Comments on: Man Apparently CAN Live On Bread Alone

By: Dana

Dana — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:58:19 +0000

spaghetti and pizza. : )

Also, a juicer is good. If they like the apple juice, for example, you can sneak in a carrot or two and a celery stalk without anyone knowing the difference.

Then you can take the pulp and stick it in a muffin.

Milkshakes are good.

So is carrot cake. And you can mix fruit in yogurt, top ice cream with it and serve it on a bagel with cream cheese. In fact, you can replace jelly with berries and it is generally a very yummy result.

Also, make them run around and climb and jump and generally wear themselves out. Serve dinner a little late and make sure they are absolutely ravenous. That is the time to introduce new foods. : )

By: jenn

jenn — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:47:40 +0000

OK, im right there with you.. I have one of each. my oldest things the only veggie is a french fry! I know, im wonderful! he wont eat fruit unless its applesauce and wont touch a veggie. this all happened when he was 3, he use to eat anything, then it all landed in the floor, or my lap, i guess which ever was closest. now my youngest son, will eat almost anything.. actually it scares me. I think he may eat trash one day. seriously the child eats tuna, and pinto beans, and salsbury steak and his favorite food is green beans, i mean really, he is a freak of nature kind of kid! i sneak in veggies too, in spagetti sauce especially, i add zucc and squash and they never know it. i tried the smoothie thing with the oldest.. a no go, cause well, you cant trick a kid more than once, after all, most of us arent smarter than a 5th grader.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:23:24 +0000

I have to admit that I was one of those kids…I would barely eat anything because I “didn’t like it”. Make me pancakes/waffles and I was set! I’ve definately aquired a taste for more things now – I guess I just grew into it!

By: Anne Marie

Anne Marie — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:57:02 +0000

My second son wouldn’t eat meat when he was a baby and then somewhere around kindergarten I guess he decided he had a life time worth of vegetables and has only eaten meat, corn and potatoes since – no fruit either unless it’s juice. He is now 6’3″ and looks like a linebacker if it stunted his growth I am glad LOL. As for recipes my only suggestion that worked on him, he loves meatloaf and I put a package of the frozen chopped spinach in it. Originally I told him it was “herbs” he now knows it’s spinach but it is too late to quit eating it because he has been eating it for years. If you want the recipe if you think it will help just let me know and I will send it to you. One other thought the V8 fruit juices that contain a serving of vegetables actually taste only like the fruit.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:48:07 +0000

Ditto above! Bought Jessica Seinfeld’s book as well ‘Deceptively Delicious” and made a similar post to this a while back LOL. Also, the smoothie thing would work good for fruits… but veggies? eeks… check out the book though

By: reddirtroad

reddirtroad — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:14:14 +0000

Along with Bribery, we always told Teege about “Growing up Big and Strong” and “Putting Hair On Your Chest” with vegetables. It was a joke, of course… but he got it.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:57:04 +0000

Oh, and veggies and dip. Abby will gobble up anything that is served with dip.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:56:38 +0000

I didn’t have the chance to read everyone else’s comments so this may be a repeat. There’s a book called The Sneaky Chef (or something like that) about sneaking veg into your kids diets. Might be worth a look.

By: witchypoo

witchypoo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:48:24 +0000

I found that a lot of things the kids would not eat cooked, were just fine for them when raw. At the end of the day, if there is only healthy food in the house, they will get hungry enough to eat some of it.
It won’t kill them.
A not bad idea? I gave them each a wee garden plot and helped them tend it, in addition to the big ones for the entire family.
They really enjoyed eating “their” vegetables.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:42:39 +0000

I saw the book on Oprah too, she’s pretty sneaky! It’s one of the books on my wishlist.