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If you mince veggie, they are easily hid in marinara sauce. I also hide

Mung beans in brown rice. It packs a higher protein punch.

 

 

 

 

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Behalf Of thefourlakes

Monday, February 05, 2007 11:58 AM

 

how to hide the good stuff

 

 

 

Hello. Our family has only recently decided to go meatless.

While my 10 year old is very accepting of the changes, my 3 year old is

unaware, truthfully.

This is because she has consistently (since very young) refused anything

that even

remotely resembles a vegetable.

At this point, she hasn't been eating meat, but her diet is very limited.

She refuses any new

foods unless they look just like things she already eats. We've been

successful with meat

substitutes, but I'd like her to eat more veggies and fruit.

 

I'm going for a slow and steady approach, continuing to offer foods even

though I know

she'll refuse them, and having the foods available so that she gets used to

having them

around. She's actually a very sweet and sensitive little girl, not rude and

rebellious.

 

What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food she

needs inside the

food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could mix in

some pureed

broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are there.

Any ideas? recipes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I make assorted bean and veggie stews and casseroles on the stove or in the slow

cooker and season them nicely and my daughter doesn't notice she is eating all

the good stuff!!!

 

There are some easy and good recipes in

" Fresh from The Vegetarian Slow Cooker " by Robert Robertson.

 

thefourlakes <thefourlakes wrote:

Hello. Our family has only recently decided to go meatless.

While my 10 year old is very accepting of the changes, my 3 year old is unaware,

truthfully.

This is because she has consistently (since very young) refused anything that

even

remotely resembles a vegetable.

At this point, she hasn't been eating meat, but her diet is very limited. She

refuses any new

foods unless they look just like things she already eats. We've been successful

with meat

substitutes, but I'd like her to eat more veggies and fruit.

 

I'm going for a slow and steady approach, continuing to offer foods even though

I know

she'll refuse them, and having the foods available so that she gets used to

having them

around. She's actually a very sweet and sensitive little girl, not rude and

rebellious.

 

What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food she needs

inside the

food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could mix in some

pureed

broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are there.

Any ideas? recipes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What does she eat?

 

Tracy

 

On Feb 5, 2007, at 8:58 AM, thefourlakes wrote:

 

> Hello. Our family has only recently decided to go meatless.

> While my 10 year old is very accepting of the changes, my 3 year

> old is unaware, truthfully.

> This is because she has consistently (since very young) refused

> anything that even

> remotely resembles a vegetable.

> At this point, she hasn't been eating meat, but her diet is very

> limited. She refuses any new

> foods unless they look just like things she already eats. We've

> been successful with meat

> substitutes, but I'd like her to eat more veggies and fruit.

>

> I'm going for a slow and steady approach, continuing to offer foods

> even though I know

> she'll refuse them, and having the foods available so that she gets

> used to having them

> around. She's actually a very sweet and sensitive little girl, not

> rude and rebellious.

>

> What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food

> she needs inside the

> food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could

> mix in some pureed

> broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are

> there.

> Any ideas? recipes?

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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Have you tried letting her dip things like broccoli into ranch dip or something

similar? Both my kids love that. They more like dipping the things than the

actual vegetable, though neither of them dislike vegetables. I think it's good

what you're already doing, just offering different foods even when she refuses

them. With these finicky little eaters that's about all you can do. My daughter

is the same way, she just simply does not like some foods. Like oatmeal, for

example. She never tried oatmeal. She said she didn't like it and that it made

her sick. So we got her a box of a different brand and called it " super cereal " ,

and she loves it! She even asks specifically for a bowl of super cereal. She is

also 3, so you could just try making up a new name for vegetables and some neat

little story about it. We told our Leah that super cereal is something our pet

rats worked very hard to invent for her, they'd stayed up late in the kitchen

for a week working to make her something

tasty. Silly, I know! But it worked. I hope you figure something out, that

finicky eating is so frustrating!!

