5 Ways To Tame the Picky Eaters in Your Life
It may seem like pulling teeth to get your picky eaters to swallow a few bites of the healthy stuff.
So consider using recipes that incorporate different vegetable and fruit groups, but taste great. The zucchini cake recipe below is a great option.
Here are a few handy tips:
• Let them cook. Ask your child to help wash the veggies, stir batter or set the table. Toddlers are more likely to eat foods they “cooked” themselves.
• Size matters. Serve a variety of thumb-sized foods so your child gets more of the foods to like.
• Stick to a schedule. Eating meals and snacks at the same time helps keep your child from getting hungry. Offer two to three healthy snacks daily.
• Redefine dessert. Make it fruit or yogurt, and reserve treats like cake and cookies for special occasions only.
• Be patient with new foods. Serve new foods with your child’s favorites. She might need to be offered a new food several times before taking a first bite.
Zucchini Cake Ingredients
1 3/4 cups organic whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda, 1/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
1/3 cup safflower oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cup shredded zucchini
2 cups mini chocolate chips
- Combine dry ingredients.
- In another bowl whisk eggs, sugar, yogurt, oil and vanilla.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry and stir.
- Fold in shredded zucchini and 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into a greased 9 x 9 square baking pan.
- Bake in a 350-degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until a pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Sprinkle top of hot cake with chocolate chips. Let sit as chips melt, then spread them over top.
Recipe courtesy of Monica Culver, EasyHealthyLivingSolutions.com. Visit ARBetterBeginnings.com or call (800) 445-3316.
