Comments on: Superhero Your Vegetables

By: Cooking and Eating with Kids

Cooking and Eating with Kids — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:18:19 +0000

[...] of food in front of them. They are not an easy group to please! As Dr. Nishant Rao explored here, if a meal deviates too far from what they are familiar with, if it has too much “green [...]

By: dr sherman

dr sherman — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:10:40 +0000

Pretending to be a dinosaur while eating trees works really well, too.

By: Dr. Nishant

Dr. Nishant — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:55:16 +0000

the broccoli trees worked on you too!

Thanks for the tips

By: dr sherman

dr sherman — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:45:21 +0000

I am a big fan of playing with veggies to get kids to eat them! My sister and mom used the ‘trees’ trick with me to eat broccoli.

When trying to get a five year old to eat green beans (or any long, skinny veggie), I pretend they are snakes or worms then I stick them in my mouth like fangs. She laughs, copies me & eats!

This trick worked when she was 3 yrs old, too! Kids like to dip food into other foods, so healthy bean or yogurt dips can add fun & nutrition to any meal.

By: Dr. Nishant

Dr. Nishant — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:25:57 +0000

good one!
added.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:19:04 +0000

This is great advice! My kids HATE kale, I’ll try the super skelly greens on them.

How about “dragonball-Zucchini”

Thanks!