Perhaps the trick is that once kids have eaten these things and said they like them that is the time to say “oh yes it was yummy wasnt it?…and its so healthy for you with lots of veggies”…and then tell them whats in it. Tell them you are so proud of them for eating healthy things.

I’m lucky that my kids will eat just about anything. Because there are 4 kids, we use veggies to bulk out and stretch meat dishes as well as provide nutrients for their growing bodies.

Bolognaise is always a great one to put vegies in. I use mushooms, zucchini, carrot, Onion (of course!), celery and lentils. The lentils really bulk out the meal so if you are trying to cut back a little on meat (like David Attenborough says we should do) then this is a great option.

Kids really do love to be included when making things in the kitchen, thanks a great read.

Some great tips. I make a veggie save pasta, red lintels, pumpkin, sweet potato and cheese and blitz it all up and serve with spaghetti pasta, everyone loves it

My kids don’t like to eat veggies as a curry. I just team them and serve with rice.Sometimes i put all of them in a soup. They can’t identify them.

My mixed vegetable soup has all the leftover veggies in the fridge. The family usually eats them except every now & then I need to turn leftovers into fritters.

My Pumpkin soup is no longer pumpkin soup, it’s every vegetable in the house soup as long as it’s still orange soup.
I have a $7 chopper from Kmart that is my life saver when it comes to spaghetti sauce, risotto, quiche and even the cheeky chocolate cupcake. It’s amazing and and chops everything really well.

Mine know the veggies are there and they just eat them now.

We all love our veggies, so need need to hide them. I do tend to add more to stews and casseroles though as we enjoy them so much!

I don’t hide vegies and never have done. My boys ate lots of different veges and they knew that if they tried something and didn’t like it, then I wouldn’t make them eat it. I’m pleased to say that they now eat a lot more different veges than I do.

I don’t hide veggies because I believe kids should know what they are eating, I told my kids if they don’t eat vegetables they will not eat chicken or meat. So far my kids have eaten okra, egg plant, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower. Carrots cucumber and capsicum are easy for them to eat as they like it.

Pasta bake I grate carrot and zucchini into. This is only because my 18 month old isn’t good with veggies. I just keep offering veggies every night, eventually she will eat them

I don’t hide I’ve always served veggies like it’s the most natural, normal thing. My kids eat the same as I do. I will say that they do get excited to eat things we’ve grown though.

Spag Bol sauce – I add grated carrot and zucchini in the meat and sauce mix.

Wonderful post and so very true. How will people eat vegetables if they have never been introduced to them in the first place. My daughter told me the other day, you’d be proud of me now mum, I love eating mushrooms now. I used to put some veg on my children’s plates and ask them just to keep tasting them – some things they liked immediately but others took a while but I never expected it would take over 20 years before the taste buds kicked in.

I’m getting better at eating my verges without hiding them in my food. I still have to hide the flavour as much as possible. My kids just eat them without issues!

Spaghetti bolognese, lasagne, patties, soups all great ways to hide the veggies

I am a fan of hiding veggies but I’ve also found that involving the kids in the cooking has made them more willing to try things

Great read ! I like to add veggies in lots of things like brownies, pies, muffins, pancakes and of course any dinner. For baking I often replace normal flour with chickpea or lentil flour

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  • • Ellen replied
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  For me it’s not about hiding, but about adding as much as veggies as we can as in my experience it’s hard to offer 5 servings of veggies to kids a day.