My Son at All of His Green Beans…I Have Evidence to Prove It
simplesahm | October 16, 2007 
In a previous post, I talked about joining a new direct sales company - Two Sister's Gourmet
<------this is part of the reason why I joined.
When I attended the business brunch I was sent home with several sauces to try. I through some Porcini Mushroom Balsamic Dressing in with the canned green beans that they never eat.
My son literally shoved a fistful of green beans into his mouth. Normally, I would have told him to use a fork...but if he was *that* excited about green beans, I would let him eat them like a dog if he wanted.
I caught myself saying, "honey...you can have more green beans if you eat a little more mac and cheese". Wow - I never thought I would be able to use beans as a bargaining tool! =)
My daughter (who only likes "orange and red" veggies) devoured them too. "They taste like pickles", she raved. "Yeah..like really fancy pickles," I joked. She didn't get it. =)
Now, I don't expect you to jump on my website and start ordering products (unless of course, you *really* want to =) ) but I do hope you'll try a some unique ways to dress up foods that kids tend to push aside.
Here are a few additional tips from moms who've won the the veggie eating battle from KraftFoods.com.
We have a "carrot-crunching" contest. Each person at the table takes a turn at making the loudest "SNAP" by biting their baby carrot. Everyone votes on who is the loudest. By the time we've finished playing, the kids have each eaten 5 or 6 baby carrots.
(Pamela, Ohio)
My Mom's trick growing up is one I use today. She would offer us cut up raw veggies and some sort of dip while she was fixing dinner. She knew we'd be hungry enough to eat anything. That way if we didn't eat our vegetables with the rest of dinner, she wasn't so worried. This works with our 4 year old daughter today. She loves cut up cucumbers and baby carrots in ranch dressing or other dips.
(Anne, California)
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