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What's Your Favorite Local Ice Cream?
Dinky and Coco's - stupid name, excellent Italian gelato.
14383 Metcalf Ave
Overland Park, KS 66210
How do you get toddlers to eat Vegetables?
Sorry for the double post, but after living with a French family for 6 months, I know that their children are not always paragons of great eating. I know that they often struggle with the same issues of getting kids to eat their vegetables.
The thing that they do that helps is that they typically get fresh vegetables (rather than frozen) and they sit at a table as a family.
How do you get toddlers to eat Vegetables?
My kids (6 and 3) are good vegetable eaters. Here is what works for me:
1) They go grocery shopping and choose the vegetables that they want to eat.
2) We don't try to get them to eat vegetables that they just don't like. Neither likes lettuce, so we don't serve it.
3) Let them help with the cooking. They like to help cut the food and put it in the pan.
4) My kids like their vegetables cooked fairly well, softer than I like; so I overcook them a little and always add a little salt and pepper.
5) Make it clear that it is part of a healthy dinner. If they don't eat them, they don't get any dessert or other snacks after the meal. That tends to resolve most issues.
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Let me start by stating that I agree 100% that this is a problem. Schools should offer healthy and well-rounded meals to all students.
That being said, I resolve the issue by making my daughters' lunches. They get to choose one day a week to eat at school. Otherwise, we send a lunch. I realize that not everyone has the economic or home-life to make this decision, but I would be willing to bet that a lot of families could.
If you read Pollian, you realize how deep the problem is. Why is corn, soybeans and meat subsidized but organic apples not? To really solve the problem we need to address our farming priorities.