Add vegetables to pizza toppings or to spaghetti sauce. For kids over the age of 4, offer raw vegetables as snacks. Add grated vegetables, such as carrots or squash, to home-baked muffins and sweet breads. Offer an edible spoon, such as a stalk of celery, for scooping up chili or stew. Let children help decide which vegetables to buy in the grocery store and assist in preparing vegetable dishes.
Kids are more likely to eat foods they help pick out and prepare.
Help your child grow a vegetable garden. Be a good role model. Eat your vegetables, and be willing to try new ones. If despite your efforts, your children still turn up their noses at anything yellow, green or leafy, don't give up. Remember, children's tastes as they grow older.