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Some parents almost tear their hair out trying to get their little picky eater to consume his or her veggies. Most of the time without much success.

Don’t worry, most children will eventually outgrow their picky eating, but until then, a parent has to be smart and find some tricky ways to get kids to eat vegetables. Here are some cunning techniques that every parent can use to sneak vegetables into a kids menu.

How to Get Kids to Eat Vegetables

1. Blend Them into Smoothies

Kids love smoothies. A good smoothie can conceal the taste of some of the vegetables your child dislikes. You, however, must be creative since some combinations may have an appealing color or smell. Mix spinach with blueberry and you will get a wonderful (and healthy) purple smoothie!

Here are some interesting combinations:

Carrot, Gigner & Tumeric

Avocado, Kale, Pineapple, and Coconut

Berry, Beet, Mint, Lime, and Chia Seed

Almond, Spinach and Banana

Parsley, Kale, and Berry

2. Bake Them into Snacks

Someone once told me that the only limitation in my kitchen was my imagination.

So, who said that you can’t have zucchinis and carrots baked into cookies that your kids will love? Some vegetables can also be added to your pastries. Check out these healthy cookie recipes to get some ideas. For example, did you know you could make cookies from pumpkin puree? And it’s as yummi as your regular chocolate chip cookies.













3. Use Cheese as a Cover

It’s hard for a kid to say no to broccoli and cheese. Who knows what other vegetables cheese can cover up? Again be creative and apply cheese to some of the vegetables you want your child to eat.

4. Veggie-Scrambled Eggs

This, in fact, is a very healthy way of starting the day. You could have scrambled eggs for breakfast with veggies incorporated into it. A frittata or quiche could, for example, have spinach, mushroom or asparagus.

5. Tell The Kid to Help You Make a Personalized Vegetable Pizza

If the little one is involved in designing his or her own pizza, it is possible that they are also going to eat it. You could add bean sprouts, cherry tomatoes, peas, mushrooms, shredded carrots… Almost anything that comes to your mind! Great way to get kids to eat vegetables!

6. Mix them up with macaroni

You can always throw in some veggies in the good old mac ‘n’ cheese to get kids to eat vegetables. Even the sneakiest of kids won’t see this coming and they won’t even notice that something is different.

7. Puree

Most vegetables make great purees that can be hidden in your child’s favorite dish. Zucchini and carrot purees, for instance, are a terrific delight for kids, thanks to their sweet flavor. You can also add a little bit of brocoli to your mashed potatoes, it will still be very tasty, but this time also very healthy!

Do you have some neat trick on how to get kids to eat vegetables? Leave your tips and tricks in the comment section.