Last year saw the launch of two cookbooks, Deceptively Delicious and The Sneaky Chef on how to hide vegetables in your kids food. These books started a heated debate with health experts and the ‘mums’ world on the value of hiding vegetables in encouraging your kids to eat their greens.
Getting kids to eat their […]
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Kids vote broccoli as one of their favourite vegetables
Published June 10th, 2008 in Eating Their 'Greens'. 3 CommentsKids ranked carrots, broccoli, corn, and green peas as their favourite vegetables. However mums buy (in order of top-purchased vegetables per week) potatoes, baby carrots, tomatoes, lettuce/salads and corn. Spinach ranked last. This is according to a newly released survey by Produce for Kids of 1500 mums and children.
In my last post I […]
I recently came across The Great Big Vegetable Challenge blog by an English mum who has a fantastic way of getting her vegetable phobic son to eat vegetables.
The UK Telegraph featured them in a story which I will paraphrase for you to give you the gist of this successful strategy.
Eight year old Freddy has refused […]
How Shopping Can Help Kids Eat More Vegetables
Published April 13th, 2008 in Eating Their 'Greens'. 0 CommentsOne way of getting your kids to eat more vegetables is to become more familiar with them. Just cooking veggies and serving on a regular basis is one way, but it can take between 10-13 times on their plate before they are familiar. It can also be soul destroying when they won’t eat […]
