To ask how you get vegetables into a toddler?

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And I do mean via food 😊

My toddler (2.5) isn't particularly fussy BUT his diet has slowly narrowed over the past few months so that everything vegetable related now gets rejected. I used to do a vegetable curry that I rammed with veg which he now won't touch. No peas with food, rejects anything remotely green and identifiable as veg or salad

He does seem to eat better at nursery and will eat most fruit but I'm conscious his main meals at home are slowly turning beige

Does anyone have any sneaky ways to get veg in or healthy meal ideas to give us a shake up?

Thank you!!

Spag Bol sauce with hidden veggies

Omelette with finely diced veg and cheese

Green pasta - pasta with sauce made from cooked spinach/broccoli/peas/whatever blitzed with cream cheese and cheese

Eat together as a family. Model.

Toddlers love picking food from your plate so make sure you've got veg on your plate and eat it while with them.

Depends on how old the toddler...

3 things worked for me.

Uncooked veg seemed more popular (very very thin carrot batons, red pepper slices, fresh peas, cucumber slices, even raw washed mushrooms).

Toddlers like power to choose so put v small plate of above in centre also with some fruit eg apple on. They have to eat some but can pick which they want. (I eat rest so good diet for me too)

Grated courgette and carrot hidden in everything cooked. (Eg pasta sauce)

Also some really nice carrot, pumpkin or courgette cake recipes out there!

Raw, as a starter, carrot, pepper sticks, tomatoes, cucumber etc served on a plate while you make the meal. Not sitting at table so they can carry on playing/watching tv while they're eating. They're hungry when they get it and have time to eat it.

Changing the name of food can help. So many they don’t like cauliflower but roasted it becomes scrumpinickel or something.

Also worth a look at toddler tummy size/recommended portion. Make sure he’s not filling up on snacks and drinks between meals.

What about a small bowl of veg left somewhere within reach. Don't make a fuss, but maybe let them see you eating from it as you go past. Frozen peas are a favourite here.

Blend theM all up In a pasta sauce