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Kids - Tips for feeding healthy

By Linn Miller
Edited by Debby Padilla-Hudson

• Puree veggies and then put them in foods so they don't notice them. This works well in a meat loaf for instance. You can mince up or puree carrots, celery, zucchini, squash and many other things and add it to meat loaf, and they don't notice them and the meatloaf has an enhanced flavor.
• For pot roasts, you can cook lots of veggies along with, whatever your favorites are, and then puree them up along with the juice from the roast.
• Disguises the veggies and makes a gravy thickener that's very healthy. Same for just about any protein you cook, just cook the veggies along with it to help flavor the food and absorb all the flavor, then puree them up as a sauce to serve over the food.
• Kids love fun things with food also. There are lots of cook books out that show you how different way to cut and prepare foods in fun fashions or shapes. We have lots of special little kitchen tools for preparing food in many different ways.
  • Carrots cut with a crinkle cutter or long carrot curls are much more fun to eat than regular old carrots.
  • Celery can be stuffed and then two pieces put together and then cut into slices for fun little finger foods.
  • We used to make pictures or faces with the food when serving it. Stuff like that, and the kids all loved to help.
• Use zucchini in place of noodles or rice in dishes. Zucchini is such a versatile item and it has a tendency to take on the flavor or whatever you put it with. If you shred it coarsely, it gives the appearance of noodles in dish and also gives you the feeling that you're actually eating noodles. If you shred it finely, it can pass for shredded cheese.

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