Of course, dousing your kids' broccoli with ketchup isn't going to work, but you can find something else that does. With all the picante sauce consumed these days, Karen Cullen, DRPH, RD, professor with the Children's Nutritional Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, doesn't doubt that a ketchupy dip was popular in Pliner's study. The most important thing is low fat. There are fat-free mayos and sour creams that are pretty decent, if you add herbs for extra flavoring. And keep foods simple.
Kids like to be able to identify their food.
They like single food items, finger foods, crunchy foods, pretty-colored foods. Fresh broccoli sure looks a lot better than broccoli that's been cooked 45 minutes. She also advises parents to be more relaxed. Some people think that if your child won't eat broccoli, you shouldn't serve broccoli. Don't try bribing, Cullen advises.