How To Have A Healthy Diet For Children

Do you encounter trouble getting your toddlers to eat their vegetables, My toddler used to be great about trying and eating just about anything and then she turned 2 , Now it is pretty much impossible to get her to eat anything other than corn when it comes to groceries.

So I had to come up with some fun and sometimes clever ways to get some veggies in her. Here are a some of my favorites. Make large pot of veggie soup, and then add some fun noodle shapes. You can use alphabet noodles alternatively look for some fun novelty shapes.

You may be able to find few cartoon characters, toy and sports shapes etc. I have even noticed pumpkin and Christmas tree shapes. With a little luck your children will be too busy spelling words, alternately identifying the shape to notice all the veggies they are eating in the soup. If you can't make them eat it, make them drink it. Pour few vegetable juice over ice and add a straw, a cocktail umbrella or a stick of celery and watch them drink it up.

Your children may not get as much fiber as eating the entire vegetable, but getting them to drink their groceries is better than not getting any groceries in their system. Many children who don't care much for cooked groceries will eat them up if they can dip them. Just grab a bag of baby carrots and cut up few red and yellow peppers and some cucumber. Arrange them on a plate with a little bit of ranch dressing or your favorite veggie dip on the side.

Take it even a step further and let them create artwork out of their food. Offer raw food in different colors and shapes and encourage them to make a vegetable collage on their plate. You can easily make a face using slices of cucumber as eyes, a baby carrot as nose and a slice of red pepper as a mouth. You can use watercress or shredded carrots or even some cheese as hair. Before you know it, you'll find them sampling their "art supplies". To get them to eat more groceries at dinnertime try a little salad bar.

Put out some lettuce, few sliced or chopped tomato, slices of cucumber, shredded carrot, slices of red and yellow peppers, tiny broccoli flowerets and anything else you can think of. You may also want to offer them some choices when it comes to salad dressing. Favorites in our house are Ranch, Italian, Catalina, and French. To top it all of set out some croutons and shredded cheese.

Get the your little one together and make a cold veggie pizza. Start out with a can of crescent rolls. Unroll the dough, but don't pull the triangle shapes apart. Let the sheet of dough cool completely, then spread with some cr, Cut into squares and serve. Get them involved in the kitchen especially when it comes to cooking.

Ask them to wash the vegetables, if they are old enough let them cut veggies (under your supervision of course), let them help you stir, or something else you can think of that would be age appropriate. You'll be amazed at how proud they will be of their finished product. Believe me, they'll try just about anything if they made it. If everything else fails, hide the food in other food.

My mummy used to make us some special orange mashed potatoes. We thought it was very fancy, but all she did was to cook few carrots with the potatoes and mashed them right in there. You can also cover broccoli with tomato sauce or cheese. Think of a dish your little one really enjoys and sneak a little bit of veggie in there. Give a some of these ideas a try and see which ones work best for your toddlers. Keep at it and sooner or later they will start to develop a taste for groceries.