HEALTHY EATING TIPS FOR THE FAMILY: 10 EFFECTIVE PICKY EATER TIPS
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Today I am sharing with you 10 really easy and effective ways that WILL help you or your kids start enjoying and eating vegetables. These are ways that we have …
My kids eat lots of cooked veggies. Carrots, Brocolli, Peas, Cauliflower, Peppers, Corn, Green Beans, etc… But they will not eat anything raw!!! I need some help to try and get them to get uncooked veggies. My son hates any kind of sauce and won't eat any kind if dip so that rules out things like Ketchup, Hummus or Ranch. :/
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It’s like an all-out picky around here for my two oldest. The third isn’t as much. She will try most of what I cook and loves vegetables. My other two absolutely will not try food if they find some way they say they won’t like it. That’s where I really struggle.
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Great tips! We do the rule you have to try it as well. And if it's something that is not new but they are just being picky we save their plate and they have to finish their plate before they have dessert or a bedtime snack.
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I also learned that children are starving right before dinner. I put out raw or lightly steamed veggies and they start to pick at them. The next thing you know they are asking for veggies before dinner! I liked your idea too of a “dip” or sauce to go with them. Once children have eaten broccoli with cheese for a while they can transition to plain broccoli sometimes. I have a friend who doesn’t often use cheese in her homemade macaroni and cheese. Her trick? Butternut squash! It’s delicious! Every once in a while she will ask if the children want it extra cheesy and will add just a bit to the top before baking!
Great tips, Thank You. 😊👌
I loved this video thank you. I needed it lol
Oh my goodness! My husband and I raised 9 children and only had one picky vegetable guy. He doesn’t eat vegetables as an adult either.
Our only other option for anyone who didn’t care for the dinner I made, was a peanut butter fold over too! ( all natural peanut butter and home made whole wheat bread) I refused to be a short order cook but also wanted to extend grace because not everyone likes everything. I also didn’t want our table to be a battle ground. Dinner was usually peaceful in our house, for which I was grateful.( just one thing I got right haha) Our kids also really enjoyed raw broccoli and cauliflower tossed in Italian salad dressing! It was on our dinner table as one of the side dishes with many dinners, and they actually requested it!
You are doing a great job!
I used to teach toddlers (2-3 year olds) and when they wouldn't eat something the two best ways I found to revert this was 1) tell them it used to be their favourite. "When you were 1 broccoli was your favourite, do you remember that?" Suddenly they would remember it was their fave. It worked countless times!! I couldn't believe how often I could pull that on them! 2) upon trying a bite they would suddenly grow very big and strong. I would pretend I didn't see them when they tried the bite of whatever veggie they were telling me they didn't like and then come back around a few seconds after seeing them take a bite and acting very shocked that they suddenly looked much bigger or stronger than a minute ago. I'd have them stand up and show me how tall they were or show me their strong muscles. And I would always say "but you didn't eat that broccoli cause you said you didn't like it", and then they would say well I took a bite… "oooh! You did? that's why your so strong now, wow! You did good eating that bite"….. Without fail they would eat all the veggies and we ALWAYS had to take measurements after lunch for about a month while they were on that kick… But once they started eating all the food on the plate … We didn't have to do that the whole year. It eventually just became normal for all the kids to eat everything.
My child is 2.5. It's very difficult. I try very hard to give veggies every night and he won't eat them. He did eat them as a baby, and won't now:(
Yes! My son who is almost 4 eats anything and everything when he’s at day care! At home we make him try a bite and if it’s something we know he likes but won’t eat it we make him take 3 bites. (or however old he is at the time) Giving him a couple options helps to make him feel like he’s in control….do you want carrots or cucumbers? (which he loves both!) he tells me all the time that if we have an upset tummy, we need to eat more veggies and fruit….I tell him he’s right! 😂
Great Tips!😋
Works on my teenagers too 😉
I didn't really eat vegetables until I went away to college and the pressure of "just try one bite" was gone. I dreaded dinnertime as a child, and had a lot of anxiety about it. If making your kids try one bite is working, great, but if it's not, consider just serving it and saying nothing, they can try it or not. Sometimes just taking away the pressure could help them be more adventurous.
Some of these tips can help with a picky husband too 😉
My son does pretty well with his veggies, I “hide” them and serve them as what they are on the side as well. He is almost two so it could change… but I totally agree with the practice of chopping them super small and adding it to the dish cause they can’t pick it all out. I have a friend who’s daughters don’t eat vegetables because she would make them a separate meal when they didn’t like something. In my house you eat what I serve (within reason, no spicy for the baby haha) and when my friends daughter comes over to baby sit and then stays for dinner I do this trick with her too… chop it up tiny enough so she can’t pick it out so I know some vegetable essence is making it in haha
I think this is a great list!
1) I also tell my kids that research says that sometimes it takes a few attempts at a new food for our brains to adjust and form an opinion to the new flavor/texture/etc. So they have to try roasted broccoli a few times before they may actually like it. Or they may just not like roasted broccoli but rather they like it raw. Again every preparation and seasoning takes some time to adjust their palette.
2) I know your kids are young but don’t be discouraged when they really start to have strong opinions about things. I am also a teacher of older elementary kids and knew the pushback scenario but it is an entire different beast when it is your actual kid refusing to do something that seemed “in the bag” when they were little. Especially when they begin to want some choice and the responsibility of making their own food. There is an ebb and flow that healthy choices will continue to be cultivated even if you hit some rough patches.
