| You have made the decision to grow your own | | | | Involve them in the process. Take them |
| vegetables. It's a lifestyle and health | | | | shopping and let them pick out the veggies. |
| choice. You want the best for your family | | | | Have them help plan and prepare the meals. |
| and there are no shortcuts on the way. Good | | | | Get them into their own gardening project! |
| for you!So now you've got all these wonderful | | | | |
| fresh vegetables growing in your garden how | | | | And for something really left field, try |
| do you get the kids to eat them? We should | | | | this sweets recipe.Vegetable FudgesI know it |
| be eating 5-9 servings of fruit and | | | | sounds really bad, but it's really good! It |
| vegetables a day. Many adults don't get the | | | | tastes like a veggie free zone, so if you |
| full servings required and you know the kids | | | | really feel like you have to sneak it into |
| are getting a fraction of that.If you've got | | | | family and friends, do it with |
| problems getting vegetables into the kids, | | | | dessert!Different vegetables and fruits can |
| try a few of these strategies...Start them | | | | be used in this recipe to vary it. You can |
| young with a wide variety of tastes. If you | | | | add apple; chocolate; carrot; beetroot. Try |
| get them between 2-4 years of age you're more | | | | your own varieties and see what happens.The |
| likely to capture them for life. | | | | base recipe is this:3 heaped tablespoons of |
| | | | butter |
| Set a good example. If you snack on fruits | | | | |
| and veggies, then your children are more | | | | 2 cups sugar |
| likely to follow your lead. | | | | |
| | | | 1 x 400g can condensed milkPrepare a greased |
| Try to prepare interesting after school or | | | | square slice pan or dish. Heat the butter |
| between meal snacks. I used to prepare a | | | | and sugar very gently and stir until the |
| selection of cut up fruit, dried fruit, raw | | | | sugar is dissolved. Add half a cup of finely |
| vegetables and two squares of chocolate. | | | | shredded fruit or vegetable, then add the |
| Okay, the chocolate always went first, but | | | | condensed milk.Stir constantly and keep the |
| then they moved on to the good stuff to fill | | | | heat low or your mixture will burn. After |
| up. | | | | about 20 minutes your mixture will be |
| | | | bubbling throughout. If you want to add |
| Keep mixing it up. Prepare new types of | | | | chocolate at this stage, you can. Six |
| vegetables or prepare them in different ways. | | | | squares of cooking chocolate should be about |
| Let them try just a small bit. If they | | | | right. Once it's completely blended |
| don't like it, fine. Just keep serving the | | | | throughout, pour into your dish and let it |
| stuff up. | | | | cool.Cut into squares and enjoy!Don't |
| | | | despair, just keep trying. You know that |
| Never make your dinner table a battle | | | | you're serving the best tasting vegetables on |
| ground. It's not worth it. If they are not | | | | the planet when you grow them yourself |
| forced to eat something they hate, they are | | | | organically. One fine day, your children |
| more likely to continue trying different | | | | will reminisce about that...Judy Williams ( |
| foods. | | | | aspires to become a fulltime earth mother |
| | | | goddess. This site acts as a primer for all |
| When all else fails, disguise it. Shred | | | | vegetable gardening aspects covering topics |
| some carrot or zucchini into pancakes or hash | | | | like how to build a garden, nurture |
| brown potatoes. Blend vegetables into soups, | | | | seedlings, container gardening and |
| pasta sauces or on pizza. | | | | composting. |
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