 

thefourlakes <thefourlakes wrote:

Hello. Our family has only recently decided to go meatless.

While my 10 year old is very accepting of the changes, my 3 year old is

unaware, truthfully.

This is because she has consistently (since very young) refused anything that

even

remotely resembles a vegetable.

At this point, she hasn't been eating meat, but her diet is very limited. She

refuses any new

foods unless they look just like things she already eats. We've been successful

with meat

substitutes, but I'd like her to eat more veggies and fruit.

 

I'm going for a slow and steady approach, continuing to offer foods even though

I know

she'll refuse them, and having the foods available so that she gets used to

having them

around. She's actually a very sweet and sensitive little girl, not rude and

rebellious.

 

What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food she needs

inside the

food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could mix in some

pureed

broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are there.

Any ideas? recipes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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When I had a stubborn toddler, I gave her frozen peas, corn and blueberries.

She also ate puffed brown rice and puffed kamut. For about a month, this was

all she ate. It helps to have family meals; the little ones always want what

the big ones are eating.

 

Mary <jmkable wrote: If you mince veggie, they are easily

hid in marinara sauce. I also hide

Mung beans in brown rice. It packs a higher protein punch.

 

 

On

Behalf Of thefourlakes

Monday, February 05, 2007 11:58 AM

 

how to hide the good stuff

 

Hello. Our family has only recently decided to go meatless.

While my 10 year old is very accepting of the changes, my 3 year old is

unaware, truthfully.

This is because she has consistently (since very young) refused anything

that even

remotely resembles a vegetable.

At this point, she hasn't been eating meat, but her diet is very limited.

She refuses any new

foods unless they look just like things she already eats. We've been

successful with meat

substitutes, but I'd like her to eat more veggies and fruit.

 

I'm going for a slow and steady approach, continuing to offer foods even

though I know

she'll refuse them, and having the foods available so that she gets used to

having them

around. She's actually a very sweet and sensitive little girl, not rude and

rebellious.

 

What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food she

needs inside the

food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could mix in

some pureed

broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are there.

Any ideas? recipes?

 

 

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mine will eat just about anything dipped in hummous (this started at around age

3). her favorite is the sabra brand; cedars is her second fave.

 

Kadee M <abbey_road3012 wrote: Have you tried letting her

dip things like broccoli into ranch dip or something similar? Both my kids love

that. They more like dipping the things than the actual vegetable, though

neither of them dislike vegetables. I think it's good what you're already doing,

just offering different foods even when she refuses them. With these finicky

little eaters that's about all you can do. My daughter is the same way, she just

simply does not like some foods. Like oatmeal, for example. She never tried

oatmeal. She said she didn't like it and that it made her sick. So we got her a

box of a different brand and called it " super cereal " , and she loves it! She

even asks specifically for a bowl of super cereal. She is also 3, so you could

just try making up a new name for vegetables and some neat little story about

it. We told our Leah that super cereal is something our pet rats worked very

hard to invent for her, they'd stayed up late in

the kitchen for a week working to make her something

tasty. Silly, I know! But it worked. I hope you figure something out, that

finicky eating is so frustrating!!

 

thefourlakes <thefourlakes wrote: Hello. Our family has only recently

decided to go meatless.

While my 10 year old is very accepting of the changes, my 3 year old is unaware,

truthfully.

This is because she has consistently (since very young) refused anything that

even

remotely resembles a vegetable.

At this point, she hasn't been eating meat, but her diet is very limited. She

refuses any new

foods unless they look just like things she already eats. We've been successful

with meat

substitutes, but I'd like her to eat more veggies and fruit.

 

I'm going for a slow and steady approach, continuing to offer foods even though

I know

she'll refuse them, and having the foods available so that she gets used to

having them

around. She's actually a very sweet and sensitive little girl, not rude and

rebellious.

 

What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food she needs

inside the

food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could mix in some

pureed

broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are there.

Any ideas? recipes?

 

 

 

 

 

Kadee Sedtal

 

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stay warm the rest of his life.

