Food Pyramid For Kids: Making Vegetables Fun

October 22, 2014

Having a hard time getting the kids to eat their vegetables? Or maybe even an adult or two? Here are some tips:

If they don’t like to eat them, have them drink them. Pour some vegetable juice over ice and add a straw, a cocktail umbrella or a stick of celery. They may not get quite as much fiber in liquid form, but drinking their vegetables is better than not getting any at all.
Try serving raw vegetables with some ranch dressing to dip them in. Combine a bag of baby carrots with some cut up red and yellow peppers and some cucumber. Arrange them on a plate with a little bit of dressing on the side.
Be creative: Cut different shapes out of the vegetables to make them even more pleasing to the eye.
If all else fails, hide the vegetables in other food. Mash carrots with potatoes. Make sweet potato French fries. Cover broccoli with tomato sauce or cheese. Think of a dish your kids love, and sneak a little bit of vegetable in there.