Getting Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies

Getting Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies

• Try different vegetables in different ways, like standing broccoli florets in mashed potatoes and calling them "trees in the snow."

• Steam vegetables lightly so they taste better.

• Eat vegetables yourself as a good example to your kids.

• Go to a farm where you can pick your own vegetables, or plant a garden.

• Cut carrots, celery or green peppers into dipping sticks and serve with a low-fat dip.

• Use red bell peppers, bright carrot strips and different types of lettuce to brighten up the meal. Bake shoestring "fries" out of sweet potatoes.

• Don't give up: They might eat those green beans next time.