 

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1) Soups are perfect. One of my children has a thing

about texture. So, I use the little Braun hand mixer

to puree her bowl of soup. Ta-da!

 

2) Any time you have a recipe that calls for water -

such as rice - use vegetable stock.

 

3) Try Vruit juice....it's half vegetable, half fruit.

Or make your own.

 

4) Remember that it takes something like 30 tries for

a young child to get used to a new taste. Don't give

up just because she's said " no " once or twice. We use

the 3-bite rule: they have to at least try three bites

before they can say " no, thank you " ....and they know

that it won't be the last time it's offered to them.

 

Liz

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Our son isn't very picky, but he has days where he hardly eats, and doesn't

really want a whole lot sometimes. He has only recently gotten 'into'

dipping stuff, (he's 3.5yrs old) Tonight it was broccoli into his mashed

potatoes. :)

 

In sauces or soups you can puree or hide other vegies in there (carrots cook

down in pasta sauce, or make a 'creamy' one using some tofu you blend into

the tomato sauce - you can also add spinach to this - just don't overdo it

and it should be fine).

 

When he was under 2yrs old we used to mix plain yogurt with fruit sauces or

real jam/jelly, added fresh ground flax seeds and some cereal for crunch

sometimes. You can add some pureed vegies to this, or make smoothies - call

them something more friendly (my son likes them and we don't alter the

name).

 

We've been fine for nuts, so we have those as snacks, too. Dried fruits and

cereal mixed into a trail mix I make is also popular with him. :)

 

We also have a 2-3 bite rule, too, before he can really say he doesn't like

something. We don't force him, and it's up to him when to take the bites,

though teeny tiny ones don't count. We can tell if he really really doesn't

like something, and we don't push, but if it's general angsty stuff about

something new, then it's the bite rule. :) He ends up (usually liking it, if

it's stuff he's had but not in that form). I don't cook seperately for him,

like if we're having soup, he has soup too. Unless it's something I'm sure

he won't eat then I have something for him but it's nothing I have to go out

of my way for - maybe the other half of whatever he had for lunch tht day or

the day before for variety. If he's just unwilling, he can get down, but if

he's asking for a snack right after we're all done with dinner, he gets

dinner back. usually that is when he will eat it. If it's an hour or so

later he asks for something, we do give a snack - but our snacks are like

mini-meals anyway. :) It depends. He goes fromeating as much as we do to

only having a bite or 2 and is done (like for every meal in both cases).

 

Does she like muffins? You can make all kinds of not very sweet muffins with

vegies packed into them, lightly sweetened sometimes are also good. You can

use half regular flour and half whole wheat pastry flour and they come out

nice, and you get added goodness (and you can do something like the Cornell

Method for flour and add bran, and/or other flours like garbanzo or soy to

bulk up the nutrition too).

I don't know what kinds of things you usually make, as there's ways to add

vegies or whatever.

 

Another thing we've found that helps with getting more good stuff in is to

have our son help us cook. Sure he can't do a lot, and some of it is

tricky...we make our own pizza with vegan cheese, and chop peppers and stuff

before we are ready to assemble. He helps us sprinkle on the toppings

(usually just vegies and cheese, maybe pineapple and faux bacon sometimes)

but he will sprinkle and then eat the peppers and other stuff (we chop extra

for the snacking). He's really good about it and we've found when he has his

slow eating days, this usually helps. Even for more elaborate stuff, I'll

have him help me scoop and pour stuff (for baking or prep stuff where

appropriate). he's helped me make lemon corn waffles, carefully poured

batter into the waffle iron (with adult supervision and vigilance LOL). He

loves to help in the kitchen, and we've always tried to have him involved.

Oh, he also has picked out a 'new' vegie from the store for us all to try

(and he's way more willing to eat that when he's picked it out - the last 2

have been artichokes and eggplants - he really likes eggplant - you'd think

he'd just found the most glorious thing in the world the day he picked it

out. It was very cute. I've only recently figured out that i am not allergic

to it like I'd thought).

