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Oh, you could try sweet potato fries, also. Very similar recipe.
Okay here's the great mystery.. he USED to eat sweet potato fries, and the baked as well.
Then one day about three months ago it was "talk to the hand". No doubt this phase will pass,
and this too is an item I will attempt to restore its place at the table thanks for the rally!
Okay here's the great mystery.. he USED to eat sweet potato fries, and the baked as well.
Then one day about three months ago it was "talk to the hand". No doubt this phase will pass,
and this too is an item I will attempt to restore its place at the table thanks for the rally!
Ha, I know, I think it comes with the age. My son is the same general age and attempting to assert his independence over dinner right now. I use the "you eat what I served or not, your choice, but there's nothing else" method. It seems to be working for the most part over here, although I can understand if that's not the road you want to travel. Good luck!
Kale chips are another good one. Toss with olive oil and sea salt, or roasted garlic, or parmesan cheese, or anything else you like. Roast in the oven for 15 minutes at 325 (some people flip them, but I don't). You can say they are green potato chips.
Roasted cauliflower is good - you could even tell him that they are tater tots. :P
Try watching a movie and having a bowl of roasted cauliflower and chickpeas. They are salty snacks with way more nutritional value. And if it's dark, he won't necessarily know the difference.
I also chop or grate up veggies in my mac and cheese. My ex boyfriend was never encouraged to eat much as a kid, so he was really veggie adverse. I made my famous baked mac and cheese, and half of the "cheese" was actually zucchini and onion put through the food processor.
This works well for my veggie adverse two year old. I add shredded veggies to everything from pasta to chili and I sneak them into sandwiches by mixes them with cream cheese. Plus, you can also use them to make zucchini or carrot bread, which is a fairly healthy treat.
Ha, I know, I think it comes with the age. My son is the same general age and attempting to assert his independence over dinner right now. I use the "you eat what I served or not, your choice, but there's nothing else" method. It seems to be working for the most part over here, although I can understand if that's not the road you want to travel. Good luck!
This is the route I had to take when my child was 4 and I was getting tired of cooking two meals: chicken and fries for her and another meal for us. All it took was two skipped dinners and just as our Pedi said, she came around. Now she enjoys all kinds of veggies but we make them in different ways like the ideas you have gotten: soups, grilled, sauteed, etc. Today she ate spinach for the first time with chicken florentine; she had 2 servings. She is 7 years old. You have to stand your ground. Good luck!
he LIKES brussel sprouts??? that's like being gifted & talented.. you must be doing something right for sure.
a little fancier.. yeah! I think I may try creating a burrito roll-up like the fast food type w/finely chopped veggies tucked in. I'll let you know how that works out. thank you
One of mine preferred vegetables and fresh fruit to doughnuts and sweets, he'd take peas over candy when he was little.
I remember battles over food as a child, my sister choking down peas she didn't want to eat, even gagging on them because she couldn't leave the table until we ate what we didn't want to eat, and we would cover the lima beans in mashed potatoes and swallow them whole, so I decided with my kids, I would not make food an issue, no forcing, no games. If they don't want to eat the peas then they can't put them on their plate and waste them and if they want to pretend they don't like something, fine with me -- and no special meals served if someone wants to be fussy, they have the option of getting up and making themselves a peanut butter sandwich. That almost never happens, I don't force foods and they don't have a game to play pretending they don't like something.
Veggie pancakes are what we use. My kids love pancakes, so I blender veggies and add them to the batter. Sometimes the pancakes come out colored differently, but the kids don't mind as long as they are pancakes and they can put syrup on them.
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OOo thanks.. the recipe is really easy, and boy oh boy do they look good!
"talk to the hand". No doubt this phase will pass,
thanks for the rally!
he LIKES brussel sprouts??? that's like being gifted & talented.. you must be doing something right for sure.
