What's a good way to get kids to try new foods?

Answer 1

Take them shopping with you so they can see what it looks like before you get at it in the kitchen

Answer 2

Mostly by example. Eat them yourself and comment how good they are for you, how funny they taste, how they improve this or that, etc. (Arouse their curiosity, pride, etc.).

Make the experience a fun one, something like a happening.

In some occasions if they participate in the cooking or preparation they will be willing to try the result of their effort. (Make sure the cooking is not something the may fell like grouse; i.e. cleaning a fish or chicken).

Praise them when they try it, but do not make it an obligation or a moral issue!

Finally, do not worry to much, somethings take time, eating well is a educational factor an it takes time to develop the taste for things.

Answer 3

This may sound cruel but it works. Keep them hungry as much as possible. The first taste is good and they will ask for more. Cut out eating between meals. Do not leave them access to the food cupboard and the fridge. Keep them away from TV food adverts. Discipline is not easy. Good Luck!

Answer 4

Reverse psychology sometimes works for me. Make two different meals one night one for the kids and one for you and your hubby. If they ask why cant they have that food say it is only for big people but they can have a little taste.

I also used to make them try something and held my hand by their mouths telling them that they can spit it out if they don't like it. My son told me the other day that he would just spit it out into my hand cos he could (ha ha). But the next time i put whatever it was on his plate, he would eat it.

Try anything and if it works great!

It is a long process, good luck!

Answer 5

Put them on the table without saying anything about them and serve them up, giving the kids a small portion too, and eat them yourself without comment but with enjoyment.

If the kids dont try the new food and just leave it on their plate, ask them to try it but if they refuse better not to make a fuss, just try again with it - days, weeks or months later.

Answer 6

Make it look fun and interesting (like the old favorite "ants on a log"). Kraftfoods.com has some good ideas.

Let them help you make it. Then they'll have part "ownership" in it. They can be taste-testers along the way.

If all else fails, they probably won't let themselve starve to death. Have only healthy choices in the pantry. The kids will grow whether we want them to or not. =)

Answer 7

Have a special food tasty day/party. You could maybe have a Chinese day. Put out dishes of various food such as egg fried rice, prawn crackers, spring rolls and make it fun to try them.

You could also maybe have a reward chart and give points or stickers for each bit of food they try. My advice would be to try small amounts and not over-face them

Answer 8

You dont say how old your kids are - according to their age buy a childrens cookery book with lots of nice pictures in it and they can choose what they like and get involved in preparing it. then they can enjoy their dish when cooked/baked.

Also, if they have friends who do eat different foods from your kids, invite them round for tea - once your kids see others tucking in they might join in as well.

Answer 9

u eat em n they'll start eating it. the environment can effect children hugely. They look upto their parents, siblings if they have any and by things around them. If u or siblings(older) eat it, they'll do the same. It's more effective if say u have three kids and the youngest don't eat veggies. then the second oldest eating veggies might just make youngest eat it. I have a little bro. although we fight alot, he's always doing things that i did. haha.

Answer 10

You control the food that comes into the house. Make sure the good food you want your children to appreciate is child accessible.

The saying, "caught, not taught" certainly applies to teaching nutrition to kids. More powerful than any amount of talking about nutrition is the example you set in your home. Give new meaning to "fast foods." Make nutritious foods readily available for your children. Plan to have fresh foods within easy reach, so that when they're hungry and foraging for something to eat, it's easy for them to help themselves! If you want to control the serving size, consider pre-packaging healthy snacks in plastic sandwich bags. Ideas for accessible snacks:
A raw vegetable tray kept in the refrigerator at children's eye level
A tempting assortment of fresh fruits washed and ready to eat in a fruit bowl - or cut up in bite-size pieces in the refrigerator, ready to eat.
A special place in your cupboard or pantry for "kid's snack attacks." It may include popcorn, whole-grain crackers, bread sticks, rice cakes or raisins.
A pre-mixed snack that includes a variety of cereals, pretzels, and dried fruit. And, have fun keeping the best foods, not only available, but accessible!

Create a pleasant, supportive and unhurried environment in which your children can enjoy healthy foods. Meal and snack times should be happy times. If there is enjoyable, light conversation and relaxing background music playing, it is more likely that appetites and dispositions will be good. To lighten moods and facilitate pleasant conversation, ask each family member to share one positive thing that happened that day. Appetites are likely to be poor if parents are impatient with children's behavior, if mealtime is a platform for discipline or criticism, or the T.V. is on. So, set the stage! Create the mood - and set your kids up to enjoy their meal times. And by all means, enlist their help!
Pick kid-friendly, ethnic meal themes, such as Mexican or Italian
Make special name tags or table decorations
Pick some flowers from the garden (or at the florist or grocery store) for the dinner table, and/or light candles.
Use special dishes - paper plates for a picnic atmosphere, the best China for mom's birthday. When you involve your children in the meal planning and give them choices, they are more likely to have a good attitude toward eating and eat the foods best for them.
Kids will copy your food habits. Do you eat nutritious foods? Set an example by being a good role model. If children see their parents enjoying nutritious food, they are more likely to do so, too, as children and as adults. Kids will pick up on your habits at an early age. If what you do does not mirror what you say, you will likely hear little voices asking, "Mommy, why are you eating that when you said I couldn't have it?" If a family member, such as grandma or uncle, is on a special diet for health reasons, talk with your children about why this person eats certain foods and not others, and how the diet helps this special someone stay healthy. Model the positive value of good nutrition, and children will eventually begin to see that consistent daily choices translate into health and happiness.

Don't expect your child to like a food just because you do. Use a small helping of peer pressure to get your child to eat. If your child is going through a food-refusal stage, invite over peers with adventuresome palates, kids who like to eat new and wholesome foods. Monkey does what monkey sees.

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Answer 11

Add small amount on there plate eventually there try it ant portion you put on the plate will get bigger and your child will be eating new foods... it works, just don't make a fuss over the new food your introducing