CPW: Fruits & Veggies

[Deleted]

He eats all the fruits, drinks fresh fruit/mostly veggie juice that my H juices, eats a veggie/fruit pouch at daycare, and usually whatever veggies we have for dinner.

[HazyGrey]

Not really a problem. I can always count on her eating peas, cucumber, broccoli, carrots, and corn. If I somehow don't have it planned well, I will give her a veggie pouch to make sure she got something.

[vk]

DS eats fruit like it is going out of style. He will not touch any vegetables. The only way we can get him to have vegetables is if we sneak it in his quesadillas or the pouches.

[Chrisse]

Fresh, frozen and pouches. I'm very lucky that she is the least picky eater.

[puffandstuff]

I make a vegetable with every meal. I either sauté, steam or boil and she has the option to eat or not. She eats fruits and some vegetables raw.

We don't do pouches anymore because she doesn't like them and she squeezes them to make a mess.

[Courtniko]

She will eat all the fruit.
She will eat veggies if we give them as the firs part of the meal, once she sees other food she will often skip the veggies.

[puffandstuff]

Mar 23, 2016 8:25:48 GMT -5 @yodasmom said:

Mar 23, 2016 8:23:08 GMT -5 Courtniko said:

She will eat all the fruit.
She will eat veggies if we give them as the firs part of the meal, once she sees other food she will often skip the veggies.

+1 to the bolded. Either I'm doing veggies wrong or DS just really loves meat.

How are you preparing it? 

[bobloblaw]

I chose other because it's all of the above.

I can't wait until he's past the pouch thing but he's pretty good bout eating fresh/frozen veggies with meals or mixed in with pasta or whatever. He has his favorites and we try to stick to those and work in others randomly to build up his interest.

[puffandstuff]

Mar 23, 2016 10:28:40 GMT -5 @yodasmom said:

Mar 23, 2016 10:18:34 GMT -5 puffandstuff said:

How are you preparing it? 

I'll be honest, I need better ideas--I have a tendency to just boil or microwave them with maybe a bit of salt. He does love when I saute corn in butter and garlic, so that would probably translate well to other veggies.

My kids love garlic. I put it in everything. I sauté leafy greens (kale, spinach) with garlic and turkey bacon and they love it.

[asundevil80]

I've tried everything and he is so, so picky about fruits and vegetables. I think it's a texture thing for him and he is very sensitive to textures. I mostly hide his fruits and veggies into his meals, but I still offer it whole at his meals in hopes that one day he'll start eating them.

His brother was a fiend for all fruits and veggies (and still is), so I'm totally feeling like a new mom with this one.

[starrynight14]

It's a mix of all of those options. It just depends on the meal and day.

[weeklyplanner]

He loves all fruit.

Veggies are hard. I try to give him one with every meal, but he typically won't touch it. He will happily eat mashed sweet potato and does really well with a spoon, so I try to bake a few every couple of days and have them on hand. I regularly offer him peas, corn and broccoli and occasionally he puts one piece in his mouth.

I've learned to let all the food stuff go. He takes a multivitamin, eats of ton of animal protein and drinks milk. If he eats pouches with fruit and veggies mixed until kindergarten, whatever! I see it no different than "gogurt." It's gross to me that he's slurping it up, but at least he's eating it.

[gratefulgirl]

We give her fresh fruits and veggies but she rarely eats fresh. She will gobble them up cooked either as a side or on their own. I about fell over yesterday when she ate a huge serving of green beans, which she has hated up until now.

[shevacc]

He's a fruit monster and will sometimes eat vegetables. I don't worry about it too much right now.

[annapunkalunka]

C likes veggies more than fruit most of the time. We just focus on what she's really into and introduce new ones as often as possible. She likes cherry tomatoes the best. Steamed broccoli is her second fave while green beans and peas are always safe. Fruit she's more picky, so we give her whatever she'll eat (fresh, pouches, whatever).

[sweetpies]

DS loves fruits & veggies. He begs for apples, nanas, pears, peas and broccoli. He'll eat most any fruit, but I do have to mix other veggies into his pasta dishes.