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| 29 September 2011
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 Dear Reader,
She's had a long day at work, and now this typical mother of three has exactly ten minutes before the children walk in from football practice.
It's just enough time to work her deception. She pulls the blender from the cabinet and hastily throws in a handful of spinach, followed by a few florets of broccoli and a diced squash. She hears a sound and casts a furtive glance over her shoulder. They're not home already, are they?
Work faster, she thinks, getting nervous. If they see her, it's all over.
She dumps the puree into the ingredients for tonight's dinner — a chicken noodle casserole. The children love it — mostly because they think there are no vegetables involved at all. She's fooled them many times before, but can she keep up the ruse?
A pretty ridiculous scenario, sure... but it's one that I imagine plays out in more than a few households thanks to a couple of "celebrity" cookbooks that advocate hiding vegetables from your children in their favourite recipes. And now that practice is probably only going to get trendier, thanks to research that's sure to get picked up by the mainstream and spun into the latest, greatest parenting trick.
US researchers found that pre-school children ate about twice as many vegetables and 11 per cent fewer calories when the veggies were pureed and added to their favourite foods. This, you see, is their suggestion for combating childhood obesity and getting children to eat more vegetables. Hide them.
Honestly, advice like this just bothers me. I mean, does nobody see a problem with lying to your children and allowing them to go on thinking that vegetables aren't important... or delicious?
It seems to me that sneaking healthy foods into their meals isn't doing anything to set them up for healthy habits. If they still think they're eating regular cake despite the fact that applesauce has been used in place of the usual oil, they're just going to continue liking cake. They haven't learned a single thing about the delicious and healthy options available out there.
Yeah, it can be hard getting children to eat healthy foods. But I think putting fruits and veggies front and centre is a far better way to go. Why not take the children to your local farmers market? Let them choose what's for dinner from the bounty there. Have them pick veggies that match their favourite colours. Challenge them to make a "rainbow meal" — find produce of different colours and learn together how to prepare your choices.
Or how about this — grow a garden together. If you don't have space for a garden, I've always found that grape tomato plants will grow in some pretty small spaces — and you can snack right off the plant!
I've always found in my interactions with children that, the more invested they are in a particular activity, even if it's something as mundane as making dinner, the more excited they are about the end result. Instead of hiding the healthy stuff, make it fun. Sure, it might take a little effort, but you'll end up with children who love veggies instead of a family you have to trick into eating well.
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Sources:
"Hiding Vegetables in Children' Foods Can Increase Vegetable Intake," Science Daily (sciencedaily.com)
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