Monday, August 5, 2013

Ways To Get Your Kids To Eat Veggies

By George Dodson


You probably one of those kids who always reminded by parents to eat your vegetables to have a strong body.

Let's face it, some vegetables just don't taste good. Of course it depends on the person since taste vary with individuals.

Most of us know that vegetables are good for you. These foods are equipped with all the essential nutrients and vitamins that the body require. They also vary in texture and color.

Today, there are about enumerable ways on how we can obtain these essential nutrients and vitamins however, taking it from all-natural sources is still best and most efficient way of ingesting these requirements in our body. With this in mind, it is important to train your kids to eat vegetables. However, its really not easy feeding kids with veggies - is there an easy way to do it?

One good idea, is to feed them the vegetables that taste good, and find ways to modify the vegetables they don't seem to like. Sugar can be added to their meal to have a sweeter taste and add squash for the soft and smooth taste. To have an appealing taste, you can have your vegetable sauted with butter, garlic and onions. You can opt for cauliflowers or broccoli since these vegetables are palatable for children when sauted or cooked with various sauces. Saute as well as meals with sauce are the best way to conceal the bitter as well as other unpalatable tastes in vegetables..

A lot of vegetables however taste better when they are left as they are and not cooked. There's probably a reason how these vegetables taste how they are. You can actually eat off the vegetable right off from its vine just like the tomato for example. Depending on how they're grown, carrots have a delightful sweet taste when eat raw. Then again there are those veggies that doesn't have the same traits such as turnips and rutabagas.

In the same manner as potatoes and squash, these vegetables can be prepared by adding seasonings and sauteing for a better taste.

Having to boil a vegetable lessens its nutrient as well as vitamin content and not to mention it degrades the taste. If you choose to saute your vegetable, you'll have a better taste and the essential vitamins and minerals will retain. You can also have a better taste if you prepare your vegetables Al Dente style or half cooked.

Let's face it, vegetables are nature's way of providing you with the essential vitamins and minerals plus the fiber that you need for a healthy diet. Having to feed your kids with vegetables are actually not that difficult at all if you know how to improvise the taste and cook it that way your kids would love. If you do, you'll be providing your kids with all the health benefits that they need.




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