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How to Encourage Your Pre-School Kid to Eat More Veggies

u200bConsuming vegetables is great for everyone, especially for children. They offer energy, antioxidants, vitamins, water, and fiber to protect them from the risks of growing chronic diseases later in life. As parents know, getting their pre-school kids to eat a lot of vegetables sounds like an uphill battle

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How to Encourage Your Pre-School Kid to Eat More Veggies

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  1. How to Encourage Your Pre-School Kid to Eat More Veggies? Consuming vegetables is great for everyone, especially for children. They offer energy, antioxidants, vitamins, water, and fiber to protect them from the risks of growing chronic diseases later in life. As parents know, getting their pre-school kids to eat a lot of vegetables sounds like an uphill battle. On that note, discover what the best daycare New Jersey shares. Here are some encouraging ways how you can make them consume more greens. Here’s enumerating a few tips on that front. #1 Set your goal - Your kid will learn about the food choices from you. So, you must encourage them to eat more vegetables. Family meals are an incredible time to teach them about healthy eating. Family foods such as stir-fries, roast,

  2. pasta, and curries taste great with more vegetables in them. Perhaps, a bowl of salad can also be a tasty and quick option too. #2 Get your kid involved in cooking - Getting them involved in cooking or planning family meals with veggies develops the urge to consume more vegetables. For instance, you may let them do these things: ➢Select vegetables for dinner while shopping ➢Putting chopped veggies in the steamer and saucepan before cooking ➢Arranging sliced capsicum, mushroom, and tomato on your pizza base ➢Wash &toss the salad leaves Take your children out for vegetable shopping. Seeing different vegetables may make children curious &interested in tasting them. #3 Include them in appetizers too - Vegetables make excellent appetizers. You can stock up on veggies for snacks &limit unhealthy ones at home. Here are the vegetable snack ideas you can try: •Keep chopped vegetables such as cucumber, capsicum, and carrots in your fridge •Cherry tomatoes are another option. •Serve vegetable sticks dipped with cheese, wholemeal pita bread, or natural yoghurt Note that the taste matters too. For instance, you might try roasting veggies with some fresh herbs & lemon juice. Alternatively, you can also use finely sliced cauliflower or broccoli in the stir-fry or on your kids’ pizza. In this manner, you can encourage your child to eat vegetables and improve healthy habits.

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