Providing a kid a healthy snack of mouth size size vegetables is far more nourishing than a small package of crisps of chocolate. We all know the healthiness advantages of having our '5 a day' fruit and vegetable quotas, however how on earth do you get you toddler to eat vegetables and accept a healthy menu without a fuss?
There are numerous ways - some extremely obvious, such as including vegetables as part of the main meal or a fruit desert, but this is always a risk that the children will leave them, so you have to use some unique ideas to get the offspring to eat them. As dad and mom it is up to us as the primary carers to make sure our family get the correct amount of nutrition, but with a little thinking time this can without difficulty be accomplished.
Color - with a rainbow of color on a plate, as a healthy meal, how can a toddler push it away? It looks appetizing and fresh and delectable. Many offspring will eat raw foods, so broccoli, slices of red, green, orange and yellow peppers, vine tomatoes, mange tout and baby corn all make for a vibrant vegetable platter, and with the addition of chicken or other protein, provide a nutritious meal. This can be taken in the same technique by a rainbow of fruit. Why not make a fun game of coloring in pictures of vegetables to equal what your child has consumed?
Presentation - a blob of pale green gunk is off putting for even us, so how can we expect a child to eat it. By offering it in an attractive way will encourage your little one to attempt it (remember those grisly school lunches - goodness knows what they consisted of!).
Example - by eating with your youngster and showing them what is acceptable, encouraging him to try a vegetable with you and making the meal fun will diminish any concern. It has been well looked into that children learn by example, so if dad hates sprouts, chances are so will the offspring, though there are plenty of alternatives for sprouts.
Imagination - how can you make a vegetable fun? Vegetables can be made into humorous shapes, like a caterpillar or geometrical pattern, let your toddler help, it will encourage them by feel, texture and appearance. Also think about using bedtime stories to make vegetables fun and entertaining - consider the humble carrot as the 'King of the Jungle', instead of a lion, or a corn cob as a damsel in distress! There are so many varieties of vegetables for creating stories from a 'Vegetable Kingdom'.
There are numerous ways - some extremely obvious, such as including vegetables as part of the main meal or a fruit desert, but this is always a risk that the children will leave them, so you have to use some unique ideas to get the offspring to eat them. As dad and mom it is up to us as the primary carers to make sure our family get the correct amount of nutrition, but with a little thinking time this can without difficulty be accomplished.
Color - with a rainbow of color on a plate, as a healthy meal, how can a toddler push it away? It looks appetizing and fresh and delectable. Many offspring will eat raw foods, so broccoli, slices of red, green, orange and yellow peppers, vine tomatoes, mange tout and baby corn all make for a vibrant vegetable platter, and with the addition of chicken or other protein, provide a nutritious meal. This can be taken in the same technique by a rainbow of fruit. Why not make a fun game of coloring in pictures of vegetables to equal what your child has consumed?
Presentation - a blob of pale green gunk is off putting for even us, so how can we expect a child to eat it. By offering it in an attractive way will encourage your little one to attempt it (remember those grisly school lunches - goodness knows what they consisted of!).
Example - by eating with your youngster and showing them what is acceptable, encouraging him to try a vegetable with you and making the meal fun will diminish any concern. It has been well looked into that children learn by example, so if dad hates sprouts, chances are so will the offspring, though there are plenty of alternatives for sprouts.
Imagination - how can you make a vegetable fun? Vegetables can be made into humorous shapes, like a caterpillar or geometrical pattern, let your toddler help, it will encourage them by feel, texture and appearance. Also think about using bedtime stories to make vegetables fun and entertaining - consider the humble carrot as the 'King of the Jungle', instead of a lion, or a corn cob as a damsel in distress! There are so many varieties of vegetables for creating stories from a 'Vegetable Kingdom'.