nutrition question

[Guest guest]

Which do you think is better.... 1) Eating healthy vegetables inside a not so

healthy dish (like for example only eating squash in squash casserole) or 2) Not

eating the veggies at all because of not wanting to eat the unhealthy

ingredients with it.

 

I struggle with this a lot. All of us like veggies but like them much more in

say casserole type dishes, and we eat much more of them that way. For DH and I

I'm not that worried about it but for Gavin he will eat many more in some

casserole type things but they are usually full of things I really would rather

him not eat often, even when I replace it with the healthiest possible

substitutes. Really the only one we will all eat plain is broccoli.

 

So what do you think... have the veggies with the bad stuff or no veggies at

all? I guess this could be compared to something like eating veggies with

ranch dip in every bite or not eating them at all, etc. Curious for your

opinions.

 

(keep in mind we really try to limit processed products whenever possible so I

guess that is where the struggle is)

 

 

) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way

 

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[Guest guest]

I think the eating them in a not so healthy dish is probably better in the

long run. After all, you can tinker with the recipes to make them

healthier. I can't say a thing about squash though, it's one of the few I

don't eat at all. But I know that a lot of casseroles call for some kind of

cream of something soup, and many of them are now available in low-fat,

low-sodium versions. I've actually gotten my green bean casserole down to

no fat except for the French fried onions, and you just have to have them!

 

 

 

And I just remembered something I found in a vegetarian cookbook when my son

and I moved out and I would only cook veggie meals. To get kids to eat

vegetables, cook them, and then puree them in a processor or blender and add

to tomato sauces. That works best with smaller kids who just won't eat some

things. Ethan has to deal with a lot of veggies he doesn't really like

(celery, bell pepper, carrots) because I cut them into a very fine dice,

almost a mince. Saute them with a little garlic and add the rest of the

sauce ingredients. That way the pieces are too small for him to pick out

and I know he's getting some veggies he wouldn't normally eat.

 

 

 

_____

 

 

On Behalf Of Rachel Lucas

Monday, September 03, 2007 6:56 PM

 

nutrition question

 

 

 

Which do you think is better.... 1) Eating healthy vegetables inside a not

so healthy dish (like for example only eating squash in squash casserole) or

2) Not eating the veggies at all because of not wanting to eat the unhealthy

ingredients with it.

 

I struggle with this a lot. All of us like veggies but like them much more

in say casserole type dishes, and we eat much more of them that way. For DH

and I I'm not that worried about it but for Gavin he will eat many more in

some casserole type things but they are usually full of things I really

would rather him not eat often, even when I replace it with the healthiest

possible substitutes. Really the only one we will all eat plain is broccoli.

 

So what do you think... have the veggies with the bad stuff or no veggies at

all? I guess this could be compared to something like eating veggies with

ranch dip in every bite or not eating them at all, etc. Curious for your

opinions.

 

(keep in mind we really try to limit processed products whenever possible so

I guess that is where the struggle is)

 

) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way

 

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Thank you. I do a lot of veggie hiding, too. Especially in tomato sauce. My

son also gets green smoothies with spinach in them and he doesn't know the

difference.

 

 

) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way

 

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Penny French

Monday, September 03, 2007 9:12 PM

RE: nutrition question

 

 

I think the eating them in a not so healthy dish is probably better in the

long run. After all, you can tinker with the recipes to make them

healthier. I can't say a thing about squash though, it's one of the few I

don't eat at all. But I know that a lot of casseroles call for some kind of

cream of something soup, and many of them are now available in low-fat,

low-sodium versions. I've actually gotten my green bean casserole down to

no fat except for the French fried onions, and you just have to have them!

 

 

 

And I just remembered something I found in a vegetarian cookbook when my son

and I moved out and I would only cook veggie meals. To get kids to eat

vegetables, cook them, and then puree them in a processor or blender and add

to tomato sauces. That works best with smaller kids who just won't eat some

things. Ethan has to deal with a lot of veggies he doesn't really like

(celery, bell pepper, carrots) because I cut them into a very fine dice,

almost a mince. Saute them with a little garlic and add the rest of the

sauce ingredients. That way the pieces are too small for him to pick out

and I know he's getting some veggies he wouldn't normally eat.

 

 

 

_____

 

On Behalf Of Rachel Lucas

Monday, September 03, 2007 6:56 PM

nutrition question

 

 

 

Which do you think is better.... 1) Eating healthy vegetables inside a not

so healthy dish (like for example only eating squash in squash casserole) or

2) Not eating the veggies at all because of not wanting to eat the unhealthy

ingredients with it.

