zxcvbob wrote;

> Puester wrote:
> > Sharon V wrote:
> >> Does anyone have any good recipes for muffins or bread that disguise
> >> fruits or vegetables? I cannot get my 5 1/2 year old to eat
> >> vegetables and she'll only eat a handful of fruits. She is a big carb
> >> eater though so I thought I'd try making muffins and trick her into
> >> eating them, as she will already eat banana muffins.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Sharon
> >
> >
> > You can bake a lot of vegetables into breads or muffins.
> > Zucchini or carrots come to mind.
> >
> > Many kids also will eat vegetables cut into sticks or rounds if you
> > provide ranch dressing to dip them into.
> >
> > gloria p
>
>
>
> Don't hide the vegetables or you'll never actually win the battle, only
> postpone it. Make some zucchini bread, or carrot cake or muffins and
> make a big deal out of it; let Big Girl help make them. This is to help
> get over the "vegetables are weird, therefore yucky" part. Later,
> perhaps much later, she can try some zucchini or carrots on their own.
>
> Kid like frozen peas. Raw. Most will eat carrot sticks and similar
> stuff that's crunchy and slightly sweet. She'll probably also eat
> apples if you peel and slice them. Also try a few unpeeled slices; tell
> her the peel is where all the flavor is. (Use good apples, not Red
> Delicious picked green and held over in a warehouse from last year.)
> Pears probably won't need to be peeled.
>
> Don't let the kid escalate and control the situation; you're the adult.
> If she doesn't want to eat, she can go hungry. OTOH, try to make
> sure the stuff you serve is edible. Nobody should be forced to eat
> slimy canned spinach, poorly prepared turnips or bussell sprouts,
> blackeyed peas, etc.


Very well said, zxcvbob...

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Greg