Turning Veggie "yucky" into Veggie "Yummy"

1. Combine vegetables and favorite fruits: 

Grape salsa Ingredients:
2 cups seedless grapes, quartered or halved
1/2 red onion diced
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered or halved
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 tablespoons lime (or lemon) juice
1 teaspoon chopped oregano
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
dash of ground cayenne pepper (optional) 

Directions: Gently toss the grapes, onion, lime juice, vinegar, and herbs together in a medium bowl. Check the salt and acid levels and make adjustments. Add the tomatoes just before serving. Serve with chips, pita, or veggies!

2. Use Vegetables at Containers

 
Vegetables can be so much fun to use as containers! Kids will flip over this fun way to serve a favorite nutritious dip, then they can eat the bowl too! 

3. Make it Mini 

Sometimes mini is a really good thing. A regular sized baked potato can look enormous to a small child. These smaller ones are more their speed and can be dressed up with all kinds of fun toppings to fit the mood.
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4. Play with Your Food 

Show kids that vegetables are accessible by letting them dressing up stuffed peppers and pumpkins with pieces of cut up vegetables. They'll totally dig the fun faces and learn about flavors in the process. 

5. Use Veggies from Scratch 

If your kids want to start from scratch making their food getting them involved with something vegetable based like this cool veggie sushi. They'll be able to transform their vegetables into something pretty and fun to eat making them all the more accessible. 

6. Get Imaginative

 
Never understimate the idea of using your imagination to present vegetables in an awesomely fun way. These cute vegan bento boxes are chock full of great ideas for turning vegetables into figures familiar to your kids! 

7. Colorful Crudite in the Fridge 

Sometimes it can really help kids to see that simple raw vegetables are bursting with color and flavor. By keeping a crunchy assortment of veggies in a rainbow-like arrangement in the fridge they can reach in for a yummy snack whenever they like. Leaving it in the fridge also gives them the independence to make healthy snacking choices. If a particular vegetable is gone first you'll know it is a family favorite! 

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