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Parents, did you ever use any clever ways to sneak veggies into your children's food? If so, what were those ways? ~

Posted - September 8, 2018

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  • 44358
    We didn't need to. They liked veggies, and so do the grandkids.
      September 8, 2018 7:28 AM MDT
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  • 10053
    I didn't have to with my kids, but I do have a trick that works.
    Finely chop broccoli and carrots and put in tomato sauce for lasagna, spaghetti, etc. I don't really do it to be sneaky, I do it because I think it's delicious. My veggie-hating family members were shocked when I told them why my sauce is so good. :)
      September 8, 2018 7:43 AM MDT
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  • 16346
    Ever tried substituting spinach or silverbeet for lasagna sheets? 
      September 8, 2018 7:52 AM MDT
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  • 10053
    No, but I have done a white lasagna with spinach. I use pasta with extra protein because I'm vegetarian. 
      September 8, 2018 6:57 PM MDT
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  • 16346
    Pumpkin was something my kids hated, so I pullled a stunt my parents used on my siblings and I when we were little - orange potatoes. Mix sweet potato in with the regular mash, then when the kids are used  to the colour, switch it.
    Other vegies were never a problem.
      September 8, 2018 7:50 AM MDT
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  • 44358
    My son would throw up sweet potatoes since the first time he ate them as a baby.
      September 8, 2018 1:34 PM MDT
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  • 53016

      And?

    :|
      September 8, 2018 5:58 PM MDT
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  • 17483
    My children would eat pasta sauce and macaroni/cheese regardless what I added to it.  I, of course, never added anything gross. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at September 8, 2018 1:35 PM MDT
      September 8, 2018 12:44 PM MDT
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  • 53016

      Did you add vegetables (surreptitiously)?
    ~
      September 8, 2018 1:10 PM MDT
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  • 17483
    That is a given.
      September 12, 2018 6:43 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    My parents used a fork'an spoon and I ate'ed it ........  :( 
      September 8, 2018 1:14 PM MDT
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  • 44358
    Isn't the 'eated' You Brits spell funny.
      September 8, 2018 1:35 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Yes...we two spiel funny like that..it's a humousrous way to spell the  word...:) 
      September 8, 2018 1:40 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i dont have kids but i would just give thenn veggie juice
      September 8, 2018 4:38 PM MDT
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