You can probably still remember as a child the parental adage that would go something like this 'You better eat your vegetables or you won't grow up strong'.
Let's face it, some vegetables just don't taste good. Regarding the taste, this will be up to the person eating the vegetable.
Most of us know that vegetables are good for you. They contain vitamins, essential minerals, and fiber which is necessary for a healthy diet. Vegetables also differ in sizes, shapes, textures as well as colors.
Although there are many good supplements which provide these essential vitamins and minerals, we know that nature tends to provide what we need in just the right amounts and combinations that our body can easily digest. With this in mind, it is important to train your kids to eat vegetables. Question is, how do you get kids to eat vegetables?
For starters, you can start with the vegetables that doesn't taste too awful for children then try to make modifications for other vegetables. You can try putting sugar on your meal or add squash. You might saute carrots in butter and other flavors such as garlic and, which modifies the taste and makes them more palatable. You can opt for cauliflowers or broccoli since these vegetables are palatable for children when sauted or cooked with various sauces. Saute as well as meals with sauce are the best way to conceal the bitter as well as other unpalatable tastes in vegetables..
As most of us will attest to, most of vegetables taste all right in their natural state. There's probably a reason how these vegetables taste how they are. Many a kid is gone out in the garden with a salt shaker and eat the tomatoes right off the vine. Also, carrots can be the sweetest vegetable depending on how they're grown. However, this is not the case with regards to root crop veggies such as turnips and rutabagas.
On the other hand, these too can be sauted and made more tasty just like potatoes and squash.
Having to boil a vegetable lessens its nutrient as well as vitamin content and not to mention it degrades the taste. You retain most of the vitamins and minerals in the vegetables themselves, they taste more like their natural state, and are much easier to fix. You can also have a better taste if you prepare your vegetables Al Dente style or half cooked.
No matter how you put it, vegetables are still the best source of essential proteins, vitamins and minerals that the body. Getting your children to eat them is not difficult if you use your imagination, consider what they like, and prepare those that are not so tasteful in ways that seem to mask the taste. This way, you know your children are getting their essential vitamins and minerals in a form that nature provides for maximum digestion.
Let's face it, some vegetables just don't taste good. Regarding the taste, this will be up to the person eating the vegetable.
Most of us know that vegetables are good for you. They contain vitamins, essential minerals, and fiber which is necessary for a healthy diet. Vegetables also differ in sizes, shapes, textures as well as colors.
Although there are many good supplements which provide these essential vitamins and minerals, we know that nature tends to provide what we need in just the right amounts and combinations that our body can easily digest. With this in mind, it is important to train your kids to eat vegetables. Question is, how do you get kids to eat vegetables?
For starters, you can start with the vegetables that doesn't taste too awful for children then try to make modifications for other vegetables. You can try putting sugar on your meal or add squash. You might saute carrots in butter and other flavors such as garlic and, which modifies the taste and makes them more palatable. You can opt for cauliflowers or broccoli since these vegetables are palatable for children when sauted or cooked with various sauces. Saute as well as meals with sauce are the best way to conceal the bitter as well as other unpalatable tastes in vegetables..
As most of us will attest to, most of vegetables taste all right in their natural state. There's probably a reason how these vegetables taste how they are. Many a kid is gone out in the garden with a salt shaker and eat the tomatoes right off the vine. Also, carrots can be the sweetest vegetable depending on how they're grown. However, this is not the case with regards to root crop veggies such as turnips and rutabagas.
On the other hand, these too can be sauted and made more tasty just like potatoes and squash.
Having to boil a vegetable lessens its nutrient as well as vitamin content and not to mention it degrades the taste. You retain most of the vitamins and minerals in the vegetables themselves, they taste more like their natural state, and are much easier to fix. You can also have a better taste if you prepare your vegetables Al Dente style or half cooked.
No matter how you put it, vegetables are still the best source of essential proteins, vitamins and minerals that the body. Getting your children to eat them is not difficult if you use your imagination, consider what they like, and prepare those that are not so tasteful in ways that seem to mask the taste. This way, you know your children are getting their essential vitamins and minerals in a form that nature provides for maximum digestion.
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