 

I struggle with this a lot. All of us like veggies but like them much more

in say casserole type dishes, and we eat much more of them that way. For DH

and I I'm not that worried about it but for Gavin he will eat many more in

some casserole type things but they are usually full of things I really

would rather him not eat often, even when I replace it with the healthiest

possible substitutes. Really the only one we will all eat plain is broccoli.

 

So what do you think... have the veggies with the bad stuff or no veggies at

all? I guess this could be compared to something like eating veggies with

ranch dip in every bite or not eating them at all, etc. Curious for your

opinions.

 

(keep in mind we really try to limit processed products whenever possible so

I guess that is where the struggle is)

 

) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way

 

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[Guest guest]

The younger you teach your son to eat the vegetables and the more he sees

you enjoy them, the easier it will be. My granddaughter literally loves

every vegetable that enters her little mouth. Yesterday my lunch was a

spinach salad and she had to have some of it. I don’t think we’ve found a

thing yet that she won’t eat as far as fruits and veggies go. Now Ethan is

16 so he’s of course going to be more difficult. We’re having pasta for

lunch and Faith expects to have minced carrots, celery, onion, garlic and

whatever other veggies I can find to put in it. In fact, when I start

making it in a little while, she’ll want to sit in her booster seat at the

table and watch me make it! If it were up to me, she’d be a vegetarian, and

it probably wouldn’t be hard to do. But her parents eat meat and I can’t

refuse to feed it to her. She doesn’t get a lot of it at my house, but

they’re finding that she isn’t that thrilled with it at home, all on her

own. But they are glad that she does love so many things they don’t eat –

my daughter used to eat more vegetables and stuff, but her long-time

boyfriend (6 ½ years) never ate any veggies as a kid. He knows how awful it

is to go somewhere and have to pick through foods because there’s a lot of

stuff he doesn’t like on salads and stuff. And, because Faith will eat what

I introduce her to, they’re starting to add a little bit of fruit to their

diets. Hey, it’s a start!

 

 

 

I’ve told my daughter that in a couple of years she’ll be taking Faith in to

a fast food restaurant and have the only child who will say, “My mommy

doesn’t want lettuce, tomato or onion on her burger, can you put it on

mine?” because she watched her mom take that stuff off a burger one day and

cried until she got it on hers!

 

 

 

_____

 

 

On Behalf Of Rachel Lucas

Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:46 AM

 

Re: nutrition question

 

 

 

Thank you. I do a lot of veggie hiding, too. Especially in tomato sauce. My

son also gets green smoothies with spinach in them and he doesn't know the

difference.

 

) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way

 

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Penny French

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Monday, September 03, 2007 9:12 PM

RE: nutrition question

 

I think the eating them in a not so healthy dish is probably better in the

long run. After all, you can tinker with the recipes to make them

healthier. I can't say a thing about squash though, it's one of the few I

don't eat at all. But I know that a lot of casseroles call for some kind of

cream of something soup, and many of them are now available in low-fat,

low-sodium versions. I've actually gotten my green bean casserole down to

no fat except for the French fried onions, and you just have to have them!

 

And I just remembered something I found in a vegetarian cookbook when my son

and I moved out and I would only cook veggie meals. To get kids to eat

vegetables, cook them, and then puree them in a processor or blender and add

to tomato sauces. That works best with smaller kids who just won't eat some

things. Ethan has to deal with a lot of veggies he doesn't really like

(celery, bell pepper, carrots) because I cut them into a very fine dice,

almost a mince. Saute them with a little garlic and add the rest of the

sauce ingredients. That way the pieces are too small for him to pick out

and I know he's getting some veggies he wouldn't normally eat.

 

_____

 

@ <%40>

 

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] On Behalf Of Rachel Lucas

Monday, September 03, 2007 6:56 PM

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nutrition question

 

Which do you think is better.... 1) Eating healthy vegetables inside a not

so healthy dish (like for example only eating squash in squash casserole) or

2) Not eating the veggies at all because of not wanting to eat the unhealthy

ingredients with it.

 

I struggle with this a lot. All of us like veggies but like them much more

in say casserole type dishes, and we eat much more of them that way. For DH

and I I'm not that worried about it but for Gavin he will eat many more in

some casserole type things but they are usually full of things I really

would rather him not eat often, even when I replace it with the healthiest

possible substitutes. Really the only one we will all eat plain is broccoli.

 

So what do you think... have the veggies with the bad stuff or no veggies at

all? I guess this could be compared to something like eating veggies with

ranch dip in every bite or not eating them at all, etc. Curious for your

opinions.

 

(keep in mind we really try to limit processed products whenever possible so

I guess that is where the struggle is)

 

) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way

 

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