| In general, kids like to eat healthy. They love foods like | | | | likes them |
| fruit, yoghurt, milk and cereals. But unfortunately, the | | | | - Maybe your child doesn't have a general problem |
| huge amount of chocolates and chips they see and | | | | with the food itself but rather with its texture. |
| are offered everywhere often makes them crave for | | | | - If your child doesn't like tomatoes, try tomato sauce, |
| these foods and rather rejecting the healthy foods you | | | | canned tomatoes or tomato soup. |
| serve them. | | | | - If he doesn't like a certain fruit, make a jelly of it and |
| But with some simple tricks, you can easily make your | | | | put it on his sandwich for breakfast or mix it in his |
| kids eat healthy foods, sometimes even without them | | | | yoghurt as a snack. |
| noticing it: | | | | - Try stewed or canned fruit instead of fresh fruit. Buy |
| | | | canned fruit in fruit juice rather than syrup as these |
| 1. Hide the veggies in foods your child loves | | | | products don't have sugar added. |
| 2. Serve healthy foods with foods your child loves to | | | | - Make your child's plate look interesting. For example, |
| make them more attractive | | | | cut the fruit and arrange it as a picture. Some butchers |
| 3. Serve foods in a way your child likes them | | | | also sell special polony for kids in the shape of a funny |
| 4. Make desserts, sweets and chips a bonus treat for | | | | face or a teddy bear. |
| eating the healthy food | | | | Trick #4: Make desserts, sweets and chips a bonus |
| 5. Make your kids help preparing the meal | | | | treat for eating the healthy food |
| Trick #1: Hide the veggies in foods your child loves | | | | - This strategy requires some determination from your |
| - Finely chop vegetables and pack them into a | | | | side and might well result in some tantrums but should |
| meatloaf or meat balls. Your child won't even notice | | | | be quite effective after a while. Don't ever give in! |
| they are there. Especially mushrooms and aubergines | | | | Eventually your child will give up. |
| can barely be seen as they take up a similar color like | | | | - If your child refuses a certain healthy food, tell him he |
| the meat. You can also use this trick for your minced | | | | will only get dessert if he finishes his lunch. |
| meat when making a burger. Which child would reject | | | | - Chips and sweets will only be given after eating the |
| a burger? | | | | whole dinner. |
| - If your child likes milk and yoghurt but refuses to eat | | | | - Just make sure not to overload your child's plate. In |
| fruit, puree the fruit secretly and mix it into the yoghurt. | | | | that case you might be punishing him for not |
| Tell your child it is fruit yoghurt you bought just like that. | | | | overeating which would certainly be wrong. |
| Or make a smoothie or milk shake. Maybe add some | | | | Trick #5: Make your kids help preparing the meal |
| honey to make it sweeter and tastier. | | | | - Children are much more willing to eat a meal when |
| Trick #2: Serve healthy foods with foods your child | | | | they helped preparing it. |
| loves to make them more attractive | | | | - Give your child any task he can perform, like peeling |
| - Serve fruit or fruit puree with ice cream. | | | | the fruit, cutting the vegetables, stirring the food etc. |
| - Pack fruit into your chocolate or vanilla cream. | | | | The more you involve him in the cooking process, the |
| - Serve a small portion of the veggies your child | | | | better. When following these five tricks, your child will |
| doesn't like with other vegetables and chips. | | | | eventually eat at least some of the healthy foods. |
| - Put various vegetables into your pasta tomato sauce. | | | | Focus on one food or one trick at a time, and when |
| - Pour a vegetable puree over the pasta, or make | | | | your child accepts this food, move on to the next one. |
| chutney to serve with the chips or crackers. | | | | Your child has developed his eating habits over time |
| strong>Trick #3: Serve foods in a way your child | | | | and will only gradually change them. |