I have to say that I struggle with getting Boo to eat her vegetables every day. Certain vegetables are fine, for example, peas, corn, baked beans (always a great fall back!), potatoes, celery (hidden in pasta), and mushrooms. Other vegetables like green leafy vegetables, capsicum (which I am not a huge fan of myself!) and carrots are a constant battle. And there is a third category, being broccoli, cauliflower and tomatoes where Boo will either eat a LOT or none at all.
I liked this article by Mother Huddle which discusses how to get your kids to eat their veges. It's not self serving and very true to the topic. In particular, I too also go by the mantra of always dishing it up and getting them to have 1 bite of it. With Boo, because she is still quite young (only just over two), a "bite" sometimes means being quick enough to get the vegetable to her lips so she gets some taste of it.
I do admit that sometimes there are days where she doesn't see any green vegetables, but I always make sure there is some type of vegetable in her meal. I prefer the green variety, but I'll take what I can get! I don't believe in blending and hiding vegetables too much. I like to think that Boo can recognise vegetables in their original form and that is what she is going to have to get used to. It's up to me as a parent to continually serve it up to her, even if she doesn't eat it in the hope that one day she will try it and enjoy it!
Each to their own at the end of the day, but the above is just my view/how I tackle the constant battle.
How do you deal with this?
