[blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi Barbara.  Maybe you could cook the rice itself in tomato juice or one of 
the V-8 vegetable blends.  That would add some nutrients without changing 
the rice too much at first.

Good luck,
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
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