How do I get my baby to eat veggies?

Hello!

When veggies were my sons only option, he loved them. Ever since I’ve given him meats and grains (bread/wholemeal pasta, tuna, chicken etc), he just squishes his veggies up and I can’t get him to eat them, neither steamed, fresh or roasted.. I won’t add salt obviously, and he’s independent so won’t let you feed him puree, and although I’m getting by hiding them in things at the moment, I really would prefer he got used to enjoying eating them plain. Any tips? I’d though about stir-frying them with a smidge of garlic, is that okay for an 8 month old to have a little bit of garlic?

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- - Ellen said
  - 06 Sep 2023
    7:50 am
Garlic is fine for babies. You can fold a lot of veggies in pasta sauce, lasagna, shepherd pie, veggie muffins, veggie fritters and omelettes. Sweet potato fries eats easy too. A big hit in our house was dipping the veggies in a batter and deep fry them (great for broccolli stalks, cauliflower stalks, slices of zuccini, slices of eggplant, etc)
- - RA1234756 said
  - 30 May 2023
    10:32 am
Self feed a puree pouch, and keep introducing them by letting him squish them. It still helps.
- - Dreaming mummy said
  - 19 Aug 2016
    12:25 pm
Thankyou so much that’s a great idea, like a pasta sauce! Great to know about the garlic too we love garlic so it’s good he can have it too!
- - mom81879 said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    11:04 am
Garlic is fine for babies, very healthy for them. May I suggest you leave the meat, pasta, grain options on his plate as you are already serving them to him. And purée the veggies, then mix the 2 together