By George Dodson


You can probably still remember as a child the parental adage that would go something like this 'You better eat your vegetables or you won't grow up strong'.

It's actually a fact that many foods taste awkward specially some of the vegetables. Regarding the taste, this will be up to the person eating the vegetable.

Most of us know that vegetables are good for you. Equipped with vitamins and minerals, vegetables are a must eat and should always be added in our daily meal. You can see a variety of colors, textures and shapes present in vegetables.

Although there are many good supplements which provide these essential vitamins and minerals, we know that nature tends to provide what we need in just the right amounts and combinations that our body can easily digest. Knowing this, we want our children to eat vegetables. Question is, how do you get kids to eat vegetables?

For starters, you can start with the vegetables that doesn't taste too awful for children then try to make modifications for other vegetables. Sugar can be added to their meal to have a sweeter taste and add squash for the soft and smooth taste. You might saute carrots in butter and other flavors such as garlic and, which modifies the taste and makes them more palatable. A few of the best tasting vegetables are cauliflower as well as broccoli when sauted or cooked with sauce. Saute as well as meals with sauce are the best way to conceal the bitter as well as other unpalatable tastes in vegetables..

Of course, a lot of us will also agree that other fruits taste better as they are or uncooked. There's probably a reason how these vegetables taste how they are. Many a kid is gone out in the garden with a salt shaker and eat the tomatoes right off the vine. Also, carrots can be the sweetest vegetable depending on how they're grown. This is not the case with most tuber type vegetables like rutabagas and turnips.

In the same manner as potatoes and squash, these vegetables can be prepared by adding seasonings and sauteing for a better taste.

Having to boil a vegetable lessens its nutrient as well as vitamin content and not to mention it degrades the taste. If you choose to saute your vegetable, you'll have a better taste and the essential vitamins and minerals will retain. If you prepare them out then Al Dente, they are firm to the bite and taste more like their natural state.

No matter how you put it, vegetables are still the best source of essential proteins, vitamins and minerals that the body. Kids don't always like vegetables due to their unlikely taste however if you can mask the taste with a taste that they love then you'll sure to feed them with any vegetable. This way, you know your children are getting their essential vitamins and minerals in a form that nature provides for maximum digestion.




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