Who Wants to Eat Vegetables?
Apparently, not Birch. Unless that is, they are hidden, pureed or baked into another dish. I had a play date yesterday and when I pulled out three (yes, three!) jars of baby food spinach and potatoes for his dinner veggies, my friend gasped, "you’re still giving him BABY FOOD??" Um, yes. The thing is Birch loves pureed baby food vegetables. He calls it soup, so we pretend it is too. I also make a batch of spinach/swiss chard and fruit purees every week and those seem to go down easily too. But not diced carrots, brussel sprouts, colorful green beans or….any bite-sized vegetable.
So, when I read this simple recipe from "Real Simple Family", I knew I had to give it a try. I am sure I am not alone in the battle for my child to eat veggies (Jessica Seinfeld’s book bet on that!), so here is the recipe. I am hoping it helps some others of you too.
Looks like: chip dip
secret identity: broccoli
One 14 oz bag frozen broccoli, thawed (though I don’t see why you wouldn’t just get fresh broccoli)
One cup low-fat cottage cheese (again, if this is for a kid, I would just get 2% or whole cottage cheese)
Kosher sat
One 5 oz package pita chips
Puree the broccoli, cottage cheese and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a food processor until smooth. Serve with the pita chips.
By the way, this photo is from another broccoli dip- not the one above. The one above won’t look this smooth, it will be chunkier.
Related Posts:
- Why hiding vegetables doesn’t work (January 3rd, 2010)
- Feeding Your Baby/Toddler Tips (October 18th, 2007)
- HappyBaby Food- Free coupons (August 28th, 2007)
- Spinach Quiche (August 22nd, 2007)
- Dirty Dozen Foods (July 23rd, 2007)
