Mother of three and food entrepreneur Aileen Cox Blundell knows how to get kids to eat more veg. Here, she shares her tried and tested tricks…
We’ve all been there. The mealtime battle of the wills trying to get your precious little one to eat more of what is good for them. I have talked to literally thousands of parents over the last number of years through my Baby Led Feeding platform, and the problems are not when babies are starting weaning, but when they turn two and start showing signs of independence. That’s when the fussiness begins.
Usually green vegetables are the first things thrown on the floor and it can get progressively worse to the point where the child is eating very little good food at all. There is so much conflicting advice when it comes to health and diet, and as a mum (and not a nutritionist) it can be sometimes hard to keep up. However, the one thing that remains consistent and is agreed by everyone, is that eating more vegetables can help to improve both our health and wellbeing.
There are lots of ways to incorporate more servings of vegetables into your children’s diet, and here are my top five tips…
Aileen Cox Blundell is a mother of three and the number one bestselling author of The Baby-Led Feeding Cookbook and The Baby-Friendly Family Cookbook. She is also the owner of the multiple-award-winning website, babyledfeeding.com.
Aileen has just launched the Hidden Heroes range of convenient veggie-packed nuggets for kids, which offer a healthy alternative for time-poor parents who are looking for a nutritional alternative to less healthy convenient foods. The Hidden Heroes range is on sale Dunnes Stores nationwide at a price of €3.99 for 15 nuggets (550g).