5 ways to make sure your kid is getting enough fruit and veg in their diet
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There?s no way. Not a chance your kid is going to taste even one little bite of your roasted broccoli.
Sound familiar" Parents always worry about kids getting enough healthy food in them. But if you?re not winning this nightly dining table tug of war, what are you to do" Here are five strategic approaches to make sure your pint-sized family members are getting enough fruit and vegetables into their diets.
Disguise it
There?s a reason this is an age-old parenting trick. Break out your blender or food processor to blitz steamed, roasted or even raw broccoli, spinach, kale and other nutrient-packed veg, and then stir it into a pasta sauce or soup.
For your household sweet tooth, smoothies are a sweet way to camouflage fruit and vegetables. Blend yogurt (or your dairy of choice) with a handful of ice, some easy-blending spinach and frozen mango for a snack to sip on during Paw Patrol. Or if you?re pressed for time, hand over a MadeGood granola bar, which tucks vegetable extracts from spinach, broccoli, carrots and other vegetables into its delicious snacks. (Along with bars, MadeGood also has granola minis, crispy squares and cookies as part of its lineup, and it recently introduced crackers as a savoury option.)
Prep it
Seen those clear, stackable produce boxes on TikTok" While your fridge doesn?t have to look like those uber-organized ones, TikTokers are onto something in that washing, chopping and storing your fruit makes it more likely to b...
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