One way to try to get them to eat veggies is to present them in a new way or form or variety. Below I have constructed St. Patrick’s head using a variety of vegetables. Some of them I knew would go over big with my son and some that were new to him.
My son loves sweet potato French fries. He could eat them all day long. I decided to try a variety that was a little spicy and a different shape from the kind I have purchased before. The shape change didn’t throw him. Thankfully he doesn’t really care what shape his food comes in. I know there are many of you that have kids that strongly prefer foods be the same shape and texture every time. My son did care about the flavor, he really didn’t like the spicy flavor. I gave him some ranch dip to go with the fries and they became edible and actually enjoyable to eat.
Saint Patrick’s hat is made of Italian green beans. This variety of bean is thicker and a little harder to chew than the super thin French cut green beans or traditional green beans. Again it is a change in texture and visual appearance from the green beans I usually serve. I got lucky that he really liked this style of beans. My son actually asked to have them for a snack later in the week.
The hat also has large peas in its band. Peas can be tricky with my husband and my son. They both prefer petite sweet peas. These were tolerated but, not loved at my house. Tolerated is still good. It means he was still eating the peas.
The final food in the hat is spinach. My son loves spinach. He requested that I put it in the meal. I am so lucky that he thinks it is delicious. Spinach has so many wonderful nutrients in it.
This veggie creation went over well at my house. I hope that if you have children that are limited in the veggie consumption serving them vegetables in a new and different way will cause them to change this.
- If you are looking for more food creations to serve your children, you may want to check out my Food Creations board on Pinterest.
- If you are looking for other St. Patrick’s Day food creations, crafts or learning activities, you may want to check out my St. Patrick’s Day board on Pinterest.
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Such a cute lunch idea! My boys love spinach too and I’m so thankful!
Your leprechaun is adorable! Yay for getting your guys to eat peas. Mine will do it no matter how cute they look. Actually, my husband will tolerate a few if they are mixed in with mashed potatoes.
What a cute idea!
How awesome. I really should try to make my daughter a face plate one day. I know she’d like it.
Adorable idea!
What a fun veggie meal!
This is really fun. It’s an adorable face.
that is just too cute….
I just tried Sweet Potato Fries last year for the first time. 🙂
I love the leprechaun. He’s cute. 🙂