how can i get my child to eat fruit and veg hes 6?

Answer 1

Make a platter of lots of different fruits, then get a globe and talk to him about where it comes from while he eats and tries fruit. Don't forget the weird stuff, like starfruit and lychees and that.

Another good trick is to make a tomato sauce for pasta, but add a load of vegetables and blitz in the food processor. Actually, soups are another good hiding place ;-)

I grated up some mushrooms the other day into some mince and my daughter had NO CLUE that she ate her least fave veg, bwahahaha :-)

You could always go the Big Cook Little Cook way and make the veg into something decorative. Or get him to help you prepare the dinner!

Failing that, go on about his favourite character/celebrity being famous for eating his veg, and that that's how he got so strong!

I love having kids, so many opportunities to bullsh*t them ;-)

Answer 2

Make alternative food less or unavailable. But also try to make it more exciting.

Dice up the fruit into a fruit salad and perhaps serve it with a touch of ice-cream. don't just give him apples, add a bit of kiwi, banana, apricot in there.

The same with veg, create a meal or snack made only of vegetables, but try it with a home-made or healthy shop-bought sauce.

Answer 3

Try to make mixed fruits purée or else make him a fruit salad (maybe colours encourage him more) or mixed fruits with yoghurts or ice cream. Or make such as an apple sliced in a shape of boats or something or show him how to remove an apple corer with the tool (stay near him to do) maybe he thinks he is playing but if he wants to do he must eat it then. Hope these are helpful tips

Answer 4

a good trick is to (gradually and start with one veg at a tme)
make a show of eating said vegetable and then tell him he cannot have it (you have to act as if it is really special...grown up food!!!!)
and then he can only get to eat said veggie when he finishes another (eg carrots which he may ' like' but just be a little fussy over eating)

so each time you can introduce a new veggie as an exciting grown up food

***great when used as a reward for good behavior****

and he will eat it no matter how it may taste because he is cool eating big grown up veggies

make sense?

Answer 5

When children start to crawl the human body develops a revulsion to vegetables. This is a safety mechanism to prevent the baby from eating something poisonous.
The easiest method is to add sweeteners at a gradually reducing rate until the child associates that vegetables are nice. Peas, baked beans, mashed potato with tomato flavour are good starters.

Answer 6

less candy more fruit, kids actually love fruit

n bout the vegs, this worked on my nephews: give them spoon of all different food, potatoes, meat and veggies, tell them that they have to eat that for sure and if they make any weird faces or complain about it, say they'll get another spoon

i can say that my nephews now eat all veggies and even love them

oh, and they never complain bout their meals, hehe

Answer 7

I am having similar challenges with my 6 yr old daughter so far what seems to work is not allowing her to have any junk food between meals thus ensuring she is hungry at meal times. Then we put it on the plate (tiny bit at first) when it's tried tell she needs to try at least 6 mouth fulls (that's how old you are) before you can say you don't like it. Laborious and painful but is working.

Answer 8

Sometimes you have to be sneaky, or "cheat". I used to make smiley face pancakes, and add small slices of fruit or raisins (or anything else.) Also get cookie cutters and cut out shapes. Sometimes you can get them to eat cooked veggies by melting cheese over them. Mostly presentation, small amounts, and eating them yourself is the best solutions. And disguise, you'd be surprised at what you can put in oatmeal cookies!

Answer 9

Fruit is the easy part...... Mix in with a milk shake. Now veggies you have to be tricky. I use a cheese sauce most of the time. Another idea would be to lightly batter them and deep fry, present a dipping sauce like ranch, blue cheese, or honey mustard and they're off to races with good nutrition.....

Answer 10

My mum used to make it a treat to eat raw fruit and veggies with little bits of cheese or ham for example - the treat was we could eat with our fingers, something we weren't allowed to do the rest of the time.