Stealth vegetables

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Having just seen a post on the frozen veg thread which included a tip about sneaking spinach into a pasta dish, could I ask for more help?

DD eats most fruit and veg happily, but DS is an almost total refusnik. Anyone else had to deal with a DC like this? And what ways of sneaking more in by stealth have you had success with? Thanks.

Cook up veg beforehand and mix into mince with a tin of tomatoes.

Add parsnip/swede/turnip to mashed potato

find recipes for courgette choc cake.

should have said puree veg before adding to the mince.

How about adding veg to pancakes/fritters - if you grate/shred then they are tiny pieces and when in with the rest of the mix not v noticeable?

DD loves sweetcorn pancakes (tin corn, 1 egg, tbsp flour, 1.2 tsp baking powder, tbsp yoghurt) and I also add spring onion/red onion, parsley. She does love veg in things though (not on its own) so maybe I'm the wrong person to suggest things.

Think it's worth a try as it doesn't look or taste like veggies, just like little pancakes. I serve with homemade tomato sauce. They also freeze well and you can cook straight from frozen.

I have also made carrot and courgette versions, would work with ? butternut squash, leeks, spinach maybe, add some cheese too?

Cut up veg really small or grate it into bolognese, shepherd's pie, lasagne and pasta sauces.

Cooked pureed carrots can be added to just about anything, especially tomato sauces, casseroles, curries and mashed potatoes.

My mum always grates carrots into rice before cooking it, then it cooks ith the carrots but is impossible to pick out carrots. Also nice to add a handful of raisins. Carrot and raisin rice goes well with curry.

You can also mash cauliflower and puree leeks (just the white bits) and add to mashed potato. DS is a total refusnix as well, he has banana bread, and will have pureed fruit on his breakfast.

(last resort btw.. if it wasn't for that he wouldn't have any fruit or veg at ALL)

DS used to eat cottage pie with loads of hidden veg (grated carrot, finely chopped leaks and onions) and fish pie with the same. I always put in peas/sweetcorn into the sauce as well so there was also visible veg, and he would pick it out, but some of it would sneak it.

DS's issue is texture - he won't eat anything slimy, and it's getting really difficult.

Oh, and sweet potato mash is better than normal mash, and then can add carrot/butternut squash to it as well if you want.

Hide it - literally - in wraps/fajitas. My DS picks out all the mushrooms from a bolognese sauce over pasta, but if I serve exactly the same bolognese sauce inside fajita wraps, he scoffs the lot.

The opposite of stealth, really. Jareth's comment re texture - my DC have texture issues ( I am liking that phrase ), so they just get stuff raw, with occasionally something to dip it in, like cream cheese. It contains many more nutrients when raw anyway so I relax a bit about how much, iyswim.

taffeta, interesting. DS will sometimes try raw carrot or celery but I think then he just doesn't like the taste.

I sometimes give DS turnip/sweet potato crisps just to try and get him used to the taste, then chips (extra crispy) and then if I'm lucky he might try an actual normal potato

It's a nightmare isn't it. DS won't even eat any tomato based sauce, any pasta, cheese, eggs, rice, cous cous etc. V annoying difficult