Spinach, zucchini, broccoli, leeks and other cabbage are often a challenge to have your children eat them. Rich in vitamins, fiber and minerals, they are essential for their health, their growth and their food balance. If your child refuses to eat them once in his plate, do not panic: there are solutions. To trick and get your child to eat vegetables, follow our tips and recipes! 😉

#1 Go step by step

This seems logical indeed but to make your child eat vegetables, no need to battle. Start with small amounts of vegetables before adding more and more over time. He will be able to get used to different flavors little by little.

#2 The art of camouflage!

Steamed carrots are the flop! A cauliflower gratin is the best! To camouflage vegetables, do not forget the tomato sauce with onions, peppers or celery, vegetable quiches, chicken-vegetable nuggets, zucchini fries or carrots or even cakes. It will be a terrific way to introduce them to so many vegetables.

#3 Make your own garden.

Suggest your kids to make their own vegetable garden. Whether on a balcony or in the backyard, both will do the trick. They will be delighted to eat their own vegetables, carefully planted, watered and picked up. Boots, gloves, mini-dongle, rake to his size, in order to get kids more involved, propose to put on the panoply of the perfect gardener. Success guaranteed!

#4 Cook purees and soft textures

Or why not colorful soups! Children generally appreciate these soft textures that typically hide many other vegetables. Add carrots, zucchini and butternut in 4,5 cups of water, boil them, mix everything and add a touch of whipping cream and shredded cheese if necessary! For puree, spread them on a toast and make it fun too: add 2 black olives or white ham to represent a pair of eyes, some ketchup for the nose and a bit of shredded cheese for the mouth. Easy trick!

# 5 Cook with your children!

Think about involving your kids in preparing their food. The little ones often like to help. What better than also enjoying some precious moments of complicity! Your kids will love eating the vegetables he has carefully washed, peeled, cut and cooked. Also let them proudly introduce their dishes to the rest of the family. They will be so proud to show what they have done and will enjoy!

#6 Think about aesthetics

Sometimes it is not so much the taste that is repugnant to our children, but mainly the looks of it. Do not hesitate to astonish them with a very nice looking plate of vegetables and to vary forms.You can draw a face, a nose with a carrot, eyes with peas or an animal like a cat. It’s immediately more appealing, fun and therefore appetizing.

#7 Eat the same vegetables as him.

If you eat vegetables, your children will want to taste what you have on your own plate. It’s important that you lead with example. After all, your children will want to mimic you. Therefore o during your meals, focus on vegetables in your own menu. In this way, he will see that vegetables are good.

#8 If despite everything, your child still refuses to eat his vegetables, we have a wild card for you!

By enchanting the dishes, and by associating certain foods with magic virtues. If your child eats his spinach, he will be as strong as Spider Man, if he finishes all his carrots, My little ponies will be proud of her/him. Think about the series your child loves and what his favorite heroes and heroin eat.

Let us know which one worked for you?