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Delilicious: Playful Chef Farmer's Market Set
Mother Goose had seen the future when she said, "To market, to market, to buy a plum bun. Home again, home again, market is done." With more and more parents joining the organic movement, visits to the local farmers market have become a weekend ritual in many households.
A Vegetable by Another Name
My brother enjoyed Spiderman pancakes and Superman eggs when we went out to brunch growing up. I've heard of parents telling their tots that broccoli florets are lil trees and carrots are the Easter bunny's candy, but have never called them by another name to my own kids. The results of a Cornell study may have you calling cucumbers "flying torpedoes" and spinach gratin "brilliant brain-food."
Lil Tip: Swap Out Your Mashed Potatoes with Cauliflower Puree
If your tots never tire of mashed potatoes, consider swapping out the root for a vegetable. Simply steam or lightly boil cauliflower florets, then strain them and add a bit of milk or broth and a dab of butter. Use a hand-mixer to puree the ingredients and then salt and pepper them to taste before plating.
Eco Tot: Puddlefoot Organic Tees
Encourage your lil one to eat his veggies with the sweet organic tees by Puddlefoot ($22), a line of shirts designed to celebrate the goodness of the garden. Created by Suzi MacDougall, an Ojai, California mom, the shirts feature six animated garden-variety vegetables with cute taglines. From "Stalky" the celery to "Y'onion" the onion, the sweatshop-free shirts are also PVC and pthalate-free and made with water-based inks.
Delilicious: Dr. Praeger's Broccoli Littles
Kids and vegetables are often like oil and water. Try as you might, getting them to eat their greens can be a struggle that makes many mamas want to simply give up. If you are ethically opposed or just don't have time to puree and hide the veggies in brownies and chicken nuggets, opt for Dr.
Delilicious: Calling Mamas Whose Kids Eat Veggies!
If your lil rascal limits his food intake to buttered pasta, grilled cheese, and french fries, you need not apply. But if you've got carrot- and cucumber-loving children, chef Art Smith and the makers of Hidden Valley Ranch are looking for your kind. Banding together as part of the Love Your Veggies campaign, the sponsors are trying to find women who are committed to getting their kids and communities to eat greens with their Search For Veggie Champions Contest.
Baby Wellness: Forget the Vegetables
As parents, we often worry about our children getting the proper food, nutrition, water, education, and other nurturing necessities. As covert moms publish books like the Deliciously Deceptive and the Sneaky Chef, which aim to help disguise healthy food options under the masks of cupcakes and waffles, one esteemed pediatrician says to forget the vegetables.
Curiosity got this cat.
Baby Wellness: Kids Don't Like Veggies That Bite
As a child I could never get enough crowns — not the kind other lasses loved, but artichokes. I hope my tot has a taste for them too. Though I may need to be patient as the majority of children have a distaste for bitter vegetables.
Delilicious: Flat Earth Veggie Crisps
A sucker for chips, it is no surprise to me that my lil one will bend over backwards to get her teeny fingers on a crisp treat. I often use a bag o' goodies to bribe my wee one into eating her dinner. Grabbing lunch the other day, I spotted a new package among the typical Cheetos, Lays, and Doritos.
Want Kids to Eat Their Vegetables? Just Ask.
While cookbooks based on sneaking vegetables into children's food have become popular, my children's pediatrician took a different approach.
The other day when my daughter went in for an annual check-up, her recent distaste for everything from carrots to cauliflower came up in conversation. While she used to eat a wide variety of foods and flavors, she became more and more picky in the past six months.
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