Thank you so much for this video. My daughter that’s 4 watches your videos with me and she refuses to eat peas or randomly decides she doesn’t like a vegetable just because she doesn’t want to eat it and this video is opening up her mind to want to eat videos. She said ‘mom I’m going to learn how to eat vegetables’.
Such great tips! Thank you!
Very nice video Abby ! Thank you 👍❤
The bell pepper in spaghetti doesn't work for my kids. 3&2 they find them every time. Sadly bell peppers is one of the only veggies my husband will eat🤦♀️
My babies all ate their veggies, then after 1 they were like NOPE! Wouldn't touch them. I have 4 kids, ages 15, 13, 5 and 3. The older three will now eat green beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts, corn (not a veggie? ha) and that's it. My oldest will eat salads with carrots and red onion, but lettuce isn't really nutritious I guess lol
My kids will NOT eat steamed veggies. Neither will I. Ew. Roasted, all the way! And only fresh. They also won't eat canned. Neither will I. Ew. How you cook them and season them matters! And hiding them, doesn't work for mine. They have very heightened veggie detection radar. If they see it they know it's there. Like peppers, onions, carrots, tomatoes… even if you can't taste it they will PICK IT OUT! Grr…
I will say my 3, almost 4, year old still won't touch veggies. I JUST got him to eat like a couple tiny pieces of broccoli a week ago. WOOHOO! They say it takes 20 tries? Hogwash. I have offered him veggies and encouraged him to try for years lol. I will keep trying. Eventually he'll cave, maybe.
But I didn't eat a single vegetable until I was in my 30's. I kid you not. And here I am, healthy and alive 🙂 so it's not the end of the world if your kids won't eat them. They probably will eventually! Keep trying! I LOVE veggies now! If I didn't love meat so much I could probably go vegetarian or vegan lol
My kids all became picky eaters around 4. This was your favorite last week. Well it looks gross now. Or well I don't now. I love veggies and salads, and they're all crazy 😂 so I do a lot of hiding veggies.
I myself am NOT a picky eater. There is a very short list of things that i wont eat and there are very few veggies on that list. My son used to be picky but not so much any more. He is 30. My daughter is the picky one. She is 25 and she has alot of things that she won't eat. But since she doesn't cook she just buys a lot of tv dinners and prepared foods. And very rarely does she eat what i cook. Most veggies are on the long list of foods she won't eat. I don't know why she is so picky now she used to not be that way. Well thanks for sharing Abby. You look pretty in this video. Catch you later.
ANOTHER THOUGHT if your kids don't like a veggie try cooking it different. say… I can't stand Brussel sprouts boiled in a pan!! so gross. BUT if I cut them in half put some olive oil and a little bit of pink salt and roast them. there crispy on the outside and yummy in the middle. My kids didn't and still don't like cooked cauilflower. So I always kept some out raw. so they ate it raw. and I was fine with that. getting them to "help" in the kitchen they will eat things they may not of. when they didn't help cook. my kids didn't like anything (veggies, meat etc) the first time they have to try it. but the second time they would eat alittle and by the third time not a problem. Feed your baby what you eat. at 6 months blende it up. carrots mash them with a fork and let them eat them etc. buy apples and make applesauce then you know whats in it.
Yup…you don't eat it you go to bed hungry. Glad I'm not the only one 🙂
I can't believe you have down thumbs! I used an immersion blender to hide veggies in sauces too. We also have a rule where she has to have 3 bites of everything I make every meal. But I also try to make sure there is at least one thing on her plate I know she likes. I also try different ways of preparing it. My daughter didn't love steamed broccoli, but she LOVES oven roasted with the black edges. I do smoothies also and call them shakes 😂 and yes.. monkey see monkey do. They copy what they see quite often.
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I grew up and it was called a NO THANK YOU BITE. We had to take a BITE at least of EVERYTHING that was served at Daycare. That's what the no thank you bite was in case you didn't really want to. We were encouraged to take the amount of bites per the AGE we were so like 5 bites on the entire plate if we were being a hesitant eater if 5 years old.
Bugs Bunny started me eating raw carrots and Popeye with the spinach as a kid. Old cartoons.
My little girl is 4 and she amazed me when she opened the fridge door and asked for vegetables!
My mom did something called hobo packs when I was younger and I do them now. As a kids it was always a hit and super fun to take camping and cook over a fire or grill, but can also be cooked in the oven. My mom would pick the protein and then have bowls of veggies that we could pick and choose from.
My kids refuse to eat most veggies. Veggies (off my plate half-chewed) were the first foods they had. So I started off right. My older kids, to this day, love veggies.
It's just my youngest two. They liked their veggies as well, until around 3 or 4 years old. You being a teacher know how sensitive some Autistics are about textures. That's my issue is autism and texture issues.
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Do you/did you do baby lead weaning? If so can you share some tips on that!
Haha I was the picky kid haha! Now I enjoy incorporating in my meals.
You're such a great Mother. Tough love about eating is hard, but sounds like you have a handle on it.
Lol I need this for myself.
I am a pediatrician and you are absolutely right.
Kids.eat.in.color on Instagram is a registered dietician with lots of great tips on exposure to veggies and picky eaters!
Great Tips!
So true. My son is a social eater and there are some veggies that he will eat just because he see me eat it. From he was a baby his preference was always veggies over fruit….he is slowly coming to like more fruits at age 9.