 

Hope something here helps. Good luck!

 

Missie

On 2/5/07, ERB <bakwin wrote:

>

> 1) Soups are perfect. One of my children has a thing

> about texture. So, I use the little Braun hand mixer

> to puree her bowl of soup. Ta-da!

>

> 2) Any time you have a recipe that calls for water -

> such as rice - use vegetable stock.

>

> 3) Try Vruit juice....it's half vegetable, half fruit.

> Or make your own.

>

> 4) Remember that it takes something like 30 tries for

> a young child to get used to a new taste. Don't give

> up just because she's said " no " once or twice. We use

> the 3-bite rule: they have to at least try three bites

> before they can say " no, thank you " ....and they know

> that it won't be the last time it's offered to them.

>

> Liz

>

>

 

 

 

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If she likes spaghetti sauce, that's an easy one. We always blend

brocolli, carrots, cauliflower, into spaghetti sauce. Or make your

own sauce for on pasta made from pureed veggies and spices (look on

vegweb for recipes). You could also make flavored cream cheese with

fruit blended into it or veggies and spices blended in for a more

savory dip (you could then dip bread or crackers into it if she doesnt

like to dip fruit or veggies into it), or blend up fruit and mix it

into vanilla yogurt, smoothies with fruit, pureed veggie type soups

like creamy carrot. Also, I have found that my kids would for a while

eat certain vegetables only if they were in soup but not any other

way. Slowely over time, they started eating those veggies in other

ways. Also, I discovered that both my kids LOVE raw veggies. They

won't touch cooked carrots (except in soup!) but they love raw

carrots, they also prefer raw brocolli and cauliflower over cooked.

So, you could try different ways of presenting the food if you haven't

already).

 

Also, a lot of kids at that age will refuse something on their own

plate but if they see you eating it then they will want to try it.

Maybe you could sit in front of her eating a snack of veggies. Don't

offer her any, wait for her to ask and then grudgingly allow it.

Sneaky, but it can work.

 

, " thefourlakes " <thefourlakes

wrote:

> What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food

she needs inside the

> food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could

mix in some pureed

> broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are

there.

> Any ideas? recipes?

>

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We make something called Hot Dog Soup, which is pureed kale or collards and

potatoes with chunks of soy hot dog. Sounds not great I know, but all of my

kids love it. That's a good way to get greens into them. The other way they

get greens is in spinach and black bean enchiladas (cheeseless). Also, my 15

month old likes to snack on frozen peas.

 

Also just eating veggies and salads in front of them for years does help

over time. Our 5 year old watched us eating salad for abotu a year and we

never offered her any cuz we knew she wouldn't eat it. And then one day she

just said, " Aren't you going to give me any? " So I just shrugged and gave

her some and now she always asks for some when we have salad.

 

 

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:08 PM

 

Re: how to hide the good stuff

 

 

 

If she likes spaghetti sauce, that's an easy one. We always blend

brocolli, carrots, cauliflower, into spaghetti sauce. Or make your

own sauce for on pasta made from pureed veggies and spices (look on

vegweb for recipes). You could also make flavored cream cheese with

fruit blended into it or veggies and spices blended in for a more

savory dip (you could then dip bread or crackers into it if she doesnt

like to dip fruit or veggies into it), or blend up fruit and mix it

into vanilla yogurt, smoothies with fruit, pureed veggie type soups

like creamy carrot. Also, I have found that my kids would for a while

eat certain vegetables only if they were in soup but not any other

way. Slowely over time, they started eating those veggies in other

ways. Also, I discovered that both my kids LOVE raw veggies. They

won't touch cooked carrots (except in soup!) but they love raw

carrots, they also prefer raw brocolli and cauliflower over cooked.

So, you could try different ways of presenting the food if you haven't

already).

 

Also, a lot of kids at that age will refuse something on their own

plate but if they see you eating it then they will want to try it.

