Recommendations for getting children to eat vegetables

[Guest guest]

A nurse at work is concerned that her 5 year old son won't eat vegetables and

asked me for recommendations for recipe books so she might be able to " hide "

vegetables in food. Off hand I couldn't think of one like that. Other than

Ellyn Satter's books, what would you recommend for her?

Thank you,

Holly Moler-Krohne RD

[Guest guest]

To get more vegetables into my picky eaters, I use Veggie Smart Prego Spaghetti

and Pizza sauces. Both of these contain 10 servings of vegetables per jar. We

use a whole jar on each pizza. I usually cut the pizza into 6 pieces. So that is

approximately 2 servings per slice of pizza. Katarina eats about 3 slices for a

total of 6 vegetable servings. You can not tell the difference from the Heart

Smart versions I used to buy. Also you can add ground vegetables to cakes in

place of the oils.

I can't remember seeing a cook book with ways to hide vegetables.

Theresa Cornelius, MS, RD, LDN, CLT

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> A nurse at work is concerned that her 5 year old son won't eat vegetables and

asked me for recommendations for recipe books so she might be able to " hide "

vegetables in food. Off hand I couldn't think of one like that. Other than

Ellyn Satter's books, what would you recommend for her?

> Thank you,

> Holly Moler-Krohne RD

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for all your helpful suggestions for the nurse whose child is not

eating vegetables. I will share this with her. She said that her child seemed

turned visually from many foods, just as some children are turned off by their

texture.

Thank you,

Holly Moler-Krohne RD