Mix in those Veggies!
Adding pureed vegetables to your regular dishes is a terrific way to boost the nutritional impact of your favorite foods. Steam your veggies and put them in a food processor or blender and you’re ready to go.
Add whatever veggies you like to soups, pasta sauce, meatloaf, meatballs, even pizza sauce. Get creative, and once the kiddos realize how they can get those veggies in their bellies and not even taste them, they might even help with the pureeing.
A key note here. This approach is not meant to “train” little ones to eat their vegetables only under conditions where they can’t detect them. This is simply a fun and easy way to introduce the notion that veggies are a wonderful part of the eating experience and can be incorporated into the foods we love in imaginative ways. It’s a spring board for those kiddos in our lives who are less than enthused about the world of carrots, zucchini, sweet potatoes, broccoli, spinach, etc.
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I’m not sure if this comes under healthy snacking but right now I am very into cinnamon (no sugar please). I put it in non-fat plain yogurt,cottage cheese, on buttered toast, sliced up banana, sliced strawberries, sweet potato, etc. I have even put it in curries and meat dishes. It is very healthy – good for blood pressure, inflammation, even the form of diabetes that can be controlled with diet.
Okay, I’m embarrassed to say that my oldest children are 8 years old and I am finally trying to hide the veggies in their food but, it worked! I pureed a variety of veggies and put them into our pasta sauce and no one knew the difference, it was great. Now I am trying to think of other foods we eat that I can sneak these into. Thanks for the ideas !
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