How do you get extra fruit and veggies into your children?
My son loves veggies but will NOT eat fruit other than applesauce. How can I increase the fruit in his diet without him, er, knowing?
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November 17th, 2009 at 6:18 am
don’t give him anything else to eat
do not deceive your son, he will know and not trust you anymore.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:10 am
First of all, don’t force him to eat fruit or put a big stress on the fact that he needs fruit. Chances are hes not dying without it, although the vitamins in fruit are vital to proper development. When you serve a meal, always put some sort of fruit on the plate. Don’t pressure him to try it, because it will make him rebel against it even more. Eventually, if he keeps seeing the same thing reappear on his plate everyday, chances are he will try it out..and probably like it!
You could also involve him in grocery shopping, and even meal time. Have him help pick out fruits at the grocery store, maybe the fruits you are introducing don’t physically appeal to him. When meal time comes around, give him choices…”Do you want pears or strawberries today?” Don’t overwhelm him with choices, let him pick from 2 or 3. GOOD LUCK!
November 17th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Puree other fruits and add them to the applesauce?
Cherry cobbler, or fruity yogurt
Puree fruits and add them to spaghetti sauces
Puree fruits and add them to cookie mixes or cake mixes
Model good fruit eating habits yourself
Munch on a peach or kiwi in front of him and rave about how good it is!
November 17th, 2009 at 8:44 am
try the power juicer
November 17th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Does he like yogurt? I get plain vanilla yogurt and put in little tiny bits of fruit and tell my kids that it is pudding. It works for us!
I also make fresh smoothies with bananas and strawberries mostly and give them “milkshakes”
November 17th, 2009 at 10:01 am
make him a fun tray of fruit and veggies together. if you make it fun, it will distract him from actually knowing what hes eating.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:15 am
juice is a good way. you can also make home made pop-sickles with fruit juice and then adding fruit to it like blue berries and things. when i was a kid i loved eating fruit frozen. i liked frozen grapes, just wash them, put them in a zip lock bag and freeze them.
you can also try putting some in his yogurt or cereal. also you mentioned he likes apple sauce, well now they make apple sauce with other fruits added to it, like strawberries and things.
you should ask him what he doesn’t like about them. it might not be the taste, it might be the texture. if it is the texture then try taking the fruit and preparing it in a different way.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:35 am
try ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins)
or apples with peanut butter
oh yah and put the fruit in funny shapes (a star, face, etc)