally in sneaking vegetables in your little ones' food.
You can make vegetable purees from blender or you can just simply blend the vegetables before adding it in the soup that you are making.
This will add texture in the food that you are making and your little one will have no idea that a veggie was added in the soup.
4.
Incorporate vegetables by mixing it with fruits and other sweet treats.
So, there are vegetables that are easily detectable by kids when you prepare it in its natural form, and if you blend it, the color will be disgusting and making your little one eat it will be more difficult.
A classic example of this is green veggies.
Green veggies are very important source of Vitamin K and it is important that kids eat those.
So, to make it less obvious, you can cut the veggies in really small pieces and try to mix it with his favorites.
It would also be best if there are other greens that he loves cut in the same way to trick him into eating it.
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Lastly, when incorporating vegetables in their food, always be particular with the presentation.
Kids are very particular in these, too.
Kids would be more encouraged to eat foods that are presented in a fun and attractive way.
Making your little ones eat vegetables is just a matter of tricking them and masking the vegetables until such time that they are already used to the taste.
When they start loving the taste of vegetables, then you can serve it to them in their raw form.