Unique Ways To Convince Your Kids To Enjoy Vegetables

<h1>Unique Ways To Convince Your Kids To Enjoy Vegetables</h1>

<p align=right>by Christine Steendahl</p>

<div align=justify>Children's recipes have to be easy, delicious and nutritious. Getting children to eat vegetables is a major task. Finding a way to get vegetables into the mouths of babes is easy when they are involved in the fun. Coming up with creative ways to get kids involved in the preparation and the cooking of kids' recipes is part of the fun. Kid friendly recipes will allow you the peace of knowing your children are eating healthy and they will like being in control of what they are being fed. Take your kids shopping with you. Let them pick out the fruits and vegetables that they like. This is always the simplest way even with kids as young as 4 years old. Kids learn how to eat healthy when they are a part of the cooking and the meal planning for the whole family. Children love color. Even with fruits and vegetables, kids will look, smell, and lastly taste. So a variety of color in meal planning is great. Eating a mixture of foods greatly improves the odds of getting all the nutrients you and your family require to achieve your best health. A great way to get your kids to eat vegetables is to use the vegetables as part of a project. Kids get to count, make shapes, and then eat what they have created. You get the satisfaction of knowing that you are including nutritious foods into their diet. Kids Recipes for Create My Own Soup Have your kids count the carrots and celery pieces. Let them spell their names with the noodles if you have alphabet noodles. You can find other special noodles like car shapes, etc. Create a topic of the soup creation. Cut star shapes out of the carrot slices and zucchini (using an aspic cutter) then set aside. Ingredients: *1-2 carrots *1 zucchini *4 cups low sodium chicken broth *1/4 cup shaped pasta *Dash of sage *3/4 cup chopped, cooked chicken *Salt and pepper to taste Putting it All Together: *Let the children help you wash the vegetables. After they finish you can scrub the carrots and zucchini lightly with a vegetable brush. *Cut the vegetables into 1/4-inch slices. *Cut star shapes out of the slices, and set them aside. *In a medium sized pot, bring the broth to a simmer over medium heat. *Add the carrot stars and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the carrots are tender. *Add the pasta, zucchini and chicken. Continue cooking the soup for another few minutes, stirring occasionally, just until the pasta is done. Makes 4 servings. *Let your kids search for their names or count the number of shapes in their soup bowl. The kids will enjoy the exciting activity and fun, you will feel excellent knowing they are enjoying their vegetables. </div>

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