Who hides the veggies fromthe kids?

I used to have to hide some things like that from my daughter. She only wanted to eat chicken nuggets for a long time. It didn't matter if the chicken nuggets were from a restaurant or cooked at home. that was all she ever wanted to eat. She loved to drink milkshakes and I used to want to blend just a little bit of fruits and a tad bit of vegetables in there to make sure she got at least a little bit of vitamins. I know it may sound gross, but I think it could possibly work.

My Sisters kids also love veggies and she is having a hard time getting them to stop eating them so much. When snack time comes they always ask for carrots or even cucumber. sometimes they will only eat their veggies at dinner and before they can have more veggies she has to make them eat everything else on their plate. My kid hasn't gotten to the food stage yet but in case he doesn't like his veggies it's great to know that theres a book out there!

oddly enough i have to hide veggies from my kids or they will eat them all! i honestly dont know how they started liking them, but my one daughter (15) eats everything my hubby does (including saurkraut) and my other daughter (11) absolutely loves ceaser salad! hang in there, it will happen eventually!

I'm lucky, I've never really had to hide vegetables from my children. I remember when they were little, I'd take them to the grocery store and instead of stealing candy from the bins like many children do, they'd steal broccoli from the vegetable section. You'd see them running down the aisles grinning with bits of green broccoli in their teeth. Go figure.

I don't hide veggies from my kids. My daughter will eat every veggie under the sun. Including some that I will not eat. Ok, a lot of veggies that I won't eat. My son will eat some veggies, so I don't push the ones that he does not like.

Well, my kids, my daughter refused to eat them and I didn't have any luck making her. At 29 she eats corn. My son, got mad if I didn't serve Okra regularly but loved all vegetables and still does today at 25 My first GD at age 8, hates them all but for me she will eat corn if I pretend I don't want her to eat it. Okay, give credit where due - sometimes she does eat it on her own just cause she knows it is "what Nanny wants and will make her happy and okay, it really isn't that bad". But I have no problem playing the games as long as it goes in her belly, I don't care how it gets there! My 2 Year old GD, if you give her a pile of mustard, she'll eat anything you give her! She loves dipping her green beans in mustard! That is her favorite!

I always hid the veggies in spaghetti sauce. It can be used for really neat veggies like carrots and zuchinni. Meatloaf hides carrots, if you shred them. I could never hide peas though. But Emily did like pea salad, so I was lucky in that.

thankfully we don't have to. all my kids love veggies. each kid has one or two that they won't eat but then they have some that they love. my oldest loves carrots and would eat them everyday if i made them. my middle son loves broccoli and about 3 days a week that is what he has for lunch. that is what he asks for so i make him a bowl of it. my youngest will eat anything so hes not a problem at all.

Of course, one downside of hiding veggies is that your children are unlikely to grow up and hide veggies in their own food. So, on one hand, hiding veggies is good because you get the kids to eat healthy food. However, one should also find ways to make veggies presentable and let the kids know they are there. For example, I have heard that one can cook cauliflower in with mac and cheese. The kid can be told that there is cauliflower in there, I think, and it should be fine. The kid is eating the cauliflower and it doesn't taste bad. I think that is good to establish. I also think one can juice carrots and add the 'pulp' to other things you are baking. Like, let's say, biscuits, bread, or even chili. (I do, by the way, need to find a recipe for chili that my daughter likes. She doesn't seem fond of the type of chili I like.) The tactic that has seemed to help me, in the past, with veggies is to have the veggies hit the plate first when the child is most hungry. The tastier treats can be put on the plate later. That seemed to work for me. It is hard practice to do every meal, however, and I tend to backslide. I have noticed that my daughter will leave the veggies lately. I can't really blame her. The food she eats is richer in energy and taste, if not nutrients. How can I really explain the idea of eating nutritious food instead of tasty food? The body has it's own ideas about what it wants to eat, programmed by nature. So, I think I need to refocus my efforts at presenting my daughter with fresh veggies before the main course again.