Struggling to get your little one to eat their veggies? What’s your “nugget” of wisdom? I have always struggled as a Mom to feed my son. At age 3 he was a very picky eater. His meals consisted of the same few foods. I was often concerned as a Mom if what I was feeding him was enough or if he would ever expand his choices. My pediatrician told me not to worry that it would come with age an luckily he was right and by age 5 he was eating veggies and even some fruit! I have always served him Tyson 100% Natural Chicken Nuggets and that is one of food he loves!
A recent survey showed more than 68 percent of registered dietitians who counsel new parents frequently receive questions about getting finicky eaters to eat at mealtime. Sometimes you have to try almost everything to get your toddlers to stop saying “no!” to new or unfamiliar foods on their plates. To help parents conquer mealtime battles with picky eaters, Tyson Foods is dedicated to showing how finger foods, like Tyson® 100% All Natural Chicken Nuggets, can not only please picky eaters but also be fundamental in building a foundation of balanced eating habits.
We’ve recently teamed up with Tyson and we’re interested in hearing your little “nugget” – from newly created kid-friendly recipes to fun and silly food name games— to help other moms please their picky eaters. Tyson is providing a giveaway for 4 lucky readers.
This is a Labor Day Giveaway! It ends at midnight ET on September 6, 2010. There will be 4 winner’s. Each winner will get (1) coupon for a free bag of Tyson Chicken Nuggets (up to $6.99 retail) AND 1 coupon for (1) free Banquet Fruit Pot Pie!
To enter make a comment with your creative little “nugget” of wisdom of how your deal with picky eaters or incorporate vegetables/fruit into your child’s diet.
For an additional entry you can come back once EVERY hour and leave a comment once EVERY hour for more chances! The more you comment the more chances you have to win!
Subscribe Box
{ 115 comments }
← Previous Comments
Next Comments →
Another idea is to make main dishes with loads of veggies in them – my kids love caramelized onions and will enjoy anything with this as a key ingredient. Think fajitas, stir fries, etc.
Sneak veggies in something like Chocolate Zuchini bread. Heavenly!
Telling my older son that carrots have secret powers, liking helping you see in the dark sometimes works.
thanks for the chance 1
thanks for the chance
2
thanks for the chance. really! 3
Another way I sneak in veggies is to take any cooked leftover veggies (or steamed fresh veggies) and puree them in the food processor/blender. Then I put them in the spaghetti sauce!! They thicken it up, they are delish, they are unrecognizable and unknown as far as the kids go, so they get their veggies without even knowing it! HA!
Zucchini and yellow squash work great, as do carrots and really almost any non-starchy veg! I’ve even used leftover broccoli and cauliflower/stiry fry veg in the sauce and it was wonderful!
Another idea is to serve veggies with yummy dips. Makes the veggies taste better!
I give them the juice with fruits and veggies in it.
Just stopping by for another entry! Thanks!
thanks for the chance!
4
My kids were very picky, and I realized part of it was because I was allowing them to be by basically doing 2 separate meals for dinner. We realized we needed to just fix ONE meal, and have them start eating everything at it. I always had one thing I knew for sure they would like at the meal (mac n cheese, bread, etc) but then they were given small portions of meat, veggies, etc. until they just started eating them without any problem! We still introduce new foods this way.
thanks for the chance!
5
DIP!!! My kids will eat anything if they get to dip it. For fruit I make a dip out of lite cream cheese or yogurt and honey or just use a fruit flavored yogurt.
For veggies I make it out of plain Greek yogurt of lite sour cream and just add herbs and seasonings.
I serve “baby trees” with low fat ranch dip … yummy!!!
Serve vegies raw (as appropriate) and cooked to show variety and different tastes.
Put them in spaghetti sauce.
My tip for getting my kids to eat fruit is to make apple rings and fill with peanut butter,serve broccoli (I call it Dinasaur trees)with Ranch dressing,or I shred carrots into Spaghetti sause I am cooking and you cannot tell the carrots are there!
skywriter-1@hotmail.com
I make food into shapes and things like brocclli trees with falling logs that have ants crwling on them and make a story line my daughter loves it and eats it! Its a win win!!
We make peanut butter smiley face sandwiches with fruit … the kids decorate it and then get to eat it!!!
Another entry! Love that it is hourly
thanks for the chance !!!
6
My kids will eat more fruit and veggies if I pair them with a dip.
I mix veggies into a stir-fry
Kids will always eat veggies if they are cut up and allowed to dip them in peanut butter, ranch dip or melted cheese.
My 3-yr-old is super picky too, but she loves her applesauce!!! I mix jars of baby food veggies into her applesauce, and tell her it is new colorful applesauce for big girls. hehe. sometimes she says it tastes funny, but she still eats it.
Another tip is to hide the veggies.
Some good places to hide them are meatballs & meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, lasagna or Mexican lasagna, tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas and on pizza…my kids will eat anything if it looks like pizza and is covered in cheese! lol
My kiddos will eat anything if they get to put it on their own little “pizza” made with biscuits and pizza sauce. Get good pizza sauce with tomatoes and give them lots of cut veggies to put on top. They come up with some very interesting veggie combos and they are more likely to eat it because they made it.
time for another entry
Wish DD would just eat anything… seems it is getting less and less each day. Dinner so far is a no go today.
thanks for the chance. truly!
7
I try to make dinner fun for my boys. Their favorite is octo-dogs. You put uncooked spaghetti up into a hot dog and then boil it. I put a ketchup face on it and “voila” they’ll chow down. Also, we’ve convinced our 4 yr old that his muscles get bigger with every bite of broccoli…though now, a year later, we still have to make a big deal after every bite. lol
Hourly entry! Thanks! ♥
Chance #2
Hourly entry, thanks.
second chance!!!!!!!!
thanks for the chance!! 8
I just bribe them with something that they want to do
I add ranch dressing for a dip and put on a platter or bowl with crackers , cheese and salami
My picky eaters did not want to eat breakfast-but an elephant shake starts the day-1 banana, 2 Tablespoons peanut butter, 1 Tablespoon Honey, 2 cups milk, 1 cup crushed iced-blend and YUM!
I have no “nugget” of wisdom. My 4 year old is the pickiest eater alive. I put the food on his plate, and if he doesn’t eat it, well, then he doesn’t eat it. I figure if he’s hungry he’ll nibble on something!
No nugget of wisdom here. My kids love fruits and veggies and always have. We always put a spoonful of everything on their plates and tell to just try a bit. My son did hate green beans but I out of the blue told him they where green worms/snakes and he ate them and now loves them. Cabbage they love. They think it will make them SUPER strong.
My 4 year old will eat raw veggies dipped in ranch. I give her light ranch and it makes it great!
Well, got dd to eat some yogurt for dinner
I guess it is something.
We sometimes cut up fruit into different shapes … then serve it with yogurt.
thanks for the chance – 9
Hourly entry, thanks!
I love Tyson’s chicken. My kids eat it right up & it healthy! That is such a positive!!!
Nothing beats picking fresh fruit – we head off to U-pick farms for both blueberries and peaches and the kids can fill their own containers (stomachs) with as much as they can hold before filling buckets or bushels. Works every time!
I also make sure to always talk fruit and veggies up to my children. I tell them all of the good things they do for our bodies and explain how they help us to do certain things.
We have a hard time to get our kids to eat anything so we often have to hide the veggies.
← Previous Comments
Next Comments →
Comments on this entry are closed.