hiden veggies recipes

[SageMother]

I never tricked my kids into eating anything because I didn'twant them to grow up thinking everything had to be their own idea. I also think the need for trust is more important than their doing what they need to do without conflict.

When presented with items that may be difficult to eat, they could add a bit of that item on the fork with something they found easier to eat, but everything hit the plate in a recognizable form. They knew I would never try to trick them into doing things.

[fiona]

I remember there was a book out by Seinfeld's wife that had recipes and ways to hide the vegetables in their meals.

[Jewel]

I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to hide vegetables in other foods. I remember my father serving us liver and telling us that it was steak, and when I found out, I never trusted him about food again. Trust can be broken easily with children, I believe.

[MrsH]

I was thinking more about us. Hide veggies in other dishes as a way of getting more veggies in our diet.

[Jewel]

Ah, thanks for clearing that up MrsH. I have no problem hiding fruits and vegetables as long as everybody else knows about it.

[fiona]

Aah I do not think that would work well with me as I would already know where the vegetables are .

[Jewel]

I don't care if I know that they are there, so long as they taste like they aren't there. But then again I guess it depends on the type of vegetable.

[Green-Moo]

I'm another one who doesn't really go with the idea of sneaking veggies into things, but I have a vegetarian friend who is expert at it. She has to be, as her vegetarian son refuses to eat veggies. Her favourite is carrot grated into (fake) sausage rolls. Even I can't tell it's there even though I know it is.

When her son is here I either blend everything into a pasta sauce as has already been suggested, or just live with it & thank heavens he's not my kid.

Green-Moo

[lakirarodricks]

Luckily my kids are not so difficult when it comes to eating vegetables, but if I think it will be a night Ill make diifcult spaghetti and throw extra vegetables in the sauce, onions, peppers and broccoli in Alfredo sauce. There is usually the case

[dotjc]

I like to put lots of veges in any thing I can just because I think they are good for us. Stir fries and salads are great ways to reduce the amount of meat we eat.
I used to find that by cooking mixed veges (cut up small but still recognizable) my kids used to eat pretty well any veges without picking out any thing.

I would probably go for more salads now most veges taste better raw, things like pumpkin are nice raw grated in salad etc. I used to hate pumpkin as a kid and had never tasted it raw.