Comments on: How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/ Natural medicine info. Naturopathic physician, Dr. Nicole Sundene, answers your natural medicine health questions at the kitchen table! Diet, weight loss, herbal medicine, exercise, fat burning, health, nutrition, and preventative medicine research! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jennifer http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1717 Jennifer Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:54:48 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1717 Great suggestions Dr. Nicole and Melissa. It seems if you only buys healthy foods, then they have the choice of this healthy food or that one. I love the suggestion of letting them help grow it or pick it. Any time you get someone more involved in the process then they are more willing to participate in every aspect including the end result. For those whose kids (or husbands) just will not eat vegies, then I highly suggest that book "Deceptively Delicious" where you steam, puree and add the vegies to their favorite foods and that have no idea it's even there. Great suggestions Dr. Nicole and Melissa. It seems if you only buys healthy foods, then they have the choice of this healthy food or that one.

I love the suggestion of letting them help grow it or pick it. Any time you get someone more involved in the process then they are more willing to participate in every aspect including the end result.

For those whose kids (or husbands) just will not eat vegies, then I highly suggest that book “Deceptively Delicious” where you steam, puree and add the vegies to their favorite foods and that have no idea it’s even there.

]]> By: Fiona www.relaxkidsnet.com http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1715 Fiona www.relaxkidsnet.com Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:50:26 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1715 A "kids and veggies tip"..... I've discovered Balsamic Vinegar comes in a SPRAY bottle! The kids think its fabulous! They love to squirt AND all their veggies taste like salt and vinegar chips!!!! Win Win! They can also add the colour black to every meal - we count colours eaten at our place, 5 colours and you can leave the table; 6 and mummy sings a silly song; 7 gets rewarded with a treat! Fiona A “kids and veggies tip”….. I’ve discovered Balsamic Vinegar comes in a SPRAY bottle! The kids think its fabulous! They love to squirt AND all their veggies taste like salt and vinegar chips!!!! Win Win!
They can also add the colour black to every meal - we count colours eaten at our place, 5 colours and you can leave the table; 6 and mummy sings a silly song; 7 gets rewarded with a treat!
Fiona

]]> By: Fiona O'Dowd Relax Kids Australia http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1714 Fiona O'Dowd Relax Kids Australia Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:49:19 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1714 A "kids and veggies tip"..... I've discovered Balsamic Vinegar comes in a SPRAY bottle! The kids think its fabulous! They love to squirt AND all their veggies taste like salt and vinegar chips!!!! Win Win! They can also add the colour black to every meal - we count colours eaten at our place rather than quantity; 5 colours and you can leave the table; 6 and mummy sings a silly song; 7 gets rewarded with a treat! Fiona A “kids and veggies tip”….. I’ve discovered Balsamic Vinegar comes in a SPRAY bottle! The kids think its fabulous! They love to squirt AND all their veggies taste like salt and vinegar chips!!!! Win Win!
They can also add the colour black to every meal - we count colours eaten at our place rather than quantity; 5 colours and you can leave the table; 6 and mummy sings a silly song; 7 gets rewarded with a treat!
Fiona

]]> By: Melissa http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1700 Melissa Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:45:45 +0000 http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/the-best-way-to-get-your-child-to-eat-more-vegetables/#comment-1700 I've found that if I set out the fruit and veggies that I want my kids to eat on a plate BEFORE they get hungry for a snack, they will sit down and eat them very willingly. Simply keeping your kitchen stocked with healthy food gives them good choices, and doesn't create a battle over what they can't eat. I also let them pick out a vegetable or two when we are at the store, it has a similar effect as the garden does on their willingness to try things. I’ve found that if I set out the fruit and veggies that I want my kids to eat on a plate BEFORE they get hungry for a snack, they will sit down and eat them very willingly. Simply keeping your kitchen stocked with healthy food gives them good choices, and doesn’t create a battle over what they can’t eat. I also let them pick out a vegetable or two when we are at the store, it has a similar effect as the garden does on their willingness to try things.

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