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Getting Your Kids To Eat Their Vegetables

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Healthy Snacks For Kids: How You Can Get Your Kids To Eat Their Vegetables

Many kids do not like to eat their vegetables. As adults we understand just how important a nutritious balance of colorful vegetables & fruit are each day for everyone.

Vegetables provide many nutrients, antioxidants, fibre and help fight of diseases and various health problems. There are many benefits of providing proper levels of fruit and vegetables daily, however many children aren't vegetable fans, and eating vegetables is not something they want to do.

How Can You Get Your Kids To Eat Vegetables?

Here is a Snack Tip (Courtesy Of The Rachael Ray Show)

When making pasta with sauces such as tomato sauce, you can try chopping certain vegetables up finely and adding them to the sauce where they are hidden.

You can add things like onion, zuchchini, chunks of tomato, celery, corn etc. Any vegetables that are mild tasting and can be well hidden.

Example: Vegetables can be cooked in the sauce until very tender, then the sauce and vegetables can be blended in a blender. No one will ever know that there were ever any vegetables in the sauce. That sauce can then be used on your pasta.

Fun Wraps: Wraps are another great type of lunch or snack idea where you can experiment and add lean meats for protein like chicken, ham, turkey, tuna etc.

You can add a little bit of lettuce, and some other vegetables like tomato, onion etc.

When using tuna, you can add onion and celery. These are always a great combination.

You want to experiment and not add too many vegetables right at the start, but slowly get your children used to the wraps and their hidden nutritious vegetables.

When making wraps, it is always good to use whole wheat type wraps or whole wheat pitas. Whole wheat is much better for children than anything that says 'enriched white flour'.

Whole wheat has much more fibre, is more nutritious and will keep your kids feeling full longer.

*Obviously if your child has 'wheat allergies' you would have to look for healthy alternatives

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