[blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi Barbara.  I know you said your boys like meat.  Maybe you could try the 
baby meatloaf I made yesterday.  Sarah seems to be eating it okay.  Just 
take a pound of ground beef or turkey, put in some veggie purees--I added 
spinach and squash--a couple of eggs, and enough oatmeal or bread crumbs to 
hold the meat together.  I used oatmeal and wheat germ.  Bake the meatloaf 
in a standard pan for about an hour.  I left it covered with foil so that 
the top never got hard during baking.  You might cut the recipe in half the 
first time because it makes a lot.  I sliced up the meatloaf and wrapped the 
squares individually in foil so I could take them out of the freezer one at 
a time.

As far as purees to add to rice, pumpkin comes to mind.  You can get it in a 
can, and it is smooth and slightly sweet.  Maybe add a little cinnamon into 
the rice.  You could do the same with sweet potato, which also comes in a 
can.  Or you could boil or bake fresh sweet potatoes and mash them yourself, 
then add them to the rice.  If you want to cook a pumpkin or any kind of a 
winter squash like butternut or acorn, which would all make nice purees, 
just cut the squash in half, scoop out the seeds, and place the halves cut 
side down in a pan with a little water in the bottom.  Bake them till the 
squash is tender and comes off the rind easily.

I would think you could add mashed banana, pureed pear or peach, or even 
grated apples or carrots to rice.  Cooked carrots mash nicely if the kids 
won't eat the raw grated ones because of the texture.

I hope some of these ideas work.  I'll keep thinking.

Jo Elizabeth

"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds 
water."--Swedish proverb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:03 PM
Subject: [blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!


> Now I know a bunch of you out there use creative ways to get the fruits 
> and vegetables in your kids.  I'm thinking of the food processor trick to 
> make a puree to mix in with the rice and more rice.  What kinds of 
> vegetables don't your kiddos eat like this?  I know corn and peas won't 
> work so well this way and I've thought of green beans and carrots but what 
> other are good?  And if you say any kind of squash, how do you cook it?
> Now for the fruit.  Would any fruit work like the vegetable trick?
> My twins are taking a capful of Miralax a day and still seem to be having 
> tummy trouble.  I know rice is a constipator but they won't eat potatoes.
> I think I'm ready to try dabbling in different foods to expand their 
> horizons.
> Barbara
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
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