| Vegetables are a great way to provide the necessary | | | | afterwards. |
| vitamins and minerals to your family. However, how | | | | Use cheese. Cheese and broccoli go very well |
| many times have you told your children to eat their | | | | together. If you pour a cheese sauce over the broccoli, |
| vegetables? Probably a lot. | | | | you are adding texture and changing the flavor. You |
| For some reason, children have an aversion to | | | | might find your children eat the broccoli in cheese |
| vegetables. They will cry and sit for hours before you | | | | before whatever else you have served with it. |
| finally give in and send them from the table. | | | | Lasagna is delicious with broccoli added. Smothering it |
| Vegetables do not always have to be the enemy. The | | | | in cheese can add to the flavor and disguise the |
| key is to find a creative way to prepare them and | | | | broccoli. Children will be too busy enjoying the cheesy |
| your family will become vegetable lovers rather than | | | | flavor to bother picking out the bits of broccoli. |
| vegetable haters! | | | | Vegetable pizza is another way of sneaking in broccoli. |
| Do you remember when you were a child and your | | | | Nearly all kids love pizza so a healthy vegetable pizza |
| mother dropped a soggy green lump of cabbage on | | | | recipe will produce something they associate with fun |
| your plate. Did you want to eat it? Almost certainly not. | | | | rather than veggies. |
| There are various ways to encourage your children to | | | | Chop it up - if all else fails, pre cook the broccoli and let |
| eat their vegetables. You might even need to trick | | | | it cool a little and put it in a food processor. Chop it up |
| them! Broccoli is an example of a vegetable, which is | | | | until it is not recognizable and add it to whatever dish |
| high in vitamin and mineral content, and there are plenty | | | | you are cooking. Your children will not even know it is |
| of ways to prepare it. Here are some tips: | | | | there. |
| Try it raw. Leave a plate of raw broccoli in bite-size | | | | Shakes - this might sound weird but it works. Make a |
| pieces in the refrigerator for your children as a snack. | | | | milkshake with milk, ice cream, and chocolate syrup. |
| Offer some salad dressing so they can dip it and this | | | | Add some broccoli to the shake (make sure the kids |
| is often a hit. Leave the tips of the broccoli on the plate | | | | aren't watching!) and blend it some more. As long as |
| and encourage your child to eat them. You can even | | | | you use a chunky type of ice cream, your kids will not |
| make a creative game of this. Grilled vegetable | | | | realize the broccoli is there and hopefully they will drink |
| recipes are not the only way to serve healthy | | | | the shake too fast to notice any stray green bits! |
| vegetables. | | | | Vegetables are high in essential nutrients, especially for |
| If all else fails, bribery often works. Tell your child that | | | | growing kids, so it is great that there are so many |
| they will get a special treat if they finish their | | | | ways to get them to eat their veggies! |
| vegetables. Make sure you have a treat for them | | | | |