Thursday, February 11, 2010

Avoid the mouth wrinkling, nose scrunching response to vegetables...

I don't necessarily know what it is about kids and vegetables, but when they hear the word they love to wrinkle their mouths, shake their heads and scrunch their noses. And, with that response parents, including me, are left trying to figure out how to get these nutrient packed foods into our growing kid’s bodies. But sometimes, I like to say, the key to eating vegetables is the way you play.


It might not be every day that you want to cut up everything to create a fun snack, but my simple spread with a few uniquely cut vegetables can turn a boring wheat cracker along with boring veggies into something that's delicious and fun to assemble and looking fabulous enough to attempt to eat. Once they've taken the bite they just might find out how much they like vegetables vs. thinking they don't and hence you might avoid the mouth wrinkling, nose scrunching faces.



http://www.pricechopper.com/Recipes/Detail/6891/Fun_with_Veggies%21/