Digest Number 1456

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In a message dated 6/15/2006 6:44:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,

writes:

 

but he just isn't responsive.

> he'll eat veggies when they're in a soup, and hence very soft. but

> i'm concerned about losing the nutritional benefit due to boiling. he

> won't eat most veggies if they're whole -- peppers, peas, carrots,

> nothing (except mushrooms, for some reason). and absolutely nothing

> raw. so, i guess i'm willing to slip some veggies in somewhere else,

> even sneakily. any tips or recipes for friendly veggie foods for

> toddlers?

 

 

 

 

ok, my first secret: grab tons of organic kale and quickly boil it till only

slightly soft... pour cupfuls into food processor (with or without the

cooking liquid) pour it into ice cube trays, cover with foil, in a few hrs when

frozen, pop em out and store them in freezer bags. Anytime you cook anything

with sauce, or broth, etc, throw in a few cubes. throw a cube into hot cereal

for breakfast, throw 5-10 cubes into tomato sauce at dinner. Use the cooking

liquid as the base for a soup. If it's ready in your freezer, it's a lot easier

to just toss a few cubes in and up your veggie intake!

 

my other huge secret is the stick blender. tonight I made " refried bean dip "

threw peppers, onions, zucchini, etc into a pan, sauteed till soft, threw

in some beans... cook all for a few minutes, grab the stick blender and pureed

it all up until it was a nice refried bean mush. bam. My suddenly picky 3 yr

old now thinks it's beans and eats it up.

 

same thing with pasta and tomato sauce - we make tons of that when they're

picky, because it makes them think they are " winning " , and i can throw handfuls

of frozen broccoli, cauliflower, etc in , hit it with the stick blender, and

no one is the wiser!

 

and veggie booty is never turned down in this house!

Lisa

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SAHM to Leif and Winter