Ways To Get Boys To Accept Vegetables

By George Dodson


Back in our childhood days, many if not all were always reminded by parents to eat veggies to stay strong and healthy.

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

We already know that eating vegetables bring about many benefits. These foods are equipped with all the essential nutrients and vitamins that the body require. Vegetables also differ in sizes, shapes, textures as well as colors.

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. Knowing this, we want our children to eat vegetables. The main question however is how you can go about making your children eat vegetables.

For starters, you can start with the vegetables that doesn't taste too awful for children then try to make modifications for other vegetables. 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. That mask the taste that you get when you either boil or heat interactive vegetables in some other way..

A lot of vegetables however taste better when they are left as they are and not cooked. Nature seems to have a way of making them taste that way. Many a kid is gone out in the garden with a salt shaker and eat the tomatoes right off the vine. In addition, you can also nibble on carrots right after picking from the garden since they are sweet and actually taste really great. However, this is not the case with regards to root crop veggies such as turnips and rutabagas.

Like potatoes and squash, these can be prepared with butter or other seasoning and taste is not bad.

Having to boil a vegetable lessens its nutrient as well as vitamin content and not to mention it degrades the taste. All the while if you saute your vegetable you'll be preserving its natural taste as well as all the essential benefits you can get from the vegetable. If you prepare them out then Al Dente, they are firm to the bite and taste more like their natural state.

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. Getting your children to eat them is not difficult if you use your imagination, consider what they like, and prepare those that are not so tasteful in ways that seem to mask the taste. Through this, you'll be able to guarantee your child's' healthy well being.




About the Author:



Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire