Three simple tips to make children fall in love with eating green vegetables

"Dad says you have to eat it whether you like it or not." My little nephew explained to us while chewing vegetables-he is munching on vegetables now. Dad smiled and nodded to congratulate his brother on his good behavior, but I was worried that being forced to eat green vegetables would be bad for his digestion.

My nephew has red lips and took it to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed that he ate less vegetables and fruits. In fact, my nephew eats a lot of fruits, but seldom eats vegetables. Since then, my brother has urged my nephew to eat more vegetables.

Every time the whole family has a dinner, the father laments that his daughter has a good appetite, but she won a lot of praise for not being picky about food. I never force my child to eat something she doesn't want to eat. I would rather spend more time making my children like all kinds of vegetables.

Because the stomach and intestines are emotional organs, the neuroendocrine system dominates the secretion of various digestive glands. When people eat in a happy mood, they will secrete a lot of digestive juice, which will make the digestive activities go smoothly and be beneficial to health. Eating in a bad mood may lead to decreased digestive function and even disorder. Therefore, instead of waiting for illness and forcing children to eat vegetables for treatment, it is better to let children eat vegetables happily.

1. Poor chewing ability

For children around one year old, adults will pay attention to cutting green vegetables into pieces for children to eat. But after the age of two, many families no longer make complementary food for their children, but for the convenience of eating with adults.

The book "Nursing for Infants Aged 0~3" mentioned that after 2 years old, the baby has grown 20 deciduous teeth and has certain chewing ability. You can cut vegetables, meat and other foods into filaments, small pieces or dices. For children who have just turned 2 years old, their chewing ability is far less than that of adults. They can't chew large pieces of vegetables easily, and they taste terrible. Of course, children don't want to eat.

My daughter especially likes spinach and potato soup. She sliced the spinach and sprinkled it in the potato soup. It is green and green, so children can eat a lot of vegetables easily. Similarly, small rapeseed is cut into pieces, salted, drained and fried, or taro vegetable soup is made from taro paste, celery is cut into carrot diced cold salad, and so on. These dishes are comfortable for adults and easy for children to chew.

Pay attention from an early age, let children have a good experience when eating green vegetables, and naturally they will like to eat green vegetables.

Vegetables look terrible after being fried for a long time.

There is a great difference in appearance between vegetables that have just come out of the pot and vegetables that have been left for a period of time. It is mentioned in Child Psychology that children's understanding of every new thing always begins with perception, so people usually say that perception is the "gateway" of children's mind and the source of children's understanding. Children are very sensitive to color. They will be more willing to try green and fresh vegetables, but if the vegetables turn black, they don't want to eat them Apart from improving cooking skills, the easiest thing parents can do is to save the dishes for the last time, so that when they start eating, the dishes still look fresh, and children are naturally willing to eat more.

3. Being labeled by parents as "I don't like to eat green vegetables"

"Liangliang doesn't like green vegetables, and he never eats them very much", "Green vegetables are hard to chew, and of course Zaizai doesn't like them", these are the pet words of parents who don't like green vegetables around them. Although they want their children to love vegetables, they not only label their children as "not liking vegetables", but also personally find a reasonable excuse for their children. At first, children just ate less, and as a result, they were easily labeled as "not fond of eating green vegetables" by their parents.

Because children's self-evaluation comes from others, once they are labeled as "not fond of eating green vegetables", children will conform to their parents' evaluation in words and deeds. In fact, there are many kinds of green vegetables, such as rape, spinach, spinach, cabbage, amaranth and so on. Too many. Don't say that children don't like to eat green vegetables just because they eat less in one season, so the next time they see other "leafy vegetables", they don't want to try again in order to satisfy their parents' evaluation.

1. Let the children prepare vegetables together.

My daughter has been picking celery leaves with me since she was two years old. Although not as neat as adults, the sense of participation will make children more willing to taste. There is also washing vegetables, which children like better. My daughter is very happy every time she washes vegetables. Sometimes I even leave some celery for my children to cut. Every time I cut vegetables myself, my daughter will take the initiative to eat vegetables at dinner and shout, "This is what I just cut." If the child doesn't clip it, the adult can also clip a piece and tell the child, "This is the green vegetable you picked today. Do you want to try? " The average child will be happy to taste the fruits of his labor.

2. Change the way children are more willing to try.

If you have labeled your child "don't like to eat green vegetables", then change it! The next time you cook vegetables, the child says he doesn't like them. We can say, "It seems that fried spinach is not to your taste. Let's try cold spinach next time! " I ate cold spinach once in Shanxi, and it was delicious. I'll give you a try when I learn it later. "

Children's memories are not as durable as adults'. Taking advantage of children's poor memory, they changed "they don't like to eat green vegetables" to "a certain cooking method is not suitable for children's tastes" After a long time, children forget that they once "didn't like eating green vegetables". On the other hand, if you change the same dish into another way, children will have one more reason to try. Of course, parents should not just talk about it, but really change their practices. There are many ways to make the same vegetable. Chopped vegetables can be made into pancakes, soups, side dishes, rotten seeds and so on. Giving children all kinds of cooking tips is also to improve their own recipes.

3. Play role-playing games.

After the age of three, children especially love role-playing. Today, I pretend to be a frog, tomorrow I will become a little monkey, and even my parents will become monkey parents, which makes me happy. Make full use of this when eating, and children will be happy to eat green vegetables.

Sometimes when eating vegetables, my daughter wants to pick out bigger dishes. At this time, I will say to my daughter with exaggerated expression: "Wow, you have grown so big, you are not a baby, you can chew bigger dishes!" Chew with our molars! Like a zebra eating grass! " After that, I will take an exaggerated bite of green vegetables, and my daughter will chew with me. After chewing and swallowing, she will happily say to me, "I just chewed and chewed like a zebra, and then I chewed and swallowed after a while!" "

This is because in role-playing, children will accept their own "settings", then say the corresponding words and act accordingly. When children enter the role of "herbivores", they try to eat green vegetables.

When children pretend to be small animals and try several times, they find that they can chew for a while, and they don't need parents' cooperation in acting in the future.

Studies show that picky parents tend to cultivate children with similar habits, and children will imitate their parents' likes and dislikes in diet. If parents don't like to eat green vegetables themselves, then children probably don't like to eat green vegetables either. If you want your children to like eating, you should set a good example from the parents themselves.

There were mashed garlic in the dishes several times, but my daughter always pushed the mashed garlic away to pick up the dishes. It was troublesome for several times and she simply stopped eating the dishes. In this case, parents may be willing to eat garlic-cloves of vegetables next time.

As long as parents pay more attention, it is easy for children to like to eat green vegetables. Have you learned?