Maybe you could sit in front of her eating a snack of veggies. Don't

offer her any, wait for her to ask and then grudgingly allow it.

Sneaky, but it can work.

 

@gro <%40> ups.com,

" thefourlakes " <thefourlakes

wrote:

> What I'm looking for is not so much advice as ways to hide the food

she needs inside the

> food she wants. I'm thinking that there must be dips where we could

mix in some pureed

> broccoli or other ways that she won't even know the vegetables are

there.

> Any ideas? recipes?

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I want to say thank you to everyone for your ideas. I

don't get to my emails as often as I'd like, so I

couldn't reply earlier.

Some of these are things that might work, so I'll

definitely try them.

 

Since someone asked, she eats rice, bread, Kashi

Autumn Wheat cereal, almonds, cheese, yogurt (but only

if it comes in a cute little package, so we buy

Stonyfield Farms organic), peanut butter, pizza, Boca

burgers, Quorn meatless anything, bagels, tortilla

chips, apples and raw carrots (but only in dip). She

is good about her vitamins, though.

(You can see we haven't gone vegan at this point.)

 

She refuses to eat most veggies, most fruit, anything

I concoct in the blender, soup, hummus, raisins, the

muffins I made this week, small pieces of tomato that

might show their face in her pasta sauce, beans,

salad, potatoes unless they are mashed and even

then...

I can't think of everything.

 

I know that it sounds like I should just be tough on

her, but she's different than that. I have this thing

where if I get a distaste for food, I would rather

puke than eat it. For instance, when I found out that

pork, no matter how long or hot you cook it, has

living organisms/parasites in it, I couldn't stand the

thought of eating it anymore and almost gagged when I

found out that I had accidentally eaten it in a

dumpling (long story). This was before we gave up meat

altogether.

 

I think she may do the same kind of thing. If she gets

it in her head that the food isn't right, she can walk

away from it and just not eat anything. Food is not a

big deal for her. She can take it or leave it. I don't

feel like I have the leverage with her to say " Eat

this or don't eat. "

Maybe when she's older, but not now.

 

Anyway, I really appreciate the ideas. I think that

cooking with her might help too. I've just gotten a

book called " Salad People " about cooking with

preschoolers, so I'll have to try some things with

her.

 

By the way, I'm really glad that I found this group. I

was feeling kinda lonely out here as a new vegetarian

in meat-eater land before I found all of you.

Thanks,

Jen

 

On 2/5/07, ERB <bakwin (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote:

>

> 1) Soups are perfect. One of my children has a thing

> about texture. So, I use the little Braun hand mixer

> to puree her bowl of soup. Ta-da!

>

> 2) Any time you have a recipe that calls for water -

> such as rice - use vegetable stock.

>

> 3) Try Vruit juice....it' s half vegetable, half

fruit.

> Or make your own.

 

 

 

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Moosewood had a great kids cookbook.

 

Jen <thefourlakes wrote: I want to say thank you to everyone

for your ideas. I

don't get to my emails as often as I'd like, so I

couldn't reply earlier.

Some of these are things that might work, so I'll

definitely try them.

 

Since someone asked, she eats rice, bread, Kashi

Autumn Wheat cereal, almonds, cheese, yogurt (but only

if it comes in a cute little package, so we buy

Stonyfield Farms organic), peanut butter, pizza, Boca

burgers, Quorn meatless anything, bagels, tortilla

chips, apples and raw carrots (but only in dip). She

is good about her vitamins, though.

(You can see we haven't gone vegan at this point.)

 

She refuses to eat most veggies, most fruit, anything

I concoct in the blender, soup, hummus, raisins, the

muffins I made this week, small pieces of tomato that

might show their face in her pasta sauce, beans,

salad, potatoes unless they are mashed and even

then...

I can't think of everything.

