Am I the only one who remembers that little song from Elementary School? I generally have no problem getting Joe to eat a variety of fruit, but Joe is a terrible vegetable eater. He will eat raw carrots dipped in ranch. That's it. No other vegetables. I always put some of whatever we are having on his plate, but he won't touch it. I finally decided I need to do something about it.
First, I tried making brownies with spinach in them. While they weren't gross, they weren't good enough to share the recipe. They tasted like bittersweet chocolate, and had a funky aftertaste. Joe did eat one though, so they weren't a complete failure.
Tonight, we had Sweet Potato Pancakes. Recipe found HERE.
sweet-potato pancakes
They were a total winner. They turn out very moist (moist, I don't like that word - just say it out loud and tell me you don't agree). Joe ate three pancakes. The recipe makes about twelve. That means he ate 6 Tablespoons of sweet potatoes. That doesn't sound like a lot, but it's .37 c. I call that success.
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup store-bought pancake mix (I just used 1 cup flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 Tbsp baking powder and 1 Tbsp sugar)
- 1 small pinch ground nutmeg
- 1 small sweet potato, boiled, peeled, and mashed (about 1 1/2 cups, I had to use three small potatoes to get this much)
They were a total winner. They turn out very moist (moist, I don't like that word - just say it out loud and tell me you don't agree). Joe ate three pancakes. The recipe makes about twelve. That means he ate 6 Tablespoons of sweet potatoes. That doesn't sound like a lot, but it's .37 c. I call that success.
One other way I've successfully persuaded Joe to consume veggies:
These are great. There is one combined serving of fruits and veggies in each box. They also have 1/3 less sugar than regular fruit juice. Which I think is the fancy way of saying they've watered it down for you a little bit. I don't buy these often, but when I do, Joe loves it.
"Fruits and vegetables, they're okay! Five a day is the healthy way."
3 comments:
Bailey's so so with her veggies too, she would never eat green beans but I never gave up putting them on her plate. I stopped asking her to eat them and just continued to always give them to her then one night she picked one up, ate it, and said, Um I like these! And now she eats them. Kind of weird. I didn't even mean to do it like that. I just kind of gave up in my mind and just put them on her plate to put them there. Anyway, don't know if that might work for you. But I love the pancake idea. I also use Double Delicious. By Jessica Seinfeld
Lincoln is the opposite...LOVES veggies but getting him to eat fruit is sooo hard! he hates the textures I think...and he used to no drink juice either but now he can drink out of straws and for some reason loves juice now! :-)
I am trying the pancakes tomorrow- as waffles.
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