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10 recipes guaranteed to get kids eating vegetables
Encouraging children to eat their veggies or try new foods can often result in mealtimes quite quickly turning into a battle of wills! The good thing is, most children grow out of their fussiness, with mealtime meltdowns becoming a distant memory (or nightmare!). But if you’re in the midst of feeling the frustration, Annabel is here to help with her tasty yet effective mealtime picks to get kids to love their veg!
Annabel’s top 10 recipes to get kids to eat their veggies
Hidden Veg Sauce
What they can’t see they can’t pick out! Blending vegetables into your fussy eater’s favourite sauce is a great way to secretly hit that 5-a-day target. Even the most experienced of hidden veggie detectives won’t spot the 5 veggies in this super tasty tomato sauce.
Not only does this healthy toddler and kid-friendly casserole recipe contain an all-important dose of brain-boosting iron, it comes packed with 7 veggies! Plus, it’s super tasty and easy to prepare too.
When it comes to adding goodness to a picky child’s diet, a blender might just become your new best friend! Kids rarely turn down a smoothie so use this to your advantage by pairing fruits with veggies for a nutritious 5-a-day hit.
These little balls are a fantastic way to pack in veggies and are the ideal finger food for babies and toddlers. They are also great for batch cooking and freezing, in readiness for those busy days.
Follow Popeye’s good example and boost your baby and toddler’s strength with… you guessed it – spinach! This superfood pasta recipe is loaded with the good stuff.
Vegetables are the hero in this super simple fritters recipe. In Annabel’s expert opinion, fritters always go down a treat with babies, toddlers, kids, and adults alike. This is the ideal finger food recipe, packed full of flavour (and not forgetting their 5-a-day!)
Pass the serving spoon! Everyone can tuck into this luxuriously layered family cottage pie which boasts a rather impressive vegetable-packed ingredient list.
Annabel’s special macaroni cheese recipe definitely deserves its title. Supercharged with broccoli and sweetcorn, this creamy creation with a crunchy topping is the best fuel for your family – young and old!
Refuel after a busy day with Annabel’s super-tasty spaghetti Bolognese recipe which is packed with those all-important veggies. A great way towards their 5-a-day (and the kids will be one the wiser!)