My family doesn't eat as many veggies as i'd like them to. Recently When I ask my 7 year old, "why don't you want to eat your veggies?" he answered, "because they have no flavor and they taste like pancakes without syrup" at that moment I fully understood why I can't seem to get my 2 year old to eat his veggies! With the 7 year old I can totally negotiate I hear myself saying all the time "20 minutes of farmville if you eat those steamed carrots." With the 2 year old it's not that simple, you can't negotiate, but that's alright I have other tricks up my mommy sleeves and it's called...
FLAVOR!!!
It's amazing what a little spice can do, it's even more amazing what using those highly unusual and misunderstood vegetables can do. For example, for an exciting alternative to that bland steamed spinach Grandma used to force down your throat, try some Mustard-greens instead just fry them up with some grilled onions and you're good-2-go! To make your frozen bag of peas a little more pleasing just add a 1/2 cup of leaks, and some crushed garlic. To get your 2 year old to eat his cabbage just add 1 cup chopped funnel and a cubed apple to the mix and steam just like normal. Us mommies and daddies should never forget that our kids need flavor too, and with a little added flavor they will willingly eat those veggies!
Here is that Cabbage and Funnel recipe YUM!
- 1/4 head red/green/purple cabbage
- 1 small onion
- 1/2 bulb fennel
- 1 small apple
Shred cabbage, drop into boiling, salted water for one minute, drain and rinse. Finely slice onion and fennel and fry in olive oil until soft. Peel, quarter, and core apple into cubes and add to onion, fennel, and cabbage. Add some stock or water, cover and steam for 5 minutes, remove lid and evaporate liquid. (we like to add some fresh uncooked tomato before serving. You can also add some carrots along with the cabbage)
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