How Do You Get Your Kids To Eat Their Veggies?
Do your children like to eat fruits and vegetables? I didn’t have many eating problems with the boys. I think that’s partly because every time I introduced a food to them I’d also try it right in front of them. As infants they both loved fruit. Who doesn’t love baby fruit? I had some myself right after surgery this year. I only encountered a few problems with vegetables with the boys as infants. If there was a vegetable they were resistant to I just mixed it with some fruit and that solved the problem. Well, Horizon has introduced a product called Little Blends that does the same thing. Little Blends from Horizon is an all-natural yogurt blend of fruits and vegetables. This product was created to help parents incorporate more nutritious foods and variety into their child’s diet.
About Little Blends - Little Blends is an all-natural yogurt, meaning it’s produced without added growth hormones, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. It is also created without high fructose corn syrup. Each 4-ounce cup packs a daily value of 20 percent calcium, 25 percent protein, omega-3 DHA and probiotics.
Things changed a little as the boys grew. CJ has always and will still eat anything. TJ is a bit more picky - like me. One vegetable he has never liked is potatoes. I’ve had no luck getting him to eat potatoes in any form other than McDonald’s French fries. I haven’t found a way to hide potatoes yet. If you’ve got one I’d love to hear it. TwitterMoms and Horizon are having a fun contest where they’re asking folks to share their tips and ideas on how to incorporate more fruits and veggies into their child’s diet. Visit the TwitterMoms community to read the great advice or to enter.
Unlike some parents balanced meals are not a matter of choice. Healthy mains often returned for the next meal or snack sans dessert.
Hey, my kids are grown up and they STILL don’t like veggies. Only luck I ever have is to just about puree them before cooking, and put them in meatloaf, etc. Otherwise? I gave up a long time ago. There’s only so many times you can eat cooked carrots…
I may have to try this. Great idea.