 

I know that it sounds like I should just be tough on

her, but she's different than that. I have this thing

where if I get a distaste for food, I would rather

puke than eat it. For instance, when I found out that

pork, no matter how long or hot you cook it, has

living organisms/parasites in it, I couldn't stand the

thought of eating it anymore and almost gagged when I

found out that I had accidentally eaten it in a

dumpling (long story). This was before we gave up meat

altogether.

 

I think she may do the same kind of thing. If she gets

it in her head that the food isn't right, she can walk

away from it and just not eat anything. Food is not a

big deal for her. She can take it or leave it. I don't

feel like I have the leverage with her to say " Eat

this or don't eat. "

Maybe when she's older, but not now.

 

Anyway, I really appreciate the ideas. I think that

cooking with her might help too. I've just gotten a

book called " Salad People " about cooking with

preschoolers, so I'll have to try some things with

her.

 

By the way, I'm really glad that I found this group. I

was feeling kinda lonely out here as a new vegetarian

in meat-eater land before I found all of you.

Thanks,

Jen

 

On 2/5/07, ERB <bakwin (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote:

>

> 1) Soups are perfect. One of my children has a thing

> about texture. So, I use the little Braun hand mixer

> to puree her bowl of soup. Ta-da!

>

> 2) Any time you have a recipe that calls for water -

> such as rice - use vegetable stock.

>

> 3) Try Vruit juice....it' s half vegetable, half

fruit.

> Or make your own.

 

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Hey, I know what you mean!! I would rather die than eat asparagus. Okay, maybe

not die, but I'd certainly rather starve. And ranch dip or dressing, or anything

that looks like it. I bet if she helps you cook she'll be a lot more willing to

try new things. :)

 

Jen <thefourlakes wrote: I want to

say thank you to everyone for your ideas. I

don't get to my emails as often as I'd like, so I

couldn't reply earlier.

Some of these are things that might work, so I'll

definitely try them.

 

Since someone asked, she eats rice, bread, Kashi

Autumn Wheat cereal, almonds, cheese, yogurt (but only

if it comes in a cute little package, so we buy

Stonyfield Farms organic), peanut butter, pizza, Boca

burgers, Quorn meatless anything, bagels, tortilla

chips, apples and raw carrots (but only in dip). She

is good about her vitamins, though.

(You can see we haven't gone vegan at this point.)

 

She refuses to eat most veggies, most fruit, anything

I concoct in the blender, soup, hummus, raisins, the

muffins I made this week, small pieces of tomato that

might show their face in her pasta sauce, beans,

salad, potatoes unless they are mashed and even

then...

I can't think of everything.

 

I know that it sounds like I should just be tough on

her, but she's different than that. I have this thing

where if I get a distaste for food, I would rather

puke than eat it. For instance, when I found out that

pork, no matter how long or hot you cook it, has

living organisms/parasites in it, I couldn't stand the

thought of eating it anymore and almost gagged when I

found out that I had accidentally eaten it in a

dumpling (long story). This was before we gave up meat

altogether.

 

I think she may do the same kind of thing. If she gets

it in her head that the food isn't right, she can walk

away from it and just not eat anything. Food is not a

big deal for her. She can take it or leave it. I don't

feel like I have the leverage with her to say " Eat

this or don't eat. "

Maybe when she's older, but not now.

 

Anyway, I really appreciate the ideas. I think that

cooking with her might help too. I've just gotten a

book called " Salad People " about cooking with

preschoolers, so I'll have to try some things with

her.

 

By the way, I'm really glad that I found this group. I

was feeling kinda lonely out here as a new vegetarian

in meat-eater land before I found all of you.

Thanks,

Jen

 

On 2/5/07, ERB <bakwin (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote:

>

> 1) Soups are perfect. One of my children has a thing

> about texture. So, I use the little Braun hand mixer

> to puree her bowl of soup. Ta-da!

>

> 2) Any time you have a recipe that calls for water -

> such as rice - use vegetable stock.

>

> 3) Try Vruit juice....it' s half vegetable, half

fruit.

> Or make